SAVAGELY ASSAUITED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 147, 22 June 1911, Page 4

SAVAGELY ASSAUITED.

IEEEIBLy • In connection with the ail«L v ° U Alfred Badcock §$&* May 13th, it is stated that t& •«* ov man is likely to be an fimS* 5 * 4 Wanganui Hospital for '*• weeks longer. ior at .least^ Badeock's version of the 11 he and -two other men left hkf" ■*»' went to a bUßard-rwa "tol° Use ><l opened that night.7w men were present, ut?S?*' beer was supplied free of igj ?&¥ who cared to drink it H«T * q ft( * and later on an him and a man naked mX suit being that the but no harm was done. c L?f went home, and goinc inaia v \w locked the' d& heard three, or four meHta«& k and then the back dp'or Badcock went out, *&%$&&'• blow on the head, arid * Murphy had a hammer that_the latter hit him oa-tgg&g' it. Badcock goes on: to. was knocked about'sevetely '"and-*J it fell down. He then •'Boot him/ Hewas ffiß&f knocked about until he became £Sjg When he cam e round, he'was in Wjm his front tee£h 'had "been knwfcS „", and his head was cut aboul- ■ BeaiffiTi great pain for a «to* into the Waaganui Hospital, still an inmate. . ,/■: ( -;,-f."°» On Friday last three men, named <W nelius Murphy, FrederickKinobanfcW John McKenzie, hape Magistrate's Court with sirauniS a violent assault upon Alfred BWexk Badeock's evidence as .and a witness named Merfcrsfctrt thi he lived with Badcock; him on the night X.question.-to tk. billiard-room, and saw thfe About 10.30 the back door burst open. "He hj'aida groan, and saw Badcoek'rjring nei t : ffi, front door, in a .frightful ■eondilioa; onconscious and smbtheredm''bl(^(lj-"j[ et ' ton got him inside"!'-'Afier'a-'fifeii,," ; came, round and spat, out »;HuoJi*--(it. teeth. Merton attended him 'fcrVrneV but he became so bad tliata Sorfonta .sent for, and he ij, 9 ' hospital. J ; ' -' ,<*.].• Arthur D. Wright,. proprietSr' of the billiard-room, and FreJ also gave evidence. ~■.. -..";••-.sj^vv Clifton Arthur, a that about 10.30,j on the nigjit o{ May ' ■ 13th. he saw three; men' approa«Kng Bad-' ' cook's bouse, which, is about-tlirie chains from the store.tThcy went:to, fte font: door and began knocking:' Sopilifte ha heard bad language , and heavy iWt Hβ thought at the Hβ heard a man -named bai " Con < stop it I" aid shortly aftj'r air liinchaiit rtm away .'.'Then fteotbrtoo went. One was very 'drunk. , :Thetaller 'one. Murphy,--fetttrn€(i ; ;"tb'.; the shorter one, McKenrie; to.get iTvaJjTheii ; he heard groans and:ssvw Mertoa other man go "to".tie Badcock inside. .■■ 7_. ;'■•'. I?;./\> ' Drs. Eeid (Of Wanganip) and'Boyide- . tailed the injuriea.receive i by iaditb, whose head""was cut, hja-.tepth !kno:e!l out, his jaw badly ; bruised all over. j)r.,Eeid. expressedle opinion that" the ißan's jawby some other 'means titan a ma'B'e t>: Dr. ■Boyd^^^ltiit-'Jiftd-ibcea-itqfeDf' . a kick. "'. ;,. ."-. _ ■ ..-.■■'. ■'; :: ■ From further evidence it -si " shown that, after the > sault, Kinchant •cleared aiway and w| not seen in the locality tor a week. T> Monday following tbV assault. Murph .himself, went to thjß.,i?pfiCe aiid ; Kinchant as missing;,atjd'.furlliw'jtttK, ■ that he and \*i a »"i that Badcock had taken a Bimmer id, •him. He added thai" he". %&■ <iken tie; hammer, from Badcock, «>J de»\t> few, blows with his fist. ■ y' ■•'.• • ITie accused reserved ttetr 'defend and were committed for tTiatat Court at Pahnerston Nott^ , - ' ■