AN EXCITING CHASE
CAR THIEVES ARRESTED CHRISTCHURCH, August 28. A chase in which the parties were a constable and two young men had a cold ending last night with the arrest of one of the offenders in the middle of the Avon. The story was told in the Magistrate’s Court this morning, when Alfred Leonard Sheedy, aged 18, and Mervyu John Ellis, aged 17, both labourers, were charged with converting to their own use a car valued at £350, the property of Alister Young. They pleaded guilty and were remanded for a week for further inquiries. The police said the youths had been seen trying to start the car. and fled when the police arrived/ Sheedy jumping into the river.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 11
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120AN EXCITING CHASE Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 11
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