SAID HE CLEANED THEM BOTH UP

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 132, 7 June 1935, Page 7

SAID HE CLEANED THEM BOTH UP

Man Sent for Trial SEQUEL TO OFFICE AFFRAY Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. As a sequel to an affray in a city oflice on May 17, John Leslio Spicer, aged 23, was charged to-day with assaulting two men and demanding money with menaces.

Evidence was given by Alfred Richard Buchanan that Spicer, whom he had discharged from his employ, threatened to go to the police and tell them that Buchanan had received part of the money stolen by a bank clerk who is now in gaol. Buchanan replied by inviting Spicer to go to the police. The witness explained that he had won £IOO from tho bank clerk when gambling with him. When he learned that the clerk had been stealing from the bank he (Buchanan) went to the bank and offered to pay them tho £IOO. Witness said that when ho invited Spicer to go to tho police he became very enraged and assaulted him. The disorder in which ho found tho office was described by a member of the honorary staff of tho St. John Ambulance. “I saw Buchanan lying in a corner of the room with a telephone around his neck,” ho said. Ho appeared to be in a semi-conscious condition and was bleeding profusely from a wound over his eye. Buchanan was asked what had been going on and he pointed to accused and said: ‘Got him arrested!’ 'There was blood over the telephone, tho desk, the floor and part of tho wall. Two chairs were overturned and one was broken.”

Detective - Sergeant McHugh said that when questioned accused said: ‘‘My name is Jack Spicer. I cleaned them both up and I made a proper job of him,” pointing to Buchanan. Spicer denied having used anything more than his firsts.

Accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail, was fixed at £3OO.