ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT
SYDNEY, May 12 Charles Scoring, a New Zealander, who had recently arrived, was charged with attempting to shoot a police sergeant. Evidence was given that the police re ceived information that two Chinamen's huts had been burgled and £2O stolen. The police proceeded to La Perouse, where they met accused cycling. When he was stopped lie produced a revolver and aimed point blank at the officer. Fortunately the chamber contained a blank cartridge, though the others were fully loaded. The accused was remanded.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3244, 17 May 1916, Page 18
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