DARING ROBBERY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2448, 20 March 1888, Page 2

DARING ROBBERY.

(by tklegraph.—pkess association.) Dunedin, Monday. A daring and brutal daylight robb ;ry was perpetrated in Dunedin on Saturday afternoon. At a quarter-past six the streets are always comparatively quiet, and on Saturday such business thoroughfares as Bond and Crawford-streets were deserted. Win. Slatery, aged 19, who has been working up country, was drinking with companions in the neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon. They left the premises and proceeded together down Jetty-street, when Slattery suddenly was assaulted by the other two, one of whom struck him a blow on the left temple with the gin bottle which shattered in his hand and both struggled with him upon the ground. Slattery, however, was conscious, and resisted stoutly, and succeeded in holding on to his purse with one hand. The ruffians tore his trowser pockets several inches down, and extracted 17s ()'• At this juncture the alarm was raise,l by a female servant in tho New Zealand restaurant, who happened to be at the back and had seen everything that passed well enough to be able to identify the men. Several people came quickly to the spot. From the description given by the servant there was no difficulty ia subsequently capturing George Anderson and Charles McGrath. Both bear very indifferent characters. The injury inflicted upon Slattery proved to ho severe, and he was removed to the hospital, where he laid unconscious until the following morning.