REVOLVER OR FORK?

Press, Volume L, Issue 15017, 11 July 1914, Page 14

REVOLVER OR FORK?

In the Magistrate's Court yoster- j day, before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., Samuel John Duroso (Mr Dacre) asked that Harriett McKeown should bo bound over to keep the peace. Tho reason for this application was that defondant had, it was alleged, pointed a revolver at Mrs Duroso's head, and threatened to shoot her. Annie Rosina l>urose, -wife of complainant, said she had lived at 527 Colombo street for the past fortnight. Her brother-in-law had a shop next to the defendant's shop, but she did not know defendant personally, and had never spoken to her. Defendant had said nasty things over the fence to her brother-in-law, but she did not know ivhat was tho trouble. On the day in question, witness passed Mrs McKeown's shop, and defendant came out and pointed a small, bright revolver at her, remarking, ''I vo got a loaded revolver here to shoot you with. She thought defendant had been drinking, as sho smelt strongly of *\o Mr Leathern. Defendant had stood on a box. leaned over iheir fence, and Dnrose, wharf labourer said that when ho was unloading his household belongings, defendant remarked: "Oh, what nico furniture 1 "It wasn't very swell," added witness, "but it was good enough tor mc. To Mr Leathern: He would swear defendant had a revolver in her hand Counsel (.holding up a table iork): Was that tho revolver she had in her hand? Witness did not thmk so. ? phono message brought him.-to Duroso s phone bessage brought him to Duroso s place, where a complaint was made that Mrs McKcown had threatened to Ehoot Mra Durose. An interview with defendant followed, and Mrs McKcown admitted that sho had pointed the revolver at Mrs Durose/ Ho produced tho revolver. It was not loaded, and ho found no cartridges. - Mr Leathern said his client was a hard-working respectable woman. She did not know how to use a revolver, and had no cartridges.- It was bought because a man had endeavoured to break into her shop. '. Defendant said sho did not know the Durose family. She was frying chops at tho time the incident occurred, and the "weapon" she had in her hand was a fork. The case was adjourned for three months.