CHARGE OF MURDER.
AFTER STREET AFFRAY. MAN DIES IN HOSPITAL. COURT REFUSES BAIL. {By Telegraph.—Tress Association.) DI'XEDIN", this day. At tho Police Court this morning, Philip Gordon Sutherland (-1) "'as charged with the inupler of John James Ryan i."i 3), the charge arising from a street affray on Tuesday night, as trie alleged result vi whh-li llyan died in the hospital. When a remand was asked for. Jlr. ■White, counsel for accused, asked for bail, characterising the affair as a street affray with an unfortunate ending, and murder, the charge in the circumstances, was simply a judicial farce. The chief detectUe, however, stated that the allegation was that deceased accidentally bumped into acoii.- ■'-, and apologised." accused knock, in" him dov.-n and kicking hi:n. Moreover, the elder brother of accused mndfl a statement to the police taking the blame on himself, this being no doubt a ruse to enable accused to get away. Bail was refused.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19241227.2.14
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 307, 27 December 1924, Page 4
Word Count
155CHARGE OF MURDER. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 307, 27 December 1924, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.