RESISTED ARREST
POLICE OFFICERS THREATENED. DE RINK FOUND GUILTY. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.! NEW PLYMOUTH, May 26. After- denying the evidence of a detective and' constable and making an allegation that he was suddenly rushed by two officers during a friendly conversation, Christian de Dink, aged 61, was found guilty in the Supreme Court on four charges that he resisted lawful arrest by discharging a doublebarrelled shotgun at I>etective Meiklejohn and Constable Tocker, whom he assaulted. . , The police said they visited de Rink’s house at Tikorangi to arrest him o.n a warrant in connection with civil affairs. De Rink met- them with a. gun, threatening to shoot them if they came near. After , a long argument, in which the police attempted to reason with de Rink, the detective ><lged closer and seized an opportunity to spring upon de Rink. In the struggle the gun was discharged without injuring: anyone. De Rink was remanded for sentence until to-morrow.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 27 May 1932, Page 4
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156RESISTED ARREST Hawera Star, Volume LI, 27 May 1932, Page 4
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