DRAMATIC COURT SCENES.
VIOLENT NATIVE WITNESS. CAIRO LITIGANTS WOUNDED. SCISSORS HURLED AT JUDGE. PANIC AMONG THE PUBLIC. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. CAIRO. Dec. 15. During the hearing of a dispute involving a wife and her father-in-law, an infuriated native witness pulled out a pair of tailor's scissors, sprang at the father-in-law, and inflicted a serious wound. Ho then turned to the wife and snipped off two of her fingers. Next he hurled the scissors at the Judge, who disappeared under thp Bench. The native then drew a revolver and created a panic. He challenged the entire Court. The terrified public attempted to rush from ,st-he building. The polico overpowered the man who, when placed in the dock, bitterly complained that during the confusion someone had stolen his revolver.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19203, 17 December 1925, Page 11
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