ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.
' [Per Press Association.l WELLINGTON, May 5. Constable Cassin, in company with a warder, was passing the Mount Cook prison yard this morning, when a penal servitude prisoner named Fogan rushed out and dealt him a blow with a shovel, inflicting severe injuries Fogan was brought-before the Court this afternoon, but Constable Cassin was unable to give evidence. It appears that he had been called in by the warders to take charge of some tobacco and a letter found planted near the gaoli, which, it is suspected, were meant for Fogan. The latter is serving sentences of /nine years for burglary and prison-breaking.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11884, 6 May 1899, Page 8
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106ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11884, 6 May 1899, Page 8
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