CONSTABLE ASSAULTED.
» When attempting to quell a disturbance in Fort Street Lane on Saturday evening Constable Doree was struck on the head and rendered unconscious. He • was attracted to the lane by the sound i of voices, and found a little knot of men i apparently quarrelling. W.ien the coni stable ordered them to move on he was . struck on the head, and had it not been . for the timely appearance of a brother i officer and a civilian might have suffered . further injury. Constable Doree was • admitted to the public hospital suffering • from slight concussion, 'but yesterday he i had recovered sufficiently to leave the . institution. Three men were detained by tiie poli.'e. but so far no arrest has beeu • made in connection with the affair.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 26 March 1923, Page 7
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