AN AUCKLAND SENSATION

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 707, 11 January 1910, Page 3

AN AUCKLAND SENSATION

Auckland, January 10. At the Police Court this afternoon, George White was charged with having discharged a loaded revolver at F. S. Workman on December 22, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The man, Workman, in evidence, stated that he had known the Whites for about ten mouths. When Mrs White came to Auckland she went to live with her sister in Kingsland. On the evening of December 22 witness and Mrs White were walking in the street when White approached and said to his wife: “ Where have you been, and what have you been doing with this man ? ” At the same time he caught his wife by the arm and drew a revolver from his pocket and presented it straight at witness. Witness caught his hand and pushed, whereupon the revolver went off. They then had a struggle, in the course of which accused said to witness: “You have ruined my life, I will ruin you,” and at the same time kicked witness on the side. Just after this the police came along, and locked White up. The facts, according to Mr Hendry, were that White and his wife lived at Stratford, and with them a boarder, Workman. Later, the Whites came to Auckland, and Workman also came to Auckland. It was a short while after Mrs White had come to town that White, allegedly as the result of suspicions concerning the behaviour of his wife and Workman one evening, on meeting his wife and the lodger walking along the road, drew a loaded revolver, and presented it at

Workman. Subsequent to his arrest, White made a statement respecting his domestic affairs, said Sub-Inspector Hendry, and a good deal of sympathy seemed to be due to White, if all he alleges were true. Accused was committed for trial.