Highway Robbery
[van UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Oamaku, Nov. 3. A case of robbery, with violence, occurred here yesterday morning. Two men, named William Reid and John lieddon, are charged with stopping a man in the street and demanding his money, and threatening that if he did not comply they would knife him. A scuffle ensued, and the man whose name is Johnston, was knocked down and roughly handled. He got away from his assailants and mounted his horse, but was pulled off and knocked down again and robbed of a small sum in silver and his watch chain, which broke as the men were trying to take his watch out of^his pocket. Reid and lieddon have been arrested, and were brought up to-day and remanded.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18841104.2.9
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 62, 4 November 1884, Page 2
Word Count
125Highway Robbery Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 62, 4 November 1884, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in