“ONLY FOR FUN"
REVOLVER PRODUCED IN HOTEL BAR. Dominion Special. Auckland, November 19. An incident in a hotel bar when a man produced a revolver had a sequel in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, when William Edward Cotter (aged 49), alias O'Brien, was charged with pointing a firearm at Thomas Martin, and also with carrying a pistol without proper authority or sufficient purposu. Chief Detective Cummings stated that accused pointed the revolver at Martin in the bar of a hotel and said to Martin-. "I will do for you." Cotter was a man with a record of previous convictions who would not hesitate to use a revolver. , , Cotter told the Magistrate that ne bad bought the weapon from n sailor and was frying to sell it. TTo admitted pointing it at Martin, but only in fun. I knew that with my record I would not l>o allowed Io carry a revolver, and i knew that if the police saw me ''’E* 1* I would get. three months.” he added. Accused was sentenced to three months imprisonment nn the first charge, to be ci-mulntive with a sentence of six months which he is nt present serving, and two months on the second charge, to run concurrently.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 48, 20 November 1926, Page 11
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204“ONLY FOR FUN" Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 48, 20 November 1926, Page 11
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