ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.
CASES IN WELLINGTON. [Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Dec. 8. Two cases of assault, and robbery occurred in the city last night. The victim of the first outrage was GeoReid, a fireman, who, when, proceeding along Thorndon Quay, was tackled by a man and gripped by the throat. Instantly three other men appeared and the gang went through Reid’s pockets. Forty minute© later J. Bennett, while walking in Ghuznee Street, was seized and his pockets emptied.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2369, 9 December 1908, Page 5
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77ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2369, 9 December 1908, Page 5
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