SENSATION IN COURT.
STABBING AFFRAY IN DOCK
By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Australian anil N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, April 8. There was a sensational scene in the South End Policy Court. Edward Wilson, a Canadian e*.-soldier, had just been fined forty shillings Tor stealing a pair of boots and a razor, belonging to William Salmon, with whom he was lodging. Instantly Salmon rushed into the dock, exclaimed ‘‘Ha! Got you!” and stabbed Wilson m the back with a dagger. Women shrieked, and Salmon reeled and fell. The police grabbed him and a few minutes later he appeared in the dock charged with attempted murder .Wilson was seriously.. iPP'ietL
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 11 April 1927, Page 4
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