ALLEGED STABBING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 205, 27 August 1912, Page 4

ALLEGED STABBING.

' OUTCOME OF A TUSSLE; '• As the outcome of a scuffle in,i hoiisi in Alexandra •Street, oil July 6tk," Aniii; : Monahan was charged before Mr Justice Cooper, at the Supreme Court yesteHii afternoon, with wounding John IriSsfei with iictent to do him actual bodily harm. The prosecu-t-ion was conducts . by the Hon. J. A. Tole, K.C. Tit prisoner was unrepresented by counsel John Inkster stated he Tr&i i .fisherman. and lived at 23", Alexandra 6twel. On July 6th accused and her r ihußl)i&l visited them, and as the result of .i&t behaviour Inkster remonstrated with the. J husband, and a scuffle ensued. While - i they were struggling together, accused '■■ came up behind and stabbed witness & the thigh, the blood flowing freely. , ness was attended by Dr. King, who sent him to the hospital. >; Alt&opgh , then were bottles of bppr in the room, of them was broken, and tie ; cat could not have ibeon caused by a jagged edge. Dr. Abbott, junior resident surgeon at: the Auckland Hospital, deposed ;?ftkt when lnk.~t.er came to the institution he •, had an incited wound 1} inch ■ long 'it i the back of the right thigh. Tha 'wound] had the appearance of having : beta;) caused by a sharp-pointed instrument. Sergeant Hurray stated that he risitad the house shortly after the affair/W. found no trace of. a knife such as jni J likely to cause the wound. • WiSes . later arrested accused, -who said that die had found a broken battle ■which miglt .■ have caused the wound. The hearing of the case -was coatrawd * this morning, when the evidence for the defence was called. • t , c" Clrairlotte PourtTidge, -who -was in ike house at the time of the disturbance, said that a quarrel took place bctwea Monahan and Intster. They both, : over a chair, and efcrnck a dra*et, Inkster, who was oh top,, got lip, *»1 ■ said he was staWbed. Mra..Monali« wanted to interfere, but witness' hieband pushed her back on -the bed. f Ink ■■'; ster then went out. . ,j To Mr. Tolo: A bottle fell from to* i chest of drawers, and broke on tit floor. Her husband gathered up to •broken pieces. '"'* , ;'^ Mr. Tole: Did you not tell the police that you did not see any broken glass!-*': I heard it falling into the backet. - , ' William Thomas Pcwrtridge; iinshUd of the previous witness, eaid that In the tussle the two fell on a battle; which had bern knocked off a cJieet « dra-wers. W~itnes3 mopped up ™ blood, and threw the glass outside. j His Honor: What became of th broken glass? X threw it out of tit back or the front doot, I don't knot. J which. 1 went and had a look lor s| by candle-light,, before the police cams, but I couldn't find it. John Monahan, husband of accused,; gave evidence that his wife iwaslyuiS on the 'bed at the time of the eenjjv and could not hare slabbed Inks'*' , - - ; The prisoners statement in her. <JV* ■■ defence was a complete deals! 6t:w | stabbing. ! ~ iV" After three-quairters ol en hoar's B* ■tirement the jury returned- "with a verdict of not guilty, with the rider tuj they were of opinion that the wbW was caused by some Sharp instrument, but tht*e was no evidence to coined the prisoner with being in possession « such an instrument. The prisoner was discharged.