ELDERLY MAN ATTACKED
PICTON BEACH SENSATION ALLEGED THEFT OF NINE POUNDS MAN AND -WOMAN ARRESTED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Blenheim, Last Night. An alleged robbery with violence occurred at Picton on Christmas Day. C. W. Wiese, a Picton resident, was attacked and robbed of £9. Mr. Wiese was accosted early in the afternoon on the foreshore by a woman, who stated she wanted to have a wash. Mr. Wiese took her to his home. Later a man appeared on the scene and savagely attacked Mr. Wiese, rendering him insensible. Mr. Wiese is 63 years old. A sum of £9 was removed from the victim’s, pocket. The pair decamped in a borrowed dinghy and commenced to row down the?harbour. A constable On becoming aware of the facts gave chase and captured the pair. They were brought before justices of the peace and remanded till January 2.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1929, Page 11
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