A DESPERATE FIGHT.
A Dunedin telegram of Wednesday, says : — A terrible engagement between a constable and three civilians took place on the rise of a hill known as " Breakneck," within a stone's throw of the police station last evening. The constable, whose name is Jerry Murphy, heard a row opposite m a weather-board cottage, and going to ascertain the cause fell into the hands of a married couple. During the struggle they rolled down a small precipice. The man held the constable securely by the hair, while the woman got her hand inside of his mouth and tried to open up his head like an oyster. While the constable -was thus helpleaa a third ruffian came out of the house and deliberately struck him over the eye and kicked him m the back. The constable shouted out "Police!" and "Murder!" and his criea brought an undertaker and some others to his assistance. The constable's face was badly disfigured, his eye being swollen and blackened and his cheeks scratched, and he is now off duty, while one of his assistance has a black eye. The police beaters were brought before the bench to-day, and the two men were ordered to pay a fine of £3 or go to gaol for a fortnight. The woman escaped with a fine of £1.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 651, 15 March 1879, Page 2
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219A DESPERATE FIGHT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 651, 15 March 1879, Page 2
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