MILTON STABBLNG CASE
ASSAULT CHARGE PROVED REMANDED FOR SENTENCE Pre*i A. Moci; I iom. DUNEDIN. Tuesday. A charge of attempt -g to murder Charles Arthur Loyd, -n er abc4i~t Apr* I T 5, was c -ef erred against am Hassett ■ r the Supreme Court th s mormrg. Accused also charged witi mounding Lloyd- with inter..: to cat bodily harm: with assaulting Lloyd; and with causing actual bodily barm under such circumstances that if death had occurred he would have bee* guilty of manslaughter. He pleaded not guilty. The evidence sho'- ed tb .% the charged a.rose out of the redtnt ~t._ _ng affray -t Milton. It was al'.-rge-i that Hassett was aaneved because Lloyd had been paying attention to a certain y mmg woman with whom he had formerly kept company. For the defence. Mr. White argued that the stabbing had occurred accidentally daring a scoJBB between the two men. The jury returned •- veri. t of guilty on the charge of assault, and a: used was remanded till Friday m: rning for sentence. In the meantime a report is to be obtained from the probation officer.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 343, 2 May 1928, Page 12
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185MILTON STABBLNG CASE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 343, 2 May 1928, Page 12
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