WOMAN ATTACKED
KNOCKED DOWN BY THIEF AND ROBBED. [By Telegraph, Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, July 29. Smart work on the part of Sergeant Carmody of the Mount Cook Police, resulted in the arrest of William Edward Francis, 18, about an hour after a complaint had been lodged by a young woman at Mount Cook, that she had been knocked down and robbed of a bag. 1 Francis appeared at the Magistrate’s Court to-day, .charged with, robbing Catherine Lyons of a purse containing 17s, a Post Office savings hook, and other articles, and. at the same time using personal violence. In applying for a remand Sub-In-spector Lander said the matter was an indictable one. The facts showed that the young woman was walking past the Technical School, when she was caught by accused and thrown to the ground and he snatched the bag from her. The remand was granted, bail being allowed in accused’s own bond of £IOO and two sureties of £SO each. He is to report daily to the police.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1929, Page 3
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