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SMART CAPTURE OF SYDNEY BANDITS. [United Presi Association—By Cable Copyright.] .Australian and N.Z Press Association.! Sydney, August 5 Masked robbers who secreted themselves in Michael Briggs’ butcher shop at Redfern to-night, bound and gagged Briggs, covered him with a revolver and commenced a hunt for cash. They discovered a bottle of whisky and impudently consumed a large portion, ■ when a woman neighbour, hearing the men’s threats to Briggs, telephoned the police, who dashed to the scene in a car and arrested the bandits, but not before a shot was fired by one at the woman who gave the alarm. ACCUSED REMANDED. ■Australian and N.Z. Press Association.’ (Received 6, 2.25 p.m.) Sydney, Aug. 6. William Wilton and William Nelson were remanded on charges of robbery under arms in connection with the Redfern robbery last night. Nelson was also charged with having fired a revolver with intent to murder.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 195, 6 August 1929, Page 5
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