A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 212, 6 September 1911, Page 2

A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.

dttJJigßD STABBING CASE. A domestic disturbance in Parnell yesterday evening resulted in Alexander McMurtrie, tailor, of Garfield-street, appearing at the Police Court to-day on a charge of drunkenness, and of assaulting his wife and causing her bodily harm by stabbing her in the hand with a pair of scissors. The allegation was that the accused, a lame man, when considerably under the influence of drink, quarrelled with his wife, and attempted to stab her with a pair of scissors, with the result that in attempting to protect her body she received two slight wounds in the palm of the hand. Later, the husband was found drunk in the street. The case was remanded to be heard before a Magistrate, the accused protesting that the charge was wrong, that he never did anything of the sort. He asked for bail, but Sub-Inspector Hendrey said that though the case was not serious it would probably be better if the accused were detained in custody for medical treatment, and kept from drink for a time. Bail was accordingly refused.