ALLEGED ASSAULT.
SON SLASHED WITH A RAZOR. REMANDED IN CUSTODY. fPer Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. How a man had allegedly gone licmo drunk, sworn at his wife, and slashed his son with a razor, necessitating the son’s admission to hospital, was described by Sub-Inspector Packer in Court to-day when Joseph Kirner, aged 63, appeared on a charge of having assaulted John Nicholas Kirner so as to cause him actual bodily harm. An application by the police for a remand for a week was granted. Accused had gone to his home last night in a drunken condition, and apparently this was a frequent occurrence, said the Sub-Inspector. Kirner had used bad language to his wife, and one of his five sons had told him to put his head under the tap. Kirner, senior, had run for a razor and gashed his son’s throat, neck and chesL He later attacked another son ana cut him on the leg. The first son was at present in hospital and was not fit to be interviewed. No application for bail was made.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 36, 22 November 1939, Page 6
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