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It appears that t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 fight became gene ral and accused joined it takin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 with him a piece }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 of broken bottle with }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 which }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 stabbed t}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 deceased. The medical report of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 injuries indicates that three }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 ounds were inflicted. It is quit}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 clear that the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4350436 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3622928 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4350436 ceased was drunk, and }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11562724\charrsid11562724 probably proportionately quarrelsome. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4350436 I take into account the fact that the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6571321 accused}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4350436 was probabl}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5270811 y upset at his father being kno}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4350436 cked down in the course of the fight, but I do not expect that he would have thought of using a broken bottle had he not been unde r the influence of liquor. Mr. Vula says that this is another case of an offence committed by a person who has had too much to drink. It is aggravated by the fact that three days before this occurred the accused had been }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11500824 convicted}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4350436 of being drunk and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11500824 disorderly.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4350436 I take into account that the accused is only 19 years of age and that he has pleaded guilty. 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