The jury was composed of Messrs.
C, Couicher, W. J. Kenyon, F. H. Gearey, J. H. Inwood and' E. Barraclough.
Mr. A. G. Mossop, Crown Ade vocate, conducted the case for the Crown' while that of the accused, who pleaded "not guilty," was un-engineer on board the str. Nankin. On the night in question, the witness said that at about 12.30 am. throat it is assumed that there was intent to kill, yet in his case however, there may only have been Intent to cause pain. After addressing them shortly further the Judge asked the jury if they wished toetire. They did and were away hhaif an hour before they came back with a verdict'of guilty on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm.
'The sentence passed was fou years' imprisonment with hurd our, Judge Sir Peter Grain poi ing out to the prisoner his great good fortune that the wounded man had recovered. Otherwise hho was in the engineers' messroom when he heard a commotion by the natives outside. He went out Abdool would certainly have been found guilty of murder, and found some of the greasers and firemen armed with sticks, one
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