A STABBING AFFRAY.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Napier, September 8. A shocking stabbing affray likely to prove fatal occurred this afternoon. Two boys named, Hutton and Blorn, neither 14 years of age, had a quarrel in the morning, Blom getting the best of the fight in the afternoon. The quarrel was renewed, Hutton having armed himself with a stick and a large pocket knife, which he borrowed from a comrade. Hutton first assaulted Blom with the stick, and when the stick was taken from him pulled out the knife and stabbed Blom in the abdomen. The wounded lad was taken to the hospital, when the wound was found to be so serious that his depositions were taken. Napier, September 9. - The boy Hutton was brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, sharged with unlawfully wounding, and was remanded till next Monday. The boy Blom is still alive, though in a critical condition.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 915, 13 September 1889, Page 30
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153A STABBING AFFRAY. New Zealand Mail, Issue 915, 13 September 1889, Page 30
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