WILD THEEATS
DRUNKEN ABERRATION
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WAIPUKUEAU, This Day. An incident of a sensational nature occurred at Waipukurau on Saturday afternoon, when Delpha Charles Taylor,! aged 25, a labourer, of Brooklyn, Wellington, stepped ofE tho mail train and asked to be driven to Wallingford, 17 miles away, saying, "There's murder will be done! I want to bo taken there d quick. A bloke pinched my girl, and I'm going to murder them both." The taxi-driver refused to take him. The man next bailed up two local citizens outside the post office, and repeated the demand, at the same time brandishing a revolver. Eventually ho commenced his journey in a service car, but was intercepted by the police, who arrested Taylor. On examination, he was found to havo a revolver, but it was loaded with silver paper only.
Charged in the Court this morning, Taylor pleaded guilty to charges of carrying firearms and of presenting a firearm at a citizen, making drunkenness his excuse. He was sentenced to 28 days' imprisonment on the first charge and was fined £5 on the second. The accused maintained that he had no intention of shooting anyone.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 8 December 1930, Page 12
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