ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 194, 24 August 1885, Page 2

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

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William Henry Wakeuah ] ; cordial manufacturer, M-asbro^u "! charged with attempting to JIl wife, Mary Wakeham, wif ™9^: 25th July last, Swgeant P ratt ,*%: the prosecution, and stated !i ticuhiM of the caße •nh'l, !*■' fresh in the memory of onrSj,*lll^Wnkehuin waa much better 77? U: conveyed from the HoS'ftS' was prepared to gi ye evidence -^l Miiry W akeham, who lookS P ill, was led into Court and , *V with a chair. She deposed th ??''* wife of tho prisoner. Was &? in Dock-street, IPreeJuWP?S Her husband waa living witt'fc^ children KomemberedWa;,, home on the Saturday. He T. fS^ When he awoke she He did not give her anT n,^! ho had none. Sent C i ""r Elizabeth to a friend to borrows ; returned with &. Her hfi S£^ • tho kitchen, Bhe went into the 2|! 1 had no recollection of anvthino P* ; asked tho ohild for the S&' • hondedittoher. Did not «& struggle between her and ffl:.! lhere waa an axe on tlia .? 4i Oenerally lupt it in thefactVSs produced was like it. ' ** To tho Bench: Could not remeuwf' happened. Knew her hwbandSfkitchen when she passed through &* [line's™ mem°ry aUoget!l6td«^: Prisoner eaid Mrs Wakeham m, UI unlit Btate to be examined, anil ta*} prefer not to ask her any mJ^. present. l i™umi|,i : Mrs Wakeham, who appearedcominlexhausted, was conveyed bad1 Ri Hospital. • "*;.'- Elizaboth Wakebam, daughter ol I priaoner, waa examined, an4pJiu;: she was nine years old. RemembS day, the 25th of July. HerfalSw; out that day with hop beer. HewtJr' the afternoon. ShewasplayineonlaTiil door. He was on the ted when S maoors. Her mother aeked him htm Ho !i«d nono. She borrowed 2s of ajS bourfor her mother. Her mother &s,' out with tho money to buy nest fan': Her father asked for tho 2e, bottamfeiv woula not give it to him, HetW-g her mother by thowaiet and pulled!«jjV: the porch. He then throw her dtrai^ i-tejH, or rutlier pushed her. Shefe3,ct dropped the money from her hand, Bj was a'struggle for it, andhegotttiii«; He sat on her chest and reached atftho axe, which was beside the 1m;; (She recognised the axs in ,(y:? Saw her father srike hsr mother'titi three times with the back part of, tie v Saw blood. Mother did not speatßl :■ got up and walked into the bow i asked him why ho had struck her m&a that way. He said, "Conldnotlflpi1' and left tho house by tho front dot. "t said, " I've done it at last," aniialj, the street.

By prisoner: I was not at homelib . Got the 2s off Mrs Kane. Didmtk you say " Don't give it to manuti, Mi : get drink with it," You pushedlwsli, the porch, Had seen her drunk wwliaMamma had beon drinking tto Sao had beon drinking all (to !»;■■• and was only capable of pup.. ono meal during the week. Sbebiij;.arm and turned me out of bed few! would not go for drink. Ss* Gums:: at you with a knifo when shewintedtos;/ for drink. Never raw mammagrtiipi: to you. Dr. Thomas Hope Lewis deposed liiik wa? called to see Mrs WakehamontinSi:"' ult, at a house in Dock street, Fonto:"----lying on her back near the backdoor, ft,: right side of her head was a snsollUi By the help of the peHcegothertoi: front room. She was in a conubsaddition, quite unconecioca, Fooslity.:.. scalp would five inches in lengthaii;. right side of tho head, whictßp'1-' a fracture of the bone. There«••»;-. wound J of an inch in length, alB'to;;, over the right cheek bone, and or*'1; the back of the head, and complete M\ tis of tho left side of the body.» .... dreesed the wounde, and ordered te» „ mediate removal to the hospital Hide her thero several time?, although mj~ not under bis care. The wnradiaaW; healed, and Bbc is fairly Mww*,. Believe she is out of danger, W*1" care. Her life was certainly »M#r.. It was doubtful whether she cow*, reached tho Hospital alive, Theaa™1 have caused tho injuries. CqohWJ that the wounds were inflicted Wit although it was quite likely. TW»||. great loss of blood. • . S By prisoner: There is a far better*^,, for a total abstainer to recover noa«»- ;- ---juries than a person addicted to««" ;: drinking. A relapse might tekepW»/' death ensue, if she is not taken cffl«V by inflammation, for instance, n,"*",.:, branes of the brain. • , M Other witnesses were called, m -. hearing of evidence wasnotconelw* we went to press.