The Archive · 1932

ARMED ROBBER ARRESTED Shot While He Was Resisting Police

armed robber was shot in the og on May 31 during. the moon hour ly. a CaPsC. attached to. Nongkew police station, after he had taken art inthe robbery of a. printing Shop. "He was removed to the Police Hompital and on recovery willie charged at the District Court.

Tt appears that two armed men lentored "the shop situated: at #24 Woochange Road, and made off with $504, having. intimidated. those' on the "pramists. A" lad-of the. apprentice type ran after the despere: oes and Taived an alarm on seeing fa uniformed man." Instead of heed:

the affeer's call to stop, one of the fobbers fired three shots, no one fof which took effect.

'The gallant officer gave chase and overhauled his man, whom he tacked and threw to' the pavement. They tussled for a while and the robler appeared to be freeing him self, when another constable. fired Jone' shot into his lew and took all the resistance out of him. The other decamped. Det.-Sgt. Self has charge Jot the ense.

About an hour Inter, two med men stopped a pedestrian alleyway off Ward Road and joved him of more than $400,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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