A JEALOUS YOUTH
Giri Taken in “Excuse Me” Dances PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULT ißy Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 21. In the Magistrate’s Court, Trevor Lyall Evans, aged 18, pleaded guilty •nd was committed for sentence on a charge of assaulting Walter George Hill, manager of the Self Help Store at Beckenham, on the night of August 8. In a statement made to a detective, the accused said he had been jealous of Hill for some time because Hill used to take hi* girl from him in “Excuse Me’’ dances. He thought Hill did that <o make him look boyish. He had had this idea in his mind for some time, and on August 8 he decided to go to Hill’s shop and give him a thrashing. He called Hill to the door and directed a blow at him with a stick. Hill called for help and a struggle ensued. When he heard people coming ho struck Hill three times with a kerosene bottle. He wanted to knock Hill out so that he eould get away. Hill went limp and the accused thereupon ran • way. The police stated that the assault had been deliberately planned, and the accused was very fortunate to be in Court only on a minor charge. Counsel denied that the accused had been masked, and said he was simply wearing a scarf, which he had been ■ wearing earlier in the day.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 212, 21 August 1934, Page 5
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