At H. M. Police Court on Monday before Mr. G. W. King, Sardar Singh was charged with having assaulted Makand Singh by stabbing him with a knife.
It appeared that the men married two Chinese sisters, and defendant seems to have been under the impression that complainant was too friendly with his wife, whom he had made a Mohammedan. Hearing that she had gone to Makand's house, Sardar went there to. look for her. A quarrel ensued, and the two men came to blows, complainant alleging that he was stabbed three times with a knife. Accused's story was that complainant was the first to pick up a knife, and that he snatched it from him and used it in self-defence.
The case was adjourned to enable defendant to call witnesses.
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