SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY.
:By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 29. News was received from Helensville this evening that a serious stabbing affray had occurred at Rumen, on Monday night, the victim being a man named John Hansen Scott,
Scott and a man named John Nel-
son were drinking in the latter's whare, and quarrelled, and it is 'f Alleged that Nelson got on top of
Scott and inflicted nearly a dozen Wounds on various parts of the body jwwith a knife. After the attack Scott crawled into the bush and remained there all night in an unconscious condition, being discovered early this morning, and taken to the hospital. Nelson is said to have taken his arrest very quietly, merely remarking, "I suppose I will get a year or two for this."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9530, 30 June 1909, Page 5
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130SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9530, 30 June 1909, Page 5
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