AN ELECTION "JOKE."
CHARGE OF WOUNDING. 'An election night incident in a Cornish public-house resulted in William Henry Sobey, a retired farmer, being charged at Truro, with maliciously wounding Timothy Cahill, an army pensioner. Cahill, who is an Irishman, said that when he entered the inn on election night, Sobey said, "Here comes the Irishman. I could cut his throat and hang him tomorrow." Sobey then asked a young man for a knife, opened it. went up to Cahill and cut his throat. lie then closed the knife and returned it to the owner. Cahill said they had been friends for years and he thought Sobey was jokingSobey said he did not remember using a knife. The landlord said Sobey was a. Conservative, and Cahill represented Labour. They frequently had discussions- in the bar' parlour. There was always plenty of noise, but no harm. The case was dismissed, the Bench finding that there was insufficient malice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 22 (Supplement)
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156AN ELECTION "JOKE." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 22 (Supplement)
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