CONSTABLE STABBED
.WITH A PRUNING KNIFE. W'HJJjE ARRESTING A FARMER FOR DRUNKENNESS. (BY - TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL COBBESPONUENT.) Palmerston North, December 14. On Saturday afternoon Constable Connor was. stabbed ,in the abdomen by William Waugh, a well-known- farmer, of . Stoney Creek, when arresting Wangh for drunkenness. Waugh is years of age. The weapon used was a pruning knife, and the wound is a.serious one. .■ . . . Connor behaved pluckily, and, with the assistance of. a bystander, got Waugh into a cab -before giving way. Medical assistance was called,'and Connor was conveyed to. the hospital. Ho is progressing satisfactorily.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 70, 16 December 1907, Page 8
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93CONSTABLE STABBED Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 70, 16 December 1907, Page 8
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