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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: gao seng who wrote (33603)10/17/2001 9:33:27 AM
From: gao seng  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I can't find any stories on convictions of assault for spitting. Did find this, from Australia:

REUTERS
SYDNEY — While not quite a case of assault with a deadly vegetable, an Australian man has been convicted of breathing on a policeman after chewing garlic.

The media reported on Friday that Jeff Pearce was convicted of assault in a Perth court after admitting he had deliberately chewed a clove of garlic and then breathed in a policeman’s face after being pulled over for a
traffic offence.

Perth magistrate Peter Micheledes stressed in convicting Pearce in a Western Australia court that he did not intend to deter garlic lovers but was applying the law.

A section of the local criminal code defines assault as the direct or indirect application of force, including gas or odour, in such a manner as to cause personal discomfort.

Pearce told the court that a friend had told him the best way to repel police was to chew garlic and breathe on them.

Following the advice Pearce kept a clove of garlic on the
dashboard of his car for just such an occasion.

But when Pearce was pulled over by police for a smoking exhaust, despite chewing the garlic, he was arrested for drunk-driving.

He was later charged with assaulting constable Darren Horn, who told the court he had endured jibes such as “a clove a day keeps the coppers away.”

-- Assault by speech.
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