Charge Against a Settler.
PALMERSTON N., January 27. William Waugh, a well-known settler, was charged on remand with having wounded Constable Connor on December 14th with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The constable, in his evidence, said he warned accused twice to go home as he had been drink ng. He then decided to arrest him, when accused, according to the constable, drove his hand in which he had an open knife straight into witness' abdomen. The medical evidence showed that the wound was two and a-half inches in length, an 1 penetrated the whole thickness of the abdominal wall. It was serious, and the doctors could not tell for twenty-four hours after Connor's admission to th 3 hospital whether he would live. Accused was-committed for trial.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 28 January 1908, Page 5
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128Charge Against a Settler. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 28 January 1908, Page 5
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