'The wounded man himself was then oatied as witness, having quite recovered. He said' that he In H. M, Supreme Court on July 23 before Judge Sir Peter Grain, fan action for divorce was filed by Muriel Madge Donelly from her husband, Ivan Arthur Donelly, on the ground of adultery, Mr. Platt represented the petitioner and Mr. Newman, who did not appear in Court, on behalf of the respond-lent. An appearance has been entered by Mr. Newman but no answer to this action has been filed by Mr. Donelly.
'A decree nisi was granted the petitioner by his Lordship with the custody of the three children. The matter of maintenance was be settled out of Court and then brought before the Judge in chambers gone to his bunk and was asleep by 10.80 p.m, when Abdool came and woke him, making a proposition which the witness angrily refused. He told Abdool to go back to bed and went to sleep again himself. The next time he woke, was to feel somebody cutting his throat. He saw that it was Abdool who had a razor in his hand. Soodad cried out and caught hold of Abdool but after three more superficial cuts had been inflicted he let him go and fell back in his bunk, the position of which was carefully explained, Evidence was then given by Mr. F. G. C. Walker of the S. M. Public Health Dept, that he "had examined a bundle of clothes giverr him by Det, Sub-Insp. Ross and had found no bloodstains on them.
Ahmed Ah a fireman was then called and said that at 10.30 thas night he had seen Abdool go up the companion way with a tin of water in his hand, He went to bed after that and was awakened by someone calling out and kicking his bulk feebly. He got out, the electric light was on all night, and saw Abdool running quickly up the companion way. He then went to Soozad and found that he had: beer, stabbed.
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