ALLEGATION OF THREATS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19730, 1 September 1927, Page 12

ALLEGATION OF THREATS.

LETTERS SENT TO GIRL. MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PREPS ASSOCIATION.] NEW PLYMOUTH. Wednesday Charged on eight counts of sending threats to kill in letters addressed to Mavis Lilian Mackinder, aged 20. Stanley Reid Amies Wood appeared in the Magistrate's Court at New Plymouth this morning. Both lived at Inglewood, Wood's house overlooking the girl's backyard. According to evidence, Wood, a bachleor living on a pension, had paid attention to the girl without encouragement for two years. He had sent her 'numerous gifts, varying from three sums of £26 to a gramophone and sewing machine. None of the gifts was accepted. After what was alleged to be the eighth letter threatening to murder the girl, the police were informed. "It might look as if 1 were a murderer," said Wood, "because of the production of this carving knife in Court. 1 used to sit down after to write my letter to Mavis, and one night, when i was looking for something to say, my eyes fell on the knife and I wrote about it." Accused was not represented by counsel, and the magistrate entered a plea of not guilty for him and committed him to the Supreme Court.