REMARKABLE LIKENESS
Owing to her. remarkable resemblance to a young woman who is “wanted” by the police, a iifteen-year-old girl had a most unfortunate experience in Christchurch. She was walking from Cathedral Square along Worcester street with the intention of going to the Public Library, when two men in a motorcar called out to her to stop (says th« Lyttelton Times). As she did not know who they were she took no notice of them, whereupon the men stopped the car and caught hold of her and bundled her into the car. They demanded to know why she had not stopped when they called out to her, and said that they were police constables and had a warrant for her arrest. The girl protested her innocence, but it was of no avail and she was taken to the police station. Here she was ablo to prove that site was not the girl who was wauled, and she was released. When she reached her home she was in a state of collapse owing to the shock and treatment she had received. Her brother called at the police station last night and demanded an explanation of the occurrence. The police apologised for the mistake and explained that it had been wholly due to the girl's remarkable likeness to the person, for whom they held a warrant for arrest.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 1 September 1919, Page 4
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226REMARKABLE LIKENESS Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 1 September 1919, Page 4
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