MURDER CHARGE
SEQUEL TO A STREET AFFRAY.
(BX TELEGRAPH.— PROSS ASSOCIATION.)
DUNEDIN, This Day. vi -r £ 9 / olice Court this morning, ihihp Gordon Sutherland, aged 21 was charged with the murder of John James Ryan, aged 53, the charge arising from a street affray on Tuesday night, as the alleged result of which Ryan d-> 3in tha hospital
When a remand was asked for, Mr White, counsel for the accused, asked for bail characterising. the affair as a street attray with an unfortunate endiu" A murder charge, in the circumstances! was simply a judicial farce. The Chief Detective, however, stated that the allegation was that deceased accidentally bumped into the accused and apologised, but that accused, nevcrtha less knocked him down, kicking him Moreover, an older brother of accused wade a statement to the police taking the blame on himself, this being, no doubt, a rues to onalnlg the accustd to g«t away.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 154, 27 December 1924, Page 7
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153MURDER CHARGE Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 154, 27 December 1924, Page 7
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