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THE ASSAULT OR THOMAS RAE.

THOMAS RAE, the victim of Saturday's assault, is now out of danger, having regained consciousness on Sunday. Information con- veyed to the police is to the effect that Rae is a married man with a family, and resides at Cockburn. His assailant, Peter Healey, is an employee at one of the mines. The two men appear to have had a quarrel in the Aus- tralian Club Hotel, and it is asserted that Rae struck Henley in the face, which provoked the latter to afterwards committ the assault with which he was to-day charged at the Police Court.

Source:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44214365

The following appeared in our late ditions yesterday :-

"THE ASSAULT ON THOMAS RAE.

BEFORE Messrs. Mills, Hall, and Topperwien Js. P., In the Pol¡ce Court to-day, Peter Healey was brought up, on remand, charged with un-lawfully assaulting Thomas Rae on the 25th instant. Mr. J. B. Edwards appeared for the prosecution and Mr. A. J. Hall for the defence.

Constable Moran said that on Saturday morning last he was going along Sulphide- street towards the courthouse, and when he arrived at the corner of Argent-street he saw Rae coming from the back of the Australian Club Hotel towards the Coffee Palace ; Rae appeared to be sober ; witness saw the accused close beside Rae, whom he struck several times about the body with his first; Rae walked away four or fire yards, but made no effort to strike back ; when Rae walked away the accused followed and struck him on the side of the head, felling him to the ground ; Rae made no attempt to defend himself ; wit-ness did not see Rae give any provocation to accused ; when witness came up to where the assault had been committed Rae was lying prostrate on the ground, bleeding from both nostrils, and was unconscious ; witness arrested the accused, who asked to be let go ; Rae was taken to the police station on a stretcher, where he was seen by Dr. Groves, and then taken to the hospital. To Mr. Hall : There were not many people about at the time ; accused struck Rae about the chest and ribs with both hands ; he did not hear ac-cused ask that a doctor should be brought, and offer to pay the expense ; accused struck Rae; from the left-hand side.

Constable Newton corroborated the evi- dence-in-chief of the last witness, whose company he was in at the time of the assault. To Mr. Hall : Accused was on Rae's right-hand side when he struck the first blows.

Matthew Brown, van man, said he was oppo-site the Coffee Palace in Sulphide-street and saw accused following Rae from the back of the Australian Club Hotel ; accused struck Rae twice, and the second blow felled him ; he had not heard Rae give any provocation to the accused ; he could not say on what part of Rae's body accused struck the first blow.

George Harris, a boy of 15, employed at the Australian Club Hotel, said he saw accused strike Rae without any provocation ; Rae held on to a tree-guard after being struck, and then walked across the road, when accused fol- lowed behind him and knocked him down ; he saw two blows struck.

Thomas Rae stated that he was a carrier, residing at Cockburn ; he had a very hazy recollection of what took place on Saturday last ; he did not remember being in the town on Saturday morning, and recollected nothing of having spoken to the accused; he had had a good many drinks on Friday night ; he came to his senses in the Hospital about dinner-time on Sunday. Accused pleaded guilty under great provo- cation.

In defence, the accused, Peter Healey, miner, stated that he first saw Rae at the back of the Australian Club Hotel on Saturday morning, where he was committing a nuisance ; witness said, "Old man, if a policeman catches you here he'll run you in ;" Rae replied that perhaps witness was one, and witness said, " I may be ;" Rae said, "I thought you were, you ----- larrikin," at the same time striking witness with the inside of his closed fist ; witness-made a blow at Rae with his left hand, but failed to hit him ; Rae went a few paces towards Sulphide-street, where witness struck him twice and knocked him down ; the blow that Rae had previously given him was not painful, but he was angry at being struck ; when the constable came up and arrested him witness asked that a doctor might be sent for, and told some friends of his to go for one ; he only struck Rae twice. To Mr. Edwards : Rae was no acquaintance of his ; he had no mark on his face where Rae had struck him ; he knew the man had been unconscious for some 13 hours ; witness had had five whiskies that morning.

Frederick Mashford, miner, stated that he had heard accusal ask that a doctor might be sent for.

John Stephens, manager of the North mine, stated that he had known the accused for the last 13 years as a well-behaved, hard-working man. To Mr. Edwards : He did not recol- lect accused being fined £2 for an assault committed on Eight Hours Day ; he had not had any experience of the accused when away from work.

Mr. Hall submitted that the inference sought to be drawn from the evidence of Rae as to loss of memory having been caused through the blow was absurd. The facts of the case were that a man came into town from the country, met a few friends, and got drink-

ing ; of course, he would remember nothing about it. No doubt the man got a severe blow, and he would admit that. But the evidence was conflicting as regarded the number of blows. When the accused's indignation had cooled, he was sorry for what he had done. The case was not one in which the bench was justi- fied in inflicting the severest penalty. Evidence had been given that accused had borne the reputation of being a respectable, hard-working man, and he would ask for a light fine.

Mr. Edwards said that it stood to common reason that after a man had been lying uncon- scious for 13 hours from the effects of a blow it would be admitted that the blow was a serious one and was the cause of the loss of memory complained of. If the case before the court was not an aggravated and unpro- voked assault, was it possible to prove one in that court ? He submitted that it was the most aggravated case of assault tried in that court for some time, and asked that the maximum penalty of £10 should be inflicted. The bench fined accused £5, in addition to £4 4s. to be paid to the prosecutor, with £2 2s. professional costs, and 13s. witnesses' ex- penses.

Source:
The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— THE ASSAULT ON THOMAS RAE. (1898, June 29). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 1 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44214488

ASSAULT CASE.

At Broken Hill to-day Peter Healey, who assaulted Thomas Rae in the street, was fined £7 (in default three months' imprisonment

Source:
ASSAULT CASE. (1898, July 1). The Inquirer & Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), p. 14. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/66695305

THE ASSAULT ON T. RAE.

PETER HEALEY, charged with the assault on Thomas Rae, was brought before the Police Court to-day and fined £5, and £7 1s. costs in default, three months' gaol. A full report of the case will appear in the Third Elition.

Source:
THE ASSAULT ON T. RAE. (1898, June 28). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 4 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved March 24, 2012, from http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44214449

ASSAULT CASE.

At Broken Hill to-day Peter Healey, who assaulted Thomas Rae in the street, was fined £7 (in default three months' imprisonment).

Source:
ASSAULT CASE. (1898, July 1). The Inquirer & Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), p. 14. Retrieved March 24, 2012, from http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/66695305

INTERCOLONIAL ITEMS.
(From Our Exchanges.)

Thomas Rae, the victim of Satur- day's assault at Broken Hill, is now out of danger, having regained con- sciousness. His assailant, Peter Healey, is an employee in the North Mine. The two men appear to have had a quarrel in the Australian Club Hotel, and it is asserted that Rae struck Healey in the face, which pro- voked the latter to commit the as- sault with which he is charged. Healey was before the court on Monday, and remanded.

Source:
INTERCOLONIAL ITEMS. (1898, June 30). Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), p. 3. Retrieved March 24, 2012, from http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39672508