FAMILY DIFFERENCES.—MAN INJURED.
Dunedin, This day. Francis Dougheuy, a laborer, residing at South Dunedin, was received into the hospital at 3.45 a.m. yesterday, suffering from a largo cut on the right side of the head. lie Avas bleeding very much, and the cut, Avhich Avas five inches long, Avas dressed by the acting Resident-Surgeon. Dougherty got injured in this Avay : A son of his got married on Sunday, and Dougherty being opposed to the marriage is said to have got drunk in consequence and about 2 o'clock yesterday morning he Avent Avith an axe to attack the young couple at the house of the bride's father. The police Avere sent for, but before their arrival Dougherty had broken tho Avindows and a melee had occurred, in the course of which he received the cut referred to.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3817, 9 October 1883, Page 3
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