ARREST AFTER STRUGGLE
MILK THIEF CAPTURED RIBS BROKEN IN FIGHT Press Association WRLLIIsrGTOINr, To-day. Th© police have been keeping a watch at Island Bay in the mornings owing to complaints of the theft of milk and cream tokens, and on Christmas morning a violent struggle took place when a constable arrested Walter Richard Williams, a labourer, aged 60, after obtaining help. To-day Williams was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment for the theft of five bottles of cream, found in his possession, a month’s imprisonment to be served concurrently for assulting a constable with a beer bottle, and he was convicted and discharged on a charge of resisting arrest. At the Police Station he complained of injuries, and it was found he had two ribs broken. He was ordered to pay £ 1 Is doctor’s fee, in default a week’s imprisonment, cumulative on the previous sentences. The sub-inspector said the injuries might have been caused in the struggle, which was a very severe one.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 546, 26 December 1928, Page 11
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162ARREST AFTER STRUGGLE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 546, 26 December 1928, Page 11
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