THOUGHT REVOLVER MIGHT PERSUADE HER
YOUNG MAN IN LOVE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. William Campbell, aged 26, a steel worker, was charged with being in possession of an unregistered revolver, and pleaded guilty. There was an application by a young woman to have accused bound over to keep the peace, complainant alleging that Campbell had threatened to take her life. The police stated that Campbell and the young woman had been keeping company for nine months, her parents objected, and the engagement was broken off. This evidently preyed on accused’s mind. Ho accosted her on the road and said she was not going to ruin other men as sho had ruined him, and that he was going to shoot himself.
Tho girl ran into a house. The police were sent for and his arrest followed. The police found a revolver hidden in a garage, but he had no ammunition. It was a case of a love-sick man. Accused stated in Court that he was worried, and he did it to see if she would take him back again. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs, and enter into a recognisance of £lO not to molest tho girl further.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6857, 12 March 1929, Page 7
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201THOUGHT REVOLVER MIGHT PERSUADE HER Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6857, 12 March 1929, Page 7
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