THE PERTH SHOOTING CASE. .

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13497, 25 May 1907, Page 6

THE PERTH SHOOTING CASE. .

The trial of Frederick Tyler, ex-corporal o*l police,, charged "with having attempted to kill ■:■ the Commissioner of Police, Captain Fred. Hare, was continued before Mr. Jimtico Burnside in the Perth Criminal Court

recently. • "** "' Prisoner, in addressing the jury, spoke . with tireless fluency in pouring forth ha statement of his grievances, alleging that be had been hounded out of. the service on also accusations. ,s-In none of these was the Commissioner ■ concerned. '■ -■ His part was - merely ; that of a court of appeal, • and ' the, •' only grievance against him was of not , affording Tyler the sympathetic hearing and verdict which he thought lie deservedReferring to the shooting, he reiterated that had he wished to do so Ik could have killed the Commissioner easily. "The detective?,, ho said, , " had declared that the coat l»p« stopped one-of the bullets. That is rKJQgense, -I have practised with that revolver for two years and a-half, and I know it well, and I will buy you cartridges to try '* yourselves, gentlemen of the jury, "and yott will find that no coat lapel would stop it. Why, I am willing to be hanged if Jt won't send a bullet through an inch and »- half of deal board at 20 yards—well, a* * am risking my neck on the bet, y I win . say one yard." . ■ His Honor, in summing up, said it as unfortunate that accused was undefended. He hud talked a lot of nonsense, and hau rambled on for nearly two hours. It seemed tliat as a "result of pondering on his grievances Tyler was in a state; that he would need to be looked after by someone far & .. year or .two.;-:-' • , . . ''':':'■'\ : '-'-'-;^) The jury returned a verdict of guilty. - •' , His Honor said prisoner was-fast becom- ■ ~ ing a lunatic, and a danger to society, «* > was going to send: him to prison for iJ * vears. If ho became a sane man, and returned to the Frederick Tyler of old, the Government'might: consider the advisability of letting him -out before that. Othenvi» . lie must be kept under control. -