Our client, a ranger, was charged with assaulting and seriously injuring a public officer, being another ranger, who had come onto our client’s property. Our client had intimate knowledge of the powers of a ranger and at the time of the assault, believed that the public officer was acting outside his power/authority. We advised our client to proceed to trial, with the aim of securing an outright acquittal. Conflicting testimony from the public officer and an eye witness was the result of rigorous cross-examination and identified significant concerns surrounding their credibility on material points. After hearing evidence for almost 3 days, the Magistrate agreed with our submission that the public officer was acting outside his powers, and further, found the prosecution witnesses to be wholly unreliable, ultimately delivering a not guilty verdict on the charge and awarding our client costs.