A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
11- HOBSON STREET INCIDENT. wahonal incident occurred in HobStreet at half-past eleven' o'clock last ij,: which resulted ■in a serious assault Vo>*> upon a man named William James. Webb, resides in Millais Street, Grey Lynn, ftappears that Webb ; was on his. way ||«>' Jbcms and when in Hobson Street was (ted by two men, who knocked him p^p^dmm.:;. One of them is said to have drawn knife and . stabbed •• at the - prostrate |||||$;figore. A passer-by, 'however, frustrated attempt by wresting the knife away, . 'this stage Constable Smith arrived, i':- i had great difficulty in rescuing Webb his assailants. Assistance was sumid, but the assailants made off. Webb 1^ : *|?i«ii ; considerably bruised, by the; rough handling he received. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 7
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