Thursday, October 20, 2011

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY ALLEGED

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, This Day.

When Fong Foo Ying, aged 52, Chinese market gardener, left his house at Panmure last night to bring in his horses he was allegedly assaulted by two men, one throwing a sack over his head a^d the other striking him on the head with a stone. His injuries, though painful, are not serious. Ying subsequently informed the police that he had been robbed of £195 10s.

Shortly after midnight the police arrested two young Maoris at a market garden. All the missing money is said to have been recovered.

Today the two Maoris, Charles Harris, aged 19, and Kere Thompson, aged 18, both gardeners, were charged with robbing Ying and using personal violence. They were remanded till January 18. Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 8, 10 January 1940, Page 9



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