SERIOUS CHARGES.
MARRIED WOMAN'S STORY. SIX YOUNG MEN IMPLICATED. (Received October 0-1, 7.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. Oct.. 21. A sensational story was told to the polico by a young married woman. She savs that last evening she accepted a proffered ride in a motor-car with six young men. When the car reached an area of scrub land at, Matraville, 011 the way to Botany, she alleges she was dragged out and assaulted by all the men. The woman's screams attracted the notice of the police. When the latter appeared on tlio scene, tlio alleged assailants decamped. Two of them, Jack Simpson, 23, a bookmaker, and Charles Webb, 22, a farrier, were arrested and charged in connection with the affair. They were remanded.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20086, 25 October 1928, Page 13
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