NEW ZEALANDER IN TROUBLE
.ATTEMPTING' TO, SHOOT A POLICE •* OFFICER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (licc. May 12, 8.55 p.m.) Sydney, May 12. Masterton. Charles .Scoring, a. New Zealander, who recently arrived here, has been charged with attempting to shoot a police sergeant. The evidence showed that the police received information .that, two Chinamen's huts had been burbled and ,£2O stolen. The police proceeded to Ia: Pei'ouse ahd "met accused/, who was cycling. When slopped ho produced n . revolver and aimed point blank, but fortunately the chamber contained -blankcartridge.- The'other chambers were fully loaded. He was remanded.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2770, 13 May 1916, Page 7
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95NEW ZEALANDER IN TROUBLE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2770, 13 May 1916, Page 7
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