FATAL ASSAULT

Grey River Argus, 16 June 1933, Page 2

FATAL ASSAULT

DUNEDIN MAN COMMITTED. (U' r Press Association). DU.XIJHN. June L’». [’leading not guilty to a char'-o that on .lune :: he unlawfully killed Peter Smith, thereby committing man slaughter. Arthur John Thomas Wil kinsoii was committed for trial. Bail was '•! , anl>‘tl in one surety of £2OO. and l\va of £lOO eat h. The inquest | roceediio's were taken concurrently with the hearing of the charge. Medical evidence was that the iu juries were done as the rt'sull oi an iniurv to the head. through either striking the footpath or a corner of th c building. The post mortem disclosed intercranial haemorrhage. re suiting front fracture of the skull. Arthur Keddell, motor mechanic, said that on leaving the Grown Hotel at (i o'clock, son e one pushed between himself and his companion, who went, up to another man on the kerb re 'markin’.:: “Did you call—a— The man r< plied “No.” With that the first man struck the other a blow and the man fell into the road. Hat on his back', striking his head. The assailant ran away. Witness later saw Wilkinson. whs said: “What would you have don“. if a man had called your 'old father Detective Jenvey said that on Juno 5. accused came to the Declectivc Office and said, “ I 'ni the man who hit Smith on Saturday. I have come to give myself up. I didn’t know tin ail this morning that he was dead so I knocked off work at lunch time, and came straight here.”