FATAL STABBING AT SEA
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MAN BEING DETAINED VESSEL ARRIVES TO-DAY
By Telegraph-
AUCKLAND, July 17. I A seaman suffered a fatal wound | in a stabbing affray on board the • Federal Ling motor ship Sussex during the voyage from Panama to New Zealand, and was buried at ;ea. Another man is being kept in ietention on board. ' When the vessel arrives at four • j'clock this afternoon, detectives vill investigate. The Superintendent of Marino, Daptain A. Davies, will hold an injuiry and submit a report_ to the . Minister of Marine, who will then mstruct the coroner at Auckland to conduct an inquest. If an arrest is made, the suspect vill be charged in the Police Court, xnd should the circumstances war- • rant accused being charged with murder or manslaughter arrange- , ments have already been made for „he preliminary hearing in the Police Court before the end of the present week, so that accused can je tried at the forthcoming : 3upreme Court session, which jpens 011 Tuesday.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 July 1946, Page 5
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