AUCKLAND STABBING AFFRAY.
AUCKLAND, April 15. . A young foreigner named Paul Haller was charged at the Police Court to-day with having caused Arthur Thomas, a carter, actual bodily harm. According td the statement of Sub-in-spector Hendry the men occupied a hut in Epsom. One evening an altercation occurred and Haller, for using an offensive expression, had hia nose pulled by Thomas. Haller retaliated by picking up a pocket knife off the bed and stabbing Thomas three or four times. Both men were sober and Haller had subsequently expressed regret for his action. Accused, who pleaded " Not guilty," and reserved his defence, was committed for trial to the Supreme Court.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3031, 17 April 1912, Page 40
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109AUCKLAND STABBING AFFRAY. Otago Witness, Issue 3031, 17 April 1912, Page 40
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