A Constable Saved by a Prisoner
1 Sydney, April 11. The other day Constable Marshall, , of the Queensland Police, was pro«t ceeding from Cunnamulla to Douth in charge of a prisoner named Benjamin Yates, when Marshall was swept off the submerged bridge at ; Turn Creek into the water, and being [ severely kicked by tha hone, was ren- , dered insensible. Yates dismounted k plunged into the current, and dragged , the constable to the bank, where he presently revived. When subsequently • Lauding over his charge to the New i South Wales Police, the constable - gave prisoner a letter stating thai Yates had eloped with another mana t wife, and had been given in charge ) for alleged larceny of jewellery worn i by the woman. ) mmmm—mmmmm—m
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 127, 3 May 1887, Page 2
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123A Constable Saved by a Prisoner Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 127, 3 May 1887, Page 2
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