DOMESTIC QUARREL
HUSBAND INJURES WIFE [ Per Prea* abeocisuob i DUNEDIN, Dec. 9. At the Police Court, Henry John Dent, aged 63, who was charged with’ assaulting his wife by slashing her bad-1 ly with a razor, was ordered to come up for sentence within 12 months and to take out a prohibition order. The police described the case as a common domestic squabble. Accused’s face was scratched in a disturbance, and becoming heated he took a razor from a chest of drawers and slashed his wife, who was taken to hospital. Counsel said that accused had had liquor, and returning home, found his wife tho worse for liquor. She attacked him and he took the razor to protect himself. •
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 293, 10 December 1929, Page 9
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119DOMESTIC QUARREL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 293, 10 December 1929, Page 9
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