BYSTANDER HIT
.•;. ;..■:".-.•.- — - —♦ . , . ..•,;'.■.■•'•'■ •- •-■•■.'. CONSTABLE'S MABKMANSHIPi1 :'■■'■;' '•■.-.' (By Telegraph.) ; (Special to "The Evehino Post.") "> iv^ -... '/CHBISTCHUIIGH) : Tfeis- Day.:!;V A horse attached to a hawker's cai't attracted a good .deal'of attontioii; qn I Saturday afternoon, wlion it;fell d6\vii neai'-tho tramway sheds in Moorhouse avenue, ii lid; was unable, to;, get'up, again. A. crowd soon gathered, offerl ing the usual abundance of good advice, but the horse, in spito' of.; all efforts, rofused to get; up- or -was unable to do so. A' constable was' ■. sent for . and arrived armed" - : with ■■-. a >;> gun; intended to end the. sufferings-..0f;! the; animal..'- ■ ■.> ■■■/>.:.■ ■'-.•: ;:.-;'- '.:.■■.■'■"'.'..■■.' Tlie constable stood-off, .took careful : itini, and- iired,. missing tho liorse,-and putting some pellets in the; leg, of; a young lady, standing-hiy.!. There: was im-. ;nod'iaro^'consternation," but the' girl's injuries were not. serious,"and treatmentin a'nearby houso from a member of the. ii. John Ambulance,-Brigade;'soon1 put iur right. , Tho pellets 'lu'id .bareljvgoiicnbro than skin deep..; The constablo's lecond shot: was -more ;suc'eessfnl as far. is-.',, tho.-. destruction .of ;'. the 'hprse,. >vns. concerned,'-, and. thb cavcass -was hoistecl: mil truck and taken.away. .-.■ : ,'/. " .' , - . •■ '..--.■ .'■■-..■•:.■;■,'.--.' _■■'. ■■ .1
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 150, 31 December 1928, Page 8
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176BYSTANDER HIT Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 150, 31 December 1928, Page 8
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