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Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1923, Page 3

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CHRDsTCHI'RCH SITTING. [DV tbi.koha.’ii —l’Kit rum association.] ; CIIUISTC IU'RCII, Aug. -'7 Tin- trial of Thomas Brown, fortylive vcais of ago, eharged with wottndWilliam Coombs. sixiy-hvc yens, ■’ llt . Methvon on May 2. -it h ...tom to cause grievous buddy harm, has com- - mo need at the Supreme Court T |,e Crown I'rosooutor s.ud that there was no doubt as to bodily harm havino been done. Jt was a partmularlv "horrible act. Coombs was employed by Mrs Mcduars who was holdi,,„ a elouring sale oil Ma> • (m,mbs was under the ■ influence of ii ( ,uor. lie said he went away iron, the sale in Brown's gig. <>n the road Brown took out his pocket knife and wounded him in a certain place anti threw him out on to the road. It uas „ grave and dreadful oifence and it was incredible that any man would commit injuries of that nature on h.m- ---— self. Brown said to the Constable that the man must have done it him s_—self at the wliare on Mrs Med nor * estate and said that you will find blond stains on the floor. The men were not satisfied that the sains were blood, but thought that they looked like the marks of a dog’s paw. In the h'ithand corner of the gig, on ,lu ' <,ther hand, there had been a pool 01 blood. A certain class of individuals, with perverted instincts, found gratification in committing olfem-es of that character on other people. They wore ' ei . v rare hut instances were distinctly known, although it was difiicult to account for them. Permanent injury had been done to the old man. Coombs in evidence said: "1 struggled with him until my strength fail- - od. He then took out his pocket knife and cut me. I yelled Blue murder, for (lod’s sake don t kill me. Mr Donnelly: How did ho throw you out of the R'g? He chucked me out and said: "Aon blank, you bleed to death.” Those were the last, words T heard him say.

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