[Editor: This untitled article was published in The Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW), 27 October 1916.]
[Timothy Skelton]
While being arrested at North Carlton, Victoria, Timothy Skelton, clerk (50), sustained a fracture of the right arm. It is alleged that accused struck the constable in the face, and was arrested for assault.
After being lodged in the lock-up, a further charge of resisting arrest was preferred against him, and it was then found that his arm was broken.
Source:
The Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW), 27 October 1916, p. 3
Editor’s notes:
lock-up = (also spelt: lockup) police lock-up, police cell, jail cell, the building where the police cells are located
prefer = to put forward, present, or submit something (such as a charge, statement, or suit) to someone in a position of authority (e.g. an administrator, judge, magistrate, or police officer), or to an authority (an overseeing or supervisory body, committee, council, court, group, or organisation) for approval, consideration, redress; to prefer charges (i.e. to present charges) against an alleged criminal to a magistrate, judge, or court for consideration and judgment
preferred = past tense of “prefer” [see: prefer]
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