HIT WITH AXE
— ■ A WOMAN CHARGED —■■■■■■ ■■ 1 (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, June 1. Elsie Clara Babich was charged at the Police ' Court, with assaulting ] Charles Wilfred Walgren, on May 18, f so as to cause actual bodily harm.. c It is alleged that the man was struck ] with a tomahawk. , Medical evidence was given that j the man when admitted to the hospital was suffering from considerable < degree of shock and loss of blood. ( Across the left ear was a cut about four and a-half inches in length. In ( the same direction within line of the eyes, a cut completely divided the | ear above the canal leading into the skull and extended for about an inch j in front of the ear and about an inch. 5 behind. The cut divided a superficial , temporal artery and opened the outer table of the skull. Had the wound not ' received early attention, it might have ! proved fatal owing to loss of blood. The wound was consistent witli ah axe-blow. ’ Accused was further remanded for ' a week.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 June 1928, Page 6
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