JUDGE STABBED
IN A SERIOUS CONDITION ARREST OF YOUNG CLERK (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, April 6 The chairman of the Lancashire and Cheshire Conscientious Objectors* Tribunal, Mr Justice Burgis, was stabbed four times in the back while he was boarding a train at Manchester yesterday. He was taken to hospital with severe wounds. His condition is serious. A clerk. Henry Ballantine Best, aged 24, was charged with intent to murder the Judge. He said he did not intend to murder him. i Accused was remanded.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21082, 8 April 1940, Page 8
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