The man that Albert Black was convicted of stabbing was my Uncle Allen. My Mother was Allen's sister, they were sent to New Zealand from England after the second world war as teenagers whilst their parents remained in England.(The stolen Generation I think they called these English children that were removed from their parents. My mum was sent to NZ along with her sister and brother Allen).
My understanding of the event was that the two had gotten into an argument over the affections of a young girl and Allen was stabbed in the neck whilst putting music on at a duke box by Albert Black. My mother was 16 at the time of Allen's death who was only 19 at the time of his death.