BROTHERS QUARREL

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 121, 18 November 1931, Page 11

BROTHERS QUARREL

OEM FOR KEYOIiTO

AIXECEtI AtTEM^TED ::-::;r, : :'MURDER^' ;; -

A'sequel'io.arl argument, between two brothers is being',heard to-day in.the Magistrate's ..-Court,: where preliminary evidence is-being called against Norman Allen Miller, .aged 31,, on. a charge of attempting .■ to-; murder ; Ida brother David. - -■"' •• - ! ■' The1 first "witness/ David Hugh Miller, who-"resides - at -6, Arlington 'Street, said • the'- accused was -his; brother, and ■lie lived'with-'him. On 10th November the accused-had been drinking." About 11.30 p.m., tho accused knocked at witness's bedroom" door saying that he wanted to see him.- Witness.went down into the kitchen; where the ;a<scused and another brother -were. Witness reprimanded his; brother for being drunk, and the pair came to' blows. ' Witness then noticed the-accused had a revolver in;his.hand and he- made a grab for it. Sucldenly witness' heard a, loud explosion, and something knocked him down. He was: wounded, but it:was not a serious wound, being only a scratch. Only one'shot ,was'fired.' The .accused Lw'as'very upset and then .seemed to. go right off his.head. He "ran outside, then .came ..in and ran upstairs, and" then down,': all 'the time, raving and. shouting and using bad.language. Witness's wife went for the police, but when they arrived the accused was not there* He came back later and was arrested. PREVIOUS THRASHINGS. Cross-examined, by- counsel for the accusedj witness said. h©' had on previ: oils occasions thrashed.his brother for coming home.drunk, but when the ac; eused sobered-up he bore no malice. -'■■ Robert -William.. Miller, another brother of the accused,, said that ho was in., the . kitchen -when Norman came home. The accused was • pretty well drunk. Witness did not speak to the accused; he very seldom did. when Norman, was drunk. Witness-was out of the room when the scuffle occurred, but when he heard, the shot he went.into the kitchen and found, his' brother David on one knee., .The latter .told Norman, to. get out of the house? and get out quick, as he knew very well his wife had: gone for the police.

(Proceeding.)