ASSAULT CHARGE

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29050, 12 November 1959, Page 12

ASSAULT CHARGE

:Man Admitted To Hospital J Allan Bede Holmes, a 48-year- > old farmer, of Yaldhurst, was re- • manded to November 26 on a • charge of assaulting his brother, • Walter Thomas Holmes, on J October 11, so as to cause actual I bodily harm, when he appeared •before Mr N. M. Izard, S.M., in , the Magistrate’s Court yesterday • afternoon. • Holmes was granted bail at » £lOO with one surety of £lOO. • Sergeant M. J. Ryan said the J accused had been arrested at «1.30 p.m. that day. • Walter Holmes was admitted to • the Christchurch Public Hospital • early yesterday with a severe ! head wound. His condition was t reported late yesterday afternoon • as slightly improved. i A squad of five detectives under »the direction of DetectiveJ Sergeant R. Ball made inquiries rat tfie home of Allan Holmes, a ‘ trotting trainer and owner, in ! Yaldhurst road, yesterday morning “ Walter Holmes, aged 42, a workman, was taken from there »bout 4.30 a.m. yesterday. He Jwas attended by a doctor and was <hen taken by a St. John ambulance to the hospital. Two constables, who arrived at the house •shortly after 6.30 a.m., found bloodstains on the driveway. w Allan Holmes was arrested by Detective-Sergeant Ball and "Detective G. D. Langley.