THREATENED TO SHOOT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13251, 9 December 1913, Page 2

THREATENED TO SHOOT.

MARRIED MAN ANNOITS SINGLE girl. . . v , 3r ; A NAPIER INCIDENT. (Special to Herald.) NAPIER, this day. As a young woman, Miss Amy Vic-' toria Humphreys, the daughter, ,, of Mr J. Humphreys, contractor, was proceeding along by Clive Square yesterday morning, Robert McTaggart threatened . to shoot her and himself afterwards, % Yesterday afternoon McTaggs^rtr •wras { brought before Mr S. E. v McCariJby, S.M., on a charge of threatening behavior.

Detective Kemp, m his evidence, said that he had asked the accused w ha& right he had to pester the .girl, as IS' was a married man with two children, and he replied that there were circumstances about which he (Detective Kemp) did not know. Accused gave evidence that he came to Napier to get an explanation from Miss Humphreys, considering he had a right to do so, seeing that she had correspondence with defendant right iip t8 the middle of June of this ' year. He said the girl ought < to be shot. ia^ Sergeant Cummings : Has. it, occurred to you what ought td be done with yourself?

Accused : That has nothing to da > with the case. •

Reviewing the evidence, his Worship said accused .was a married man with, two children, and had been married seven years. Whilst he was so married, and his wife was still alive,, he endeavored to enter into an engagement with Miss Humphreys, with an evident view to marriage. Miss Humphrey* said she did not* know at the time defendant was married. However, it really did not matter for the, purpose of the present case whether she did or did not know whether . defendant , was married She, had repented and , told him' she would have nothing more to do with), him. * "

"If he had been a man," continued hia Worship," he would have accepted that. For a married man to molest a ■girl m this way he is no more or no less than a blackguard." ' Accused was bound over to keep the peace for a term of twelve months, himself m £250, and two sureties of £125 each. . • , ' Accused : If I don't find the sureties? Hia Worship: You 'will have to go to gaol.

Accused : For how long ? His Worship : /Twelve months