Attempted Murder.
'TJ : ITRD PKESS^ AvSSOCIATION.) j Dunedk, Feb. 25. At t!ic Police Court to-day, Thomas McKenzic was charged with having on j tho sth inst. at Owake Creek, of malice aforethought, attempted to drown Bichard Norman, master of tho Janet Ramsay, with intent to murder him.- The Janet Ramsay is a small craft, of which McKenzie is mate. He went ashore without permission on the Ist inst., just as the tide was making, to enable the vessel to get up to Owake, which is a branch of the Catlin's river. When he returned on the sth insfc. the vessel was going down again, and Norman told him to lend a hand, whereupon McKenzie rushed at Norman, caught him by the leg, and threw him overboard. The boat, manned by the cook and a seaman, picked him up. After the hearing of lengthy evidence, the case was adjourned for a week.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 73, 27 February 1885, Page 2
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151Attempted Murder. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 73, 27 February 1885, Page 2
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