INCIDENT IN HOTEL
(By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 26. The case against Edward Henry Golding, aged 37, a chemist, who is charged with assaulting Ida Winifreo Whitelaw so as to cause actual bodil> harm commenced in the court to-day before the magistrate, Mr. J. L. Stout. The prosecution alleges that Mrs. Whitelaw, who had at certain times ■been living with accused, was in the bar of the Masonic Hotel on September 20, when Golding entered. Mrs. Whitelaw endeavoured to slip out, but accused blocked her way and slashed her with a razor, inflicting wounds which required hospital treatment. The hearing of evidence in proceeding. Golding reserved his defence and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Saying this was an extremely serious matter the Magistrate refused to grant bail.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 229, 27 September 1940, Page 8
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130INCIDENT IN HOTEL Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 229, 27 September 1940, Page 8
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