JOYRIDERS’ FATE
ONE 'RECEIVES BULLETS IN LEG. SYDNEY,. October .16.. With two police bullets embedded in the’ calf of . his leg,' George Perry, thirty-six, ..of . Campbell Street, ,C-ty, was admitted t 0 St, Vincent’s Hospital last night. , ■ The shooting was the sequel to a chase, aftertwo. alleged joyriders by CpnstahW, Garvey und Fisher. ■. Dressed a$ tramps, Copdable© Garvey and Fiber woro in Rodya Gardens. Dnrlin-gluust, vheji they saw- two men. enter a ; .rt-r, which was coasted'to th? bottom of . Waaatah. Street.
The policem'-ij chased the car on. foot and. overtook it at. the bottom of the shill* The Owner, Mr.S. .Jordan, of Elizabeth Bay. had taken -the pre.caution to lock, the gear, and the “joy-riders’’ could not get it to budge after they had . descended .the hill. When the police challenged tw 0 men
[ who were I the- car,- one .Of : the .suspects, .it is , allgged; drew a bottle of beer. /In the dim tight,.. Constable G,a-rvey thought that the bottle was a revolver, \ alid fired* .two . shots,-: ■ •
One, of the often collapsed with two bullets in his leg. Be was handcuffed to bis companion until the arrival of the. ambulance and, police pjfefeh waggon... i, VA- --v* .'•■;•:-J-' 1 ’ ,At-the hospital the injured man gave his:.nanie a*s Georg? Perry,
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1932, Page 6
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210JOYRIDERS’ FATE Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1932, Page 6
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