KILLED IN BRAWL
UNIVERSITY LECTURER SECRET SERVICE DUTIES BRISBANE, March 20.. Papers in a dead university lecturer’s pocket showed that he has been employed on secret service work for the Canadian and British Navies. The lecturer, Dr. James Carson Taylor, was killed in a brawl in Brisbane while on the way to take up a post at Melbourne University on February 19.
A labourer, aged 24. was charged with murder, but after hearing evidence the court reduced the charge to one of manslaughter and committed accused for trial.
Accused stated that deceased was drunk and had been ordered to leave the cafe. He grasped a waitress and refused to let go. Accused struck him iust as a brawl among other men started, At the conclusion deceased was seen leaning against an awning outside the cafe and the waitress told him to go home. He slapped the waitress and accused then hit him. Deceased fell back into the roadway.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21980, 26 March 1946, Page 5
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