CHINESE IN TROUBLE
ATTACK ON A MAORI (By Telegraph.—Press Association) NAPIEK, 21st May. ! An elderly Chinese named Yip Wah appeared a.t the Napier Magistrate's Court this morning and pleaded guilty to a charge of being a rogue and vagabonds Statements made by the police showed that the defendant had a. grudge against a Maori named Chase. The defendant had come to grips with Chase and threatened to use a knife upon him. A Maori friend had invited Chase to sleep in his house for safety, and Chase did so, taking the precaution of placing across tho door a piece of iron piping which would fall should anyone open the door of the room. Early in the morning Chase was. awakened by the sound of the piping falling and found tho defendant with a formidable slasher about four feet in length with a blade three fiect long. The, _ Maor* j was able to overpower the Chinaman without injury. For the defendent, counsel stated that his client was in financial trouble, which was preying on his mind, with tho result that ho was slightly mentally defective.. On the'undertaking of a Chinese friend that . the. defendant would be., sent to Wellington or Masterton to friends who would find.employment for him, the Magistrate decided, to convict tho accused and order him to come up for sentence- if called upon.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 119, 22 May 1928, Page 11
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225CHINESE IN TROUBLE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 119, 22 May 1928, Page 11
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