CARRYING FIREARMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15686, 13 August 1914, Page 6

CARRYING FIREARMS.

CHARGE AGAINST GERMAN. INVERCARGILL INCIDENT. ACCUSED'S SANITY QUESTIONED, [DT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION,'] Invepxarcill, Wednesday. A Torxr, German named Werner Tobi n was to-day charged with carrying loaded firearms to the common annoyance of Hi, Majesty's subjects. It was stated that the accused, who resided on the banks of the Mataura Rive' was in the habit of carrying a repeating rifle about with him, with which he said ho was going to shoot Britishers, Two constables had been sent out to the district to keep watch over him. TV morning, when lie came outside, thev arrested him. On going into the hit they found a double-barrelled broach-loadinl gun, which was loaded, and a rifle. The was also a repeating rifle which the d fendant carried with him in tho day time when he went to work in the bunh The inspector of police asked for a re mand of woven days, to enable the polj c » to secure evidence. The accused, he believed, wag not sound mentally. Accused immediately adopted an aggressive atli tude, and said that he would let any ma know he was right in his head if anvone said he wasn't. " 1 am not a murderer," he said. "I only carried the rifle L sport." In answer to a question from tho Bench the accused said ho was not naturalise/ He did not think he had proved a n«j,'. awe to anybody. Ho spoke in excellent and fluent language. The case was remanded for seven days,