ROUGE COURT SENSATION.
(WAN STABBED IN DOCK. AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. (Press Assoeiation.—Copyright.) (Received 11.50 a.m.) London, April 8. There was a sensational scene in the South End Police Court when Edward Wilson, a Canadian soldier, had just been fined 40s for stealing a pair of boots and a razor belonging to William Salmon, with whom he was lodging. Instantly Salmon rushed into the dock, and exclaimed: Ha, got you,” and stabbed Wilson in the back with a dagger. Women in the Court shrieked, and Salmon reeled and fell. The police grabbed him, and a few minutes later he appeared in the dock charged with attempted murder. Wilson was seriously injured.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2409, 9 April 1927, Page 5
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110ROUGE COURT SENSATION. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2409, 9 April 1927, Page 5
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