ALLEGED GARROTTING.
A case of alleged garrotting in the heart of Wellington occupied the attention of the detective force yesterday, says the Dominion, and two men, described as labourers, were arrested last evening on suspicion o( having been concerned It is slated that a stableman named Geo. M’Alister went out into the stable yard at about 7 o’clock on Tuesday evening, when two men suddenly pounced on him, and demanded 6d. M’Alister declined to give them the money, whereupon one of the men is alleged to have grasped him by the throat, whilst the other searched his pockets. Whilst he was held by the throat by the one man, the second pressed his knee hard on him. At length two citizens came to the assistance of the man in distress, and on their appearance the alleged garrotters disappeared. M’Alister was found to be bleeding from the nose, and was half choked when the rescuers came on the scene.
The two accused appeared at the Magistrate’s Court this morning and were remanded till Wednesday next.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 832, 28 April 1910, Page 3
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174ALLEGED GARROTTING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 832, 28 April 1910, Page 3
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