CHINESE WITH SLASHER
MIDNIGHT VISITOR MAORI TAKES NO RISKS Press Association. NAPIER, Monday. An elderly Chinese, named Yip Wait, appeared in the Napier Magistrate’s Court this morning, pleading guilty to a charge of being a rogue and vagabond. Statements by the police showed that defendant had a grudge against a Maori named Chase. Defendant had come to grips with Chase and had threatened to use a knife on him. A Maori friend invited Chase to sleep in his house, and Chase did so, taking the precaution to place across the door a piece of iron piping, which would fall should anyone open the door of the room. Early in the morning Chase was awakened by the sound of the piping falling and found defendant armed with a formidable slasher some four feet in length, with a blade three feet long. The Maori was able to overpower his assailant without injury. For the defendant counsel said that his client was in financial difficulties which was preying on his mind, with the result that he was now slightly mentally defective. On the understanding of a Chinese friend that defendant would be sent to Wellington or Masterton to friends who would find employment for him, his Worship decided to convict him and order him to come up for sentence if called upon.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 360, 22 May 1928, Page 16
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219CHINESE WITH SLASHER Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 360, 22 May 1928, Page 16
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