THE MURDER OF WHALL

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1924, Page 4

THE MURDER OF WHALL

av ■n:i.!::;:t.u , n— im:i;ss assn., corviticiir. I’OI.ICK HVI !)i:\TK. WKU.IXGTON. May 20. In the murder c-.-se, .Scrgeanl. .I’cnc. 'i deposed to stenig I’arnc.s alter the tragedy. .Accused replied: -‘ife (Wliall) tried in murder mo! kook at lily coat a here it is torn." Witness found Mcoiktnjilx nil an apron and emit in accused’* i unci. Deceased’s chillies weie produced, ae l ColKi hV T'.enu ui <-orrol'f u aieii Sergeant render. liter-live Nut I all raid he. with Chief Detectin' Kemp visited the house, lie look pi'isse.sMi.u of a knile taken from a rack over the sink hy Webb. The knife compared with the stains mi the rent. Villieh accused agreed were i-imi-lar. Barnes said lie bad used tin; knile at ■’>.3o and jmt it away. Acting Dote. live (‘arifdl said lie asked Barnes to account I'm the blood. staiiN. lie replied that they must have come from Wlodl when they were lighting in the yard. In a statement, accused said Wliall turned to him. saying; ‘-.Look here, Barnes; I'm going to murder you ! 1 will have to. hy the time I’m finished.” Wliall hit tit .him with a pointed metal object, hut accused caught his wrist. They hadn't been on good terms for twelve months owing m accused living with AVhall’s wife. A week prior to the tragedy. Wliall attacked accused, blacking both his eyes, biting two of bis p,Vigors and making a cut on bis forehead with a broken cup. Regarding the knife, he could not account for the | impression of it on the coat. j The Crown case concluded. Dr. Hector being in Dunedin. Mr Stevenson, for accused, asked that Mrs Wliall .should be called. Mr Mar-assey replied that she know nothing of tlie case against Barnes, and was hostile. She had watched her husband bleed to death, and then slio went into the kitchen and threw her arms around Barnes’ peck. The [Magistrate ruled that Mrs Whall’s evidence was irrelevant, hut counsel could have her bound over to appear at the Supreme Court trial, if lie desired. Tlio hearing was adjourned.