At about 8 p.m. a man named ko soe Tin entered. He was drunk. In his hand he held a wad of notes. Lurching his way to the table he said "I place a bet of K 300/-" I explained to him that we were playing for matchsticks and asked him to wait for the others if he wanted to gamble. He shouted that he wanted to play, and insisted that I accept his bet. When I replied that I could not do so, he raised his foot and kicked me between the shoulders. I demanded to Know why he hed assaulted me and he replied : " I kicked you because I wanted to know what do you want to do about it " and followed it up by kneeing me. Unable to control myself any longer, I ran to my house, which was only about 50 yards away, grabbed an axe and running back to where he was, chopped at him. he turned and tried to fend off the blow but the blade sliced through his forearm, leaving it attached to the upper arm only by apiece of skin. My next blow hit one eye and the right side of his face.He fell in a heap.