SECOND EDITION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 160, 3 July 1918, Page 1

SECOND EDITION

ALLEGED STREET BRAWL. ,

(United Press Association.) CHI.ISTCHUJtCH, This Day At about 6 p.m. on 29th June, a. middle aged man named Edward, Bruce, a carter by occupation, and a resident of Spencer street, Addington, was ad.mtted to the hospital, in an unconscious condition-, suffering from injuries to the head, supposed to have been received by falling against a kerb in St. Asaph street. Bruce died of injniv ie* at 11 p.m. the same day. H<\ was a married man with three children. /' .James Thompson*, a > married man ■with five children, was formally chargat the Police Court on Monday' with the murder of Edward Bruce. Application to reduce the charge to manslaughter -was refused. but the case was remanded till Friday, bai'. beifuf for £2CO and two sureties of £IOO each. .Bruce's death is alleged to be the result of a street brawl. According to one witness, deceased came out of the Prince of Wales .Hotel and was struck by a man he did not care to identify as it wa,« not light enough.' Deceased did not strike any blows. • r . The arresting constable "said that ■Thompson admitted hittinsr Bruce, but ' claimed provocation awl that; deceased followed him, using abusive Jangtiagu.