The house where accused had lived with Capt. Youngs was No. 17, Lane 166, Muirhead Road, about 200 yards' north of Wayside Police Station. Entrance was by a garden gate approaching a small verandah. On the left of the front door was the dining room, facing the verandah, which had two French windows, and behind was a second room, ad-Joining by a doorway, and used as bedroom. Apart from the hitcher these wore the only rooms on the ground floor of the house.
"The bedroom had a window tueing north so that, anyone standing onthe verandah could. look right through to the other side of the house. Behind the lane alld to No. 178, in which House 17 was immediately behind Capt, Young's house, In it lived a Russian barber named Rivkin and his wife, who were sitting on their first' floor verandah. They saw a man and woman sitting at a table in the fur ther room, in which was a light, while the nearer room was dark. The man was facing them and on hig left sat the woman. What at-
Youngs were added counsel. employed by Mrs.
Hadley, I would say that the knife was kept the kitchen drawer, but she was not in the house at' the time in question.
The first witness was Det-Sergt Jones, who spoke of supervising the taking of photographs at the house in Muirhead Road.
Stabbed While Seated peta Rin, of 17 Lane, 170 Male. yond Road, described seeing crockery broken by' the woman in the house opposite. She was having a conversation with the man, who was mere she rose and stabbed him, on which sitting at the table. just before witness shouted to Koretsky. After the stabbing the woman rested her head on her arms at the table for a minute, then walked about a before entering the where she stood between the dow and the wall.
lets said he Wwas not acquaint ed with the man stabbed, but had Seen him in the street on several occasions.
Mr, Reeks: T put it to you that you did not know the dark object in her hand was a knife until you Tearned what the outcome was?
ites: I recognised it was a fe. Twos not in any way excited.
Councel: I put it to you that you were so disturbed on seeing that [tragedy that you have no longer ap accurate recollection of what went fon immediately afterwards, Did snd you see the man drag. himself elsewhere?—I do not think he got up again, Though he was watching the whole time, continued Rivkin, he saw nothing after the stabbing except the woman going into the dark Mr. Olaf Paus, master mariner, recalled that he gave evidence of identification at the Public Mortuary on August 17. Youngs was described og a master mariner, better to arrange for a nurse to be in attendance, Judge Grant Jones. remarked. Later in the afternoon nurse was on duty in court.
Michael Koretsky,, bank escort, [gave evidence that, from what she Jcame to the conclusion that accused Sas doing, he and, the Rivking was ina state of drunkenness. He had never seen accused or deceased before the night of the stabbing.
ness said he was Di cross-examination—wite the verandah Jonly a. short tim Mr. Reeks: Thi 0 far as concrat you lent drama?
Wiknesss Except for the, tee of crockery being ken. The curtain was down and covered part.
the window, but even through cal es tne he oom Frostiongny Serge: Ge. Dabror siva the Cours chat when he Stived Cape Youngs was" covered with blood. He was still breathing, Tat unconseous, "After secing the woman ing on the foot of the witnee®exsnine the ming oom ud found the Kate produced wich he took ta the "stator and Ferien Cie on gate 2 ope, eae then sapped the "approach to hospital accused was talking tering fo et op rom "the
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