ATTEMPTED MURDER

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1924, Page 3

ATTEMPTED MURDER

IirSMAND Cl I AIM! KD. jIY TKLKGKAPII —I»UKSS ASP' I .. rOI»VlllflUT. CiIIUSTCIU'IU H. All \r. '2'2 Tin* r;i>(* in which .lohn Kdwsinl .IcfI’rcvs is ch;irat'll with :it tempting to tniirili'i- his wilt- at Cli'iitui mi Sunday. ii|v l’T. came before Mr W .worn \\ il>nii. 5.. M.. ai Itangioia to-day, ami la>tcil until a late Ilnur to-night• o,- Allen. Ilungiora. detailed tin* injuries suffered liv Mrs Jeffreys, which consisted mainly of bruises, alirasimis and the fracture of a hone in the left foi'ennil. Kloreliee .lell'leys, wife of accused, said that mi duly -/7. with her liushaud. two of their children, two Maoris and Tom dell revs, sin- went to Clentui on a nig shouting expedition. M lien walking with her liushaud on top <>f a clilT. she fell his arm go round her hack and she went over the elilf. She was pushed over. She did not remember strikin'' mi tit" way down. When her husband arrived, si e said: "dark, von did tl.i-!*’ He replied: "My Cod. if von sav this. I'll get six months. The accused and the Maoris sot her home. She accused her husband o! trying to murder her. but she did not lav an information against him. Detective llickerdike put in a statement made by the accused. It was to the effect that, for the past live years Ids wife had been pestering bun for money and other domestic affairs. He had onlv been sleeping at home, and having bis meals at bis mother's. On the dav in f|Uestiou, he sent the other mrmlieis of the partv down the rr U l|v to Imiil nigs. and. alter watelinc them for a lew minutes, gave Ins wife a push, and she slipped over the elilf lie realised in an instant that he had done wrong, and he immediately went to where hi> wife w;i- lying at the foot of the elilf. He summoned the others, and with their aid. got her home. The oceuremc was due to domestic troubles. When charged with the offence, the Detective continued, the accused said: ••| have told yon the truth in the statement I have given you. The accused pleaded "not guilty, and was committed lor trial . Hail was refused.