HUSBAND HELD BY POLICE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 703, 1 July 1929, Page 1

HUSBAND HELD BY POLICE

Sequel to Northcote Affair

hjADDOX, a slight, young man, was P™ - obviously ill at ease. He was neatly dressed in a blue suit and carped an overcoat on his arm. Chief-Detective Hammond applied ft»r a remand until July 8. Mr. A. Smyth, representing Mr. J. J, Sullivan for the accused, asked for bail. “Maddox is in a peculiar state of mind.” said Chief Detective Hammond. “1 am just afraid that, if he were viven his liberty at present, something might happen. The man has been very morbid since the occurrence.” Mr. Smyth was of the opinion that Ehere was only one man to whom anyhing could happen and that man was put of the way. Hammond: He is entitled to

NEIGHBOUR FACES GRAVE CHARGE

A CHARGE of attempted xnnrder was preferred against Robert Francis Maddox, of Northcote, at the Magistrate s Court this morning'. ° A Dalmatian, Jerko Didovich, a neighbour of Maddox, was also charged with a grave offence against a woman. Both charges arose out of a sensational affair which occurred at Northcote on Friday night and an account of which appeared in The Sun on Saturday. It was alleged that Maddox pointed a loaded revolver at Didovich and pulled the trigger, but the charge failed to explode.

protection, though he may be a blackguard. The magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., refused the application for bail. Didovich, a Dalmatian labourer, aged 39, was later charged with committing rape at Northcote on Friday, June 28. He was represented by Mr. Wallace, of Mr. E. W. luder’s office, who asked for bail when a remand was made until July 8. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.: He won’t get bail. Counsel said that there was no suggestion of Didovich keeping out of the way, an impression the magistrate might have gained front reports of the affair. “That is not the only reason,” replied the magistrate. The application for bail was refused.