ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 5

ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE

AGAINST A YOUTH. A BRUSH WITH "SPECIALS." At i:!o Police Court tins morning, before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.JL, diaries j George Chatfteld. aged IS Tears, who had I been arrested by 'Tepeclal" constables i last Friday in possession of two revolvers, ivas char-red that on the date in ! question he attempted to murder one i Cecil Lynch. Mr. Si. 1). JfahoncT appeared for ac- ' ••used, and Chief-detective McMnlum ' prosecuted. A "SPECIAL'S" BADGE. Dariil Crisbone stated thai he was a • "special" constable, doing duty nt the ! wharf. On Friday iaist, about 2.3d p.m.. ', in company vvitli "Special" Constable , J once, j-orgensen, Lyih-h, and others to the number of about forty, on foot, lie | wae marching towards the Domain. He ! saw accused first in T'itt Street on a bicycle. Later witness saw accused i standing leaning over 'lie bicycle near • the Hospital gate* in Park R >-. !. Xotieed that accused had a "special" j constable's badge on the lapel of iilii I coat. Witness and .Tones then iHepped | out from '.he company and wenl towards ■ accused. They aefced him whose l.adire i lie had. If.- said. "Mine." Civil Lynch. | who aii-o came up, asked Chaitield what i company he belonged to, and lit , replied : "The Mercer Company." ATTEMPTED TO BOLT. Cecil Lynch then said he would have to £o to t!:e c<l mp foi tlip purpose of I identifiratinn. He .'aid he wanted to ! leave hie bicycle against the Heepital j fence, and witness maid he had better ! tajcp it with him. Thereupon Chatiield ! dropped his bieyole in the middle of the ' roadway and attempted to run. Before • he li-ad taken two ntep3 witness caught hold of him by t!ie coat-tail, and :ts \ Chat field endeavoured to free himself by ; turning ivitntvs caught him in an em- • brace round the the ;iir of them i being f.u-e to face. Chatfield's right hand j ivpn; up. and -witness felt something : which he thought was a baton touch the j side of his face. HAD TWO REVOLVER?. ! Witn-fiSi at once tripped and threw • Chatfield, and a.s he lay on top of him he saw one of the "specials' , take a revolver ;r,.ni ChatfieldVs hand. ChatHeld was iftrnjrgling, and two »r three men, w!mm witness took to be accuscd'n m.itee. came ai.mg and told Chat field ! to go quic'.ly. Juet t'.ien Ronald Lynch. \ in charge of ili» company, came along, i I Accused was then held by two other men. but .is Lynch camp along accused attempted to pur liic. riglii. hand in Irn pocket. Lynch -told one of the men to pull his hand away. That was done, and Lynch put hie hand in Chatfield's lire..!- - . nocket. and pulled out a revolver, fully loaded. ALL THE "PEAXUTS." Chaitield then remarked, "For every | one of Uγ, taken we'll take a 'boss. , * a W.ab' and a V-pecia!.'" Chatfield was' then taken to l.ie camp, and on the way j he aisked thp '■specials , '' if they had ail ' the "peanuts," and nt'the H.ime time he handej- over some more cartridges from hi* pockets to Ronald Lynch. Witness ' saw cartridges in both revolvers. The | revolvers produced were'like the rerol- I yens accused had.. W.TIEUE THE WEAPON POINTED, j Francis Henry Jonnj. a '"special" eonis;.i:>!e stall ned at the wharf, «aid that uiien Ciraf.jolJ, (in Irs bicycle, pa.-i-r.l j :he compmiy of 'Vnpivals" at the iire I brigade -ration he lifted the lapel of his ! eont nnd showed his hadg"\ Later, onpo- I the Hmpit.il, wlrr.ren asked t'lnt- I I field ii" he didn't belong to the 1.W.W.. I i :>TI i aecuiied ropli"d "Xoj I ciine fro'n ; i Mercer." When CrMione caught Chatfield by the waist witness sir aecuteti | draw form-thing apparently from h'« ! trousers pocket nnd lift his hand i ( ri"!bone'e head. Witness then ■ ri:xw thai it .vjrt a revolver and that it ' ' ivas iioiuted in the direction of Cecil j Lynch* head. Witness then caught j hold of ihe revolver barrel and piir'.ied i; 'up. .Ins: thrn Crisbone '.'nrew ChatfiVld. I and the revolver was t;=.ken from him. | Witness jnet had a glan?e at the revol- j ver. but he taw that every chanrber was j loaded. To Mr. M.ihony: At the time ilie revolver wa< pointed at him Lynch tear • standing about a yard away. A REASON' Ol\-KN". Christnn Jorgensen. a special eon- ! I stable, siated that he did not see the ! • beginning of the struggle between Cri-- '; i boric and ChatSeld. but he later saw a ! J revolver taken out of the breast pocket '■ jot (hat-field's coat. At the enmp the; j licensed told witnei's that he hid only i i)u'.!e,l ihe rtr.-t revolver from bis trous- | ! ers pocket to prevent himself from being i j ruptured i'l the struggle. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. j Ronald Lynch, n special, said he got ■to the scene of thp struggle when (hat- ' : field had got t.i his feet, after having l J been thrown by Crisbone. Witness's ! attention war; attracted l>y a motion of ; accused , ' hand to hi<s breast pocket. : whereon witness put his liand in the j p-..-ki-t «nd .'rew out a fully loaded re- ! volver. S>ubse*iuently accused was tiikeu t.i the Domain, and. with the revolvers and cartridges, handed over to Sergeant Rock. While on the way accused a-ked • J witness if he was he liml ul! the j '■ peanuts." and at the same time took! about a dozen revolver cartridges from ' his outside coat pocket, and handed j ; them over. Accused made the i same explanation to witne=s about ; I taKing the tirst revolver from his j trousers pocket as he had made to I JorL'Piioen. i < ecil Au.Jley Lynch corroborated the l evidence of the witnesses a= to the cap- i tine .in.! ihe atrugelc. Witness could not say of hi? own observatinn that 'lie ' revolver was pointed in hN direction. "TETE ftOOD OF THE CAUSK." I Sfr™t. Rnck detailed t-he placing if ! accused in cnetody. When witness w;.r; ; cnterintr the police station watch-house 'in Prini-es Street with accused, the latter remarked to n fvicml who was Btanil- ; 'in? at the doorway: "It's all for the' TO KEEP OIT OF THE CITY. I { hat-field pleaded not guilty, and. re- ' serving lii- defence. was committed to j Ilie .Supreme Court for trial. Rail was allowed ill one surety of A! 100. one of ] i l ;e condition** of bail Ueinjr rh:-it n<*c-iised j ' slmtild not reside in Auckland, or its j