A BURGLAR OVERCOME.
PLUCKY ARREST BY A CON-.. STABLE. Press Association. LYTTELTON, Nov. 27. .. : . r -, lfy of the T>vttel-ton v 111I 11 - ivil'-dn ss, la 1 ;* on tilie morning of Nowembei -Mj; • and having stolen £ll 11s /d ' of watches? The details given dm that Constable Wilson, who made t,lie arrest, behaved very pluckily. The burglar, when discovered, rushcd from the darkness of the slio-p with a marlin-spike ).n Ins hand, and attacked the representative of •the law, who, however, was able, • after a short struggle, to overcome ■ him, and with the aid of a'Civilian to later handcuff him. James \\ 1«on was also sentenced to one month’s imprisonment for luving Jlamaged the constable s overcoat, 1 ■ % *;
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2049, 28 November 1907, Page 3
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116A BURGLAR OVERCOME. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2049, 28 November 1907, Page 3
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