A GALLANT CONSTABLE.
HIS SERVICES RECOGNISED,
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Wanganui, last night.
At the Supreme Court to-day tho Chief Justice made a presentment on behalf of Constable O’Brien, of Waverley, on his gallant conduct on the occasion of the arrest of Cousins in the attempted murder of] a bank clerk named Hickson, near Waverley. The Grand Jury expressed the opinion that the constable, who, unarmed, followed and arrested .a man who had a loaded revolver in his possession, was entitled to some recognition. Justice Edwards concurred, and intimated that he would forward the presentment to the Minister for Justice.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 50, 28 February 1901, Page 2
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99A GALLANT CONSTABLE. Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 50, 28 February 1901, Page 2
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