CHINESE ATTACKS MAORI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 May 1928, Page 5

CHINESE ATTACKS MAORI.

OUTCOME OF GRUDGE, (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NAPIER, Monday. An elderly Chinese named Yip Wall appeared fit Die Napier Magistrate’s Court this morning and pleaded guilty to a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond. Statements made by the police showed that defendant had a grudge against a Maori named Chase. Defendant had come to grips with Chase and threatened to use a knife up'on him. A Maori friend invited' Chase to sleep in his house for safety,' and Chase did so, taking the precaution of placing across the door a piece of iron piping which would fall should anyone open the door •of the room. Early in the morning, Chase was awakened by the sound of the piping falling, and found defendant with a formidable slasher some four feet in length, with a blade three feet long. The Maori was able to overpower the Chinaman without injury. For defendant, counsel stated that his client was in financial difficulties, which was preying on his mind, with the result that he was now slightly mentally defective.

On the undertaking of a Chinese friend that defendant would be sent tc Wellington or Mastcrton to friends who would find employment for him, His Worship decided to convict accused and ordered him to come up for sentence if called upon.