MURDER CHARGE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19769, 6 November 1929, Page 16

MURDER CHARGE.

| AUCKLAND STABBING CASE. H RTHER EVIDENCE HEARD. [TSX FSCSS Special !wf J MX K LAN !> N " I .• r . *;.t«T.rr tor t « r »T« II » * alirii :!,#■ »t (••• t lab. :-. " -It Mr !».« k-v>:i .t: i Mr >)• I.;w : mi .1 < •>.>: «t I'.. 1!"' N- .Mti *1:1. \ .JE".-", iii'i, ».v ~ i*'< i Ml' J'islS.*; Sll.'th - : - !':•■■ •» m*- ( I*. 1.« « Kruxi.t :»:ni xn-'i'lr". w■ ■ * i,% Mr >1»- rv >!.' r < . ■■•' J i'r -• r .r. a • r»- ct'ww'ty », :• «11 "Of i . Mr l>u .. -.h th- ' " > : i < t > 11 <!!.• i Pairs' ». H*riv '• into tk«- . ll' « »•• - a n :i !/i«' ' 1 ..-in tH: lia>. "*'t wt :t «ail**! • !i... I r»»vi iJf t--...:. !• r. • K u.ht' ,ril ■»: W <:. ■'. i .«a;<l >lhc u ■ t'turi j».in I. i J'.i-t-T. a prrvimio to N j r.-t on " i>.- ctemiifi *:t" A'i(i'i*i. I'tkl. t Wrnin 311.4 h.i> -, r t"r:» n«l >it wiltt I' 1 .ui-I lik in lln» front roorr:. Tiie ■> oi C'allrry en tli«" <lw*av ai>l tii.' >'ih-civ:' nt knocking •>; th«; fro:;: ■ ;-f 1 r alter lm <!»>parfirr »fru n' 1 ' ii , i.v w I>'.i\ v w-rit :•> I 'i' •' ,ir.. ! -11— him -jt 'VI out ft , tf"- I-i mr " >h« l *«" ■ ; >i.«'inz p r i-h«ei lirai'l j ium «.•>» Fiat-- th"-v bavp J I:n ni . H»> on the be<l. j "I am Wi;n«*s ar.U j h>-r ;ri<Ti.| thfn ' D.itiil Patrick C arnnKiv. a ranvaiicr, , J lii'.rtj * i;h nnd (Jrorcc Co'.»> at i 1 ll. r > N>Ncii >'»•«:«. ■■atd li.«- arrived at I t th" hj»»« with a man named CiaHot : j ]!i-t prior t>> tl>e the hfavv | j kruw king *.n heard at tlio tl«or. W it- ■ rtrn.l I:"ard a sruff»> ar. i I.•'»•• ? sa - . : | i "C.et «»«:." From hi* position in the ■ . rnoii: w»tne%« toukl not -ec what i ; j;oinn o'i |{» th<* front d<x>r j j an I l.t-avT staggered into th«I r>*>ns. hi> last wordt bemjs: '"Davy, I ! ,»m cone." Witness placed on j the f*-fj in the room and applied a !>hirt ( to th>* n>>«ind m his groin as a rough louraiqitKi. fiallot uav? evitlence of * simitar nature. Marrfaiet married, described a visi' paid by ( affery to her | hoiiMT on the Fndav evening. j nari with her hu-tband in tlie house at about 6 V 1 p.m. when a not-e wan heard iti th«- rißiit-of-way. She saw a man removing a bag ol potatoes from a cart u<«il i v l.er hu<band m his business as a il<;aler. Hit husband struck a mat<li and *:ln.--i heard him say : "Oil, it !- vou. taffery." Witness told C'affery to put th-• potatoes down, and he did thii .-ay iO|K he did not want them. He said h.- wanted to xee Cole, addinß he "aould kill the to-night. \Vitn--s* informefi Caffery that Cole was not tlicn living with tir in. but had moved to No. 119. Jiniw Lanßton corroborated the evide nee of lit* wife. An inspection of the mene of the tragedy was mads* by tlie j'iry during the luncheon adjoornmenl. On renaming. Frederick William ArroitaßC, bacteriologist at the Auckland Hospital, was called. He testified to finding marks of human blood on a pair of black boot*. a pair of Krej socks, and sbeath knife ( produced). To Mr Dickson, witness said M.baa also examined a oair of tan w Ol9 and blue »ert» tronsem aubmittcd to him bv counsel. Allied whether the blond con Id have Wen sprayed on the articles artibnalW. witness said this would be practically impofflibto in the ease of the trousers. • I propose to show that the trousers " arm tan b.*»ts lielonß to Byrne.'' id Mr Dicmu. "We admit the black * tools ar© the propertr of Caffer^*." Kuiftht deseri»>ed bis in«portion of 11U Nelson street and the ; aonrehen'ion «>f Caffery at Ills house Vvitress said Obukkion anil Caffery ' had had liquor, but w. re not drunk. ' Byrne w»j» lytng on a sola and apl |>"ar«d to be in a state of he)ple-s . drunkenness. Tbere were bloodstains ► on Calf -it s boot.-; ami s»x ks. but the clothing worn b* Byrne #howed n-> mark*. C»ff-*ry wa% removed to the 1 |X)ln-f station and Byrne was taken in charge later, being hekl on a < harpt of *.iera«ey. #aid be fontul ' ibe tan boot* pnidaced on the evening » of the ;r-»Kedy in » wash-house at the rear ol house. The Miles ■ wi re dry and there was blue /mould ! routrfl lite lowrr portion The path ir«>m the road to tbe door of 119 Neii .on <trcrt w.i» w. t and m iddy on the j ntjth: of the tragedy ■ j Replying to ilr Di< k-on. witness J J '*aid he had made no mention of the - tan boot* in th* Lower Court as no » t reference ha<l then been made to them. [ * I)xi yo-i itoc know that Caffery al- } Ii &e»i on the very night of the tragedr i bat byrn • aas the culprit.-" asked •- i Mr Dtrkson. " I \Vitne»s replied that lie did. i Mr l)irkse>ti called C affery ironi th»- ! il-w-k in or'U-r to show that the blu»- | trr>. -er» did not it bun. | Wi".twss said he bad not found 'he [ «rmnrr. on the night of the tragedy A pair of blue denim trouser* bad been ' I di.«covcred in Caffery's ho'i.e, b'it | bad been remoced. I Replying further, witness said he j had Wen surprised to find the sheath knivc on the mantelpiece of the front, room at 119 Xebou street on the 1 morning after the tragedy. About sis j detectives bad searched the house for I the weapon on tbe evening of the e tragedy. There was a .sufficient (|»iantity of blood on tbe ffoor to cover r a knife. QuesCionfid further regarding the * tan Boots, witneta said he could not «. swear tliev bad not been marked with r bkwwl. He wu unable to say whether r lie bad as.»i.i»ted Byrne into the police J (ar w|i?n he vtu taken to the police i station -Do yon think he was in a condition to know what hj" was doing at - »er«-n o'clock 5 " asked Mr Du k>->n. »Vitn>»*s reolied : No. j Dftective Snnlden said that wheu f afferv was taken to tbe police station he said: "It i-i a murder i harge th i - o tunc." In a written .statement, read by wite ii»ss, C a<T« rv »a;d he went to 119 N"e'—hi »trc«t in coiopa ns- with Byrn<» to see Cole. He had a scuffle with a man who cjinc to the door i. and I.tt>« r suddenly <Melaim<-d that he »"4( blc<-d-n';. He had nothing "i hi. bands at the time, «n»l he did not .e»» Byru* .-.,ih any weapon. [| At this stage the case was adjourned, hi. Honour remarking that he wn.tld to ri.it the scene of tW tra(;< v i!.y.