Indian Heavily Sentenced for Serious Offence For indecently assaulting the wife of a European police inspector n Yangtszepoo Road, " Sikh watehman was sentenced to three months 1H, M. Police Court, King.
The incident took place on the previous Wednesday when the lady was walking. with the wife of another European police officer and her children. After the accused committed the offence the woman called a Chinese constable and had accused taken to the police station. Her husband was upstairs changing into plain clothes at the time. She: called him down and told him what had occurred, and, the Sikh becoming aggressive, a' struggle ensued between the husband and the Indian, in the course of which the latter was struck on the head with a baton.
Accused's story was that he was! drunk and incapable at the time, not remember anything:
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that in law drunkenness was no excuse, and he warned accused never to interfere with women of any nationality, as it always led to trouble.
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