WOMAN BADLY INJURED.
AN''ARREST
Auekland, Novemb. 3,
Suffering from a large wound on the top of her head, Mrs Norah Sfearpoint was admitted to the Auckland Hospital to-day from Henderson. She was' unconscious when admitted, and is not.expected pi Jive.
As a result of information received, the police proceeded to Henderson and found Mrs Sfearpoint lying on the floor of her kitchen. She was unconscious, with blood flowing from a wound in her head. Close to her body was a small axe and a broom. The blade of the axe" was smeared with blood. The condition of the room indicated that a strug-, gle had taken place, Ap examination of the wound revealed the .fact ihat the brain bad been penetrated, and that the woman was in a most critical condition.
The police arrested Fi’ederiek Arnold Sfearpoint in connection with (he affair. He is 23 years‘of age. From statements he has made it is believed that- he had a quarrel with his mother. He appeared in Court this afternoon charged with causing actual bodily harm, and was remanded.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2199, 6 November 1920, Page 3
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178WOMAN BADLY INJURED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2199, 6 November 1920, Page 3
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