MURDER TRIAL.
THE WELLINGTON CASE. QUARREL OVER WOMAN. (BT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, Aug. 4. At the trial in the Supreme Court of Joseph Barnes, charged with the murder on May 1 of Walter John Whall, evidence was given that Whall and his wife had separated. Whall was not on friendly terms with Barnes, as the latter had gone away with Mrs. Whall and had lived with her at various times. At the time of Whall’s death Barnes was living with her in Wellington, Ten days before the date of the alleged crime the accused had gone to the house where Whall and Mrs. Wliall were living, and Whall had given him a thrashing. From that time Mrs. Whall left her husband and had gone to live with Barnes. On the night of the tragedy Whall went in search of his wife, and with others went to the boarding-house at w r hich Barnes was head cook. Whall and Barnes came out together and a quarrel ensued. Barnes went to the house, took a knife from plate-rack, and went outside, where the fight was resumed. Barnes stabbed Whall in the groin and he hied to death. Deceased said: “I am fighting for my wife.” The case has not been finished.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 August 1924, Page 5
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