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DUEL WITH SWORDS.

VETERANS OF GREAT WAR. Sydney, Nov. 17. The story of a duel with swords between an ex-British officer and a former subordinate was related in the City Police Court, when John Thompson, 40, was charged with inflicting actual bodily harm on William Gibb. The police [gave evidence that they found two swords, bloodstained in a house at Paddington, and blood on the floor and bed-clothes. Thompson was lying on <a bed. Gibb denied that he challenged Thompson to a duel, arid added that it was only a friendly fight. “The colonel and I,” he said, “would not hurt each other.” Both fought in the Great War. Gibb said he was a retired welfare officer from New Zealand. “We both went into a newspaper shop together,” he said, “and Thompson threw a hag of eggs at me. I went home. Thompson came home later, comparatively sober, and exclaimed: ‘Jimmy Gibb, you are a dead man.’ ” Then commenced a fight with swords, in which Gibb was wounded in the arms. Thompson’s version was that lie drew the sword in self-defence. Thompson was committed for trial.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3873, 20 November 1928, Page 3

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DUEL WITH SWORDS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3873, 20 November 1928, Page 3

DUEL WITH SWORDS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3873, 20 November 1928, Page 3

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