MAN FIRES AT POLICE
CONSTABLE WOUNDED BY PUBLICAN SIEGE OF A WINE-SALOON Reed. 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. When a police party raided a winesaloon at Clybueca, near Kempsey, a man who is stated to be the proprietor of the saloon produced a doublebarrelled gun and fired eight shots at the police. Constable Foley was wounded in one leg, but the man was arrested at the revolver point. The police report states that the man refused to open the door to them. Later, he appeared on a balcony and told them to clear out. When the constables made the move toward the door, the man opened Are. The police withdrew, but later surrounded the house and gained admittance.
Later, William May was charged with shooting Constable Foley with intent to murder him.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 753, 28 August 1929, Page 9
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131MAN FIRES AT POLICE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 753, 28 August 1929, Page 9
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