BRAWL ON KAIMANAWA
GREASER USES KNIFE,
A brawl between a firemap and a greaser took place on the steamer Kaimanawa, on Saturday night, when the injudicious" use of a knife by one of the parties, William Roberts, 33 years of resulted in his appearance before Mr. F. X- , Hunt, S.Jf,, at the Magistrate's Court to-day, on a charge of assaulting Alexander Marshall 50 .as to pause tiiiji sptual bodily harm.
The complainant, who appeared, with a bandage round his neck, said that he ivvent Pl bpardhig vessel about 6/30 p.m. jind, being on fairly frjendly terms witji thp appuspd, who was in bed, he woke him up with the object of "having" a chat." "I was quite surprised," wept on the witness, "when he jumped up and hit me on the jaw, Jpospnirfg ft couple of niy teeth. J went back to my nuarterp, but he followed snd we had a fight there for a couple of minutes. He then went baci? to his quarters and returned saying that he had a gun. I told him to •ehoot nway,' but the next thine; I know, he had stabbed me in the neck. I was lunky, the knife waß not very" sharp—it was a ground-down table knife—but all thn same I don't want hjm to 'go up.' " The 'Sub-Inspector pointed out if, had been ascertained that the men had previously been on fairly friendly terms The vessel was leaving to-night for Westport, en route to Australia. "You can fight as much as you like," remarked the Magistrate to the accused "hut yoii must pot use a knife." A fine of £5, in default one month's imprisonment, was. imposed.
BRAWL ON KAIMANAWA
Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 25, 30 July 1923, Page 2
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