FIREMEN ARRESTED
A CONSTABLE ASSAULTED. TIMARU, August 21
As the result of a fracas on the waterfront this afternoon three firemen off the overseas vessel Tainui were arrested on charges of theft of bicycles and assaulting a constable. Two of the men were in town during the afternoon, and were seen to take two bicycles and proceed in the direction of the port. The owner of one bicycle informed a constable, ami the pair followed the men to the wharf, where the constable endeavoured to stop them. He secured the bicycles, but the men attacked him. The constable threw one man, who was held down by a bystander. A third fireman off the ship, who incited his mates to fight, and the second man made aboard the ship, the constable following them. Police rein forcements and a detective arrived on the scene in response to a call, and they also boarded the ship, on which the two men were subsequently arrested. At one period the position looked serious for the constable, but he was able to stand his ground, and, though he was struck several times, he was not injured.
August 22. George Murray Rayner and James Stanley Wilson in the Police Court today were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment for assault on the constable and fined £5 each for converting the bicycles. A third fireman, Joseph Thomas, was fined £5 for inciting his companions to resist arrest.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4041, 25 August 1931, Page 34
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239FIREMEN ARRESTED Otago Witness, Issue 4041, 25 August 1931, Page 34
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