CROWN WITNESSES.
DISAGREEMENT OVER T>F.TAITA SUBMISSIONS OF DEFENDING COUNSEL. LONDON, July 24. At the resumed hearing of the charge against George Andrew McMahon, the Attorney-General explained that charges had also been preferred under the Police Act, 1842, under which statutory misdeamours were created including “presenting to the person of his Majesty a revolver with intent to break the public peace, ’ ’ also ‘ * producing a revolver near the person of his Majeety with intent to alarm his Majesty.’’
In outlining his case, the AttorneyGeneral said the prisoner made a statement that he had not wanted to hurt the King and that he did it only a* a protest. later he said: “I wish I had done the job properly,’’ and also said: “I could easily have shot him, but I only threw it. It would have been better if I had shot myself.” When informed that he had been remanded to July 24, he told Inspector Kidd: “I shall be dead before then. I wanted to make a protest and shoot myself in front of the King, but I lost my head.” The Attorney-General then called evidence.
The accused was neatly dressed, but his agitation was so great and his hand trembled so much that he seemed incapable of making notes. (Continued on page 7.)
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Wairarapa Age, 27 July 1936, Page 5
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