RIFLE PRESENTED.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20248, 17 July 1937, Page 12

RIFLE PRESENTED.

SHOT AT FATHER-IN-LAW. LOAN PREYED ON MIND. (By Telegraph. * ecnrlatfnn.l DUNEDIN, Friday. The unusual circumstances of a charge against a man of presenting a loaded rifle at Ills father-in-law were related by Senior-Sergeant Packer In the Police Court to-day. It was suggested that a loan of £3OO he could not repay preyed so much on his mind that he came from the south to the house of his father-in-law and threatened to shoot him. Accused pleaded guilty. On June 17 complainant was attempting to start his motor-car, continued the senior-sergeant. It was dark and a man appeared on the scene and olTered to fix the engine. This man was accused, and as complainant, walked toward him he said, “Stand still or T will shoot, you.” Complainant tried to reason with him and every time he approached accused threatened to shoot him and complainant’s housekeeper. He emphasised his inlention by firing a shot, and gravel from the path struck the! housekeeper on the leg. Subsequently he agreed to go into the house, and he walked behind them with the rifle, said the senior-sergeant. Dnce in the house accused sat on a bench and threatened to shoot if they came near. After 15 minutes he walked out of the house. Next day, complainant, who had really done all he could to assist accused, went by car to see accused, hut all he would say was, “You have ruined my life.” The magistrate, Mr H. W. Bundle, remanded accused for a week for medical observation, and said that he would recommend to the Minister of Justice that he be placed in a mental hospital for three months for medical treatment.