REVOLVER AT PARTY
DISPLAYED AT WOMAN’S FLAT MAN FINED Feminine curiosity was held to be responsible for the police discovering that Ernest Battey had carried a pistol beyond the limits of a dwelling, according to Mr. Hall Skelton, who defended him in the Police Court this morning. The story as told by Sub-Inspector McCarthy was that the revolver had been produced by a woman who was entertaining some visitors at her flat. The news of it had filtered through to the police, who had interviewed the woman. She had said that the weapon came from Battey, but he had refused to make any statement about it. Mr. Hall Skelton explained that the revolver had been in Battey’s possession for only one night. He had then returned it, but in the meantime the woman, whose flat was next to his bedroom, had removed the revolver and displayed it. He had refused to make a statement because he did not wish to give his friend away. A fine of £2 was imposed, the magistrate remarking that there were peculiar features in the case.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 647, 26 April 1929, Page 1
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181REVOLVER AT PARTY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 647, 26 April 1929, Page 1
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