ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.
INCIDENT AT PICTON. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TBLBGRAM.) BLENHEIM, December 27. An alleged robbery with violence occurred at Picton on Christmas Day. J. C. Wiese, a Picton resident, was accosted early in the afternoon on the foreshore by a woman who stated that she wanted to have a wash, and Wiese took her to his home. Later a man appeared on the scene and savagely attacked Wiese. rendering him insensible. Wiese is 63 years old. The sum of £9 was removed from the victim's pocket. The pair decamped, borrowed a dinghy and commenced to row down the harbour. A constable, on becoming aware of the facts, gave chase and captured the pair. They were brought before justices and remanded till January 2nd.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19813, 28 December 1929, Page 4
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