Visitor robbed
A Wellington man was assaulted and robbed of $2O as he was passing Tattersail’s Hotel, 167 Cashel Street, about 11 p.m. yesterday.
The man. Mr Charles Taylor, aged 23, who is staying at New Brighton, was passing the hotel when a man spoke to him briefly, then hit him in the face. Mr Taylor fell to the ground, smashing a flagon of beer he was carrying.
The assailant grabbed a wallet from Mr Taylor’s brfck pocket and made off. Mr Taylor suffered a bloodied nose in the attack.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33112, 30 December 1972, Page 14
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90Visitor robbed Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33112, 30 December 1972, Page 14
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