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FORMER BOXING
CHAMPION
Constable Assaulted
At Kensington
£1 FINE ORDERED
I ALLEGATION S that a former
welterweight boxing cham
pion of the police force had been
assaulted were heard in the Nor
wood Court today.
Horace Coker, of St. Peters, was
fined £1 "with 15/ costs for having
assaulted Constable Milton .John
Moyes at Kensington. He pleaded not
guilty. Sgt. Rowett prosecuted, and
Messrs. H. A. Hughes and :J. Ken
nealy were the justices.
Constable Moyes told the court that
on the afternoon of February -!5, in
consequence of a telephone :message,
he went to a house where he saw
Coker. When the defendant said to
the officer, "Get off these premises.
You have no right here," the constable
explained that he had been called there
by the owner.
* After a further conversation. Coker
mounted a motor cycle. Suddenly
he got off the machine and waved his
arms in a threatening manner. He
spoke to his wife who was standing
nearby and the constable went be
tween Coker. and his wife. Coker
said ':Get out of my way or I :will
knock you down policeman or no
policeman."
Constable Moyes said that Coker then
caught hold of him and tried to throw
him to one side. He arrested Coker
on a charge of alleged assault.
"NOT DELIBERATE"
After a while Coker calmed down
and accompaned hm to the Norwood
Police Station.
Cross-examined Constable Moyes said
that he was formerly welter weight
boxing champion and that he would
have been capable of looking after
himself.
Coker said on oath that he was re
moving from the house certain articles
which were his property- He was
about to move off on his motor cycle
when he felt a stunning blow on the
back of his neck. His wife and Con
stable Moyes had been standing be
hind him.
The defendant said that he saw
"myriads of stars" and remembered
nothing more until the constable said
he would arrest him on the assault
charge. The blow Coker had received
was such that he had a headache for
two days. He had previously been
under medical 'treatment.
Coker said that he was willing to
shake hands with the constable at any
time and if he had stumbled or fallen
against him the action had not been
deliberate.
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