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Attempt to Fire Revolver MAN FOUND GUILTY Bv Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, Oct. 26. A series of three charges was preferred in the Supreme Court against Colin William Glass, the young man who was arrested in sensational circumstances on a city roof-top at midnight on July 30. He was charged with attempting to discharge a loaded revolver at Detective Whitehead, with assaulting him and with resisting him in the execution of his duty. The case was tried by Mr Justice Herdman. Air Meredith prosecuted and Glass conducted his own defence. Mr Meredith said that the incident giving rise to the charges was a somewhat desperate one. When the accused was accosted on a city roof-top at night ho turned a revolver on Detective Whitehead, saying: “Stick ’em up, or I’ll well shoot you!”. When ho had the revolver presented at Detective Whitehead’s chest there was a distinct click from it, but for some reason tho cartridge did not go off. When he was finally overpowered he was found to have in his possession a gelignite fuse, detonators and a blue silk mask.
Defective Whitehead gave lengthy evidence.
Eric Wright, on tho staff of the Bank of New South Wales, Newmarket, said that the revolver produced had been taken from tho bank. There had been five live cartridges and one spent one in it. It was arranged so that when the trigger was pulled tho empty chamber was struck. Glass elected neither to give evidence nor to make a statement to the jury.
His Honour drew attention to the seriousness of the charge of attempting to shoot and said that the accused’s conduct on the roof had been extraordinary. It was plain that the man was armed and that he had mater, ial for damaging a safe or a building. Ho had made a violent struggle with the detective and had threatened to shoot.
The jury was absent only 20 minutes before returning with a verdict of guilty on the major charge of attempt ing to discharge a firearm. The accused was remanded for sentence.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 269, 27 October 1934, Page 7
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