(Guiana Graphic February 14, 1964).
A City man walked into the Drysdale Street home of a woman with whom he was friendly at 1.30 o’clock one morning in October last year, and met a man whose hand he shook and said :”come downstairs and the better man wins.”
But the man, 28 year old city laborer Neville Stoute did not accept the challenge.
Instead, the Court heard, a row and a scuffle began between Edgar Smith and the woman Norma over an attempt to eject Stoute.
Smith alleged that Stoute, who was defended by Mr. W. Mac Williams, wounded him with a knife.
But Mr. Mac Williams pointed out to the Magistrate that the woman Norma was the mother of Stoute’s two children and that Smith was injured by a window pane during the scuffle.
Magistrate Dhan Jhappan dismissed the case after remarking that he was puzzled why Smith had challenged Stoute by saying: “Come downstairs and the better man wins.”
