A man has a date in court after being charged over an alleged assault at Hamilton at the weekend.
Police say a 25-year-old man and a 43-year-old man became involved in an altercation which turned physical around 2am on Beaumont Street.
Officers attended and arrested the younger man - he was charged with affray and behaving in an offensive manner in a public place.
He was granted conditional bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on January 17.
