AN IMPUDENT ROBBERY.
CHINAMAN ROBBED BY SHAM -CONSTABLE. (Per Press Association./ ' CHRISTCHURCH, August 14, An old Chinaman called at the police station to-day and presented a receipt for £2O received on a previous night from two men, one in apparent police uniform, armed with revolvers, who searched his house for opium. They found none, but came on the old Chinaman’s little hoard of money. This they took, giving the receipt mentioned, and telling the old man to call at the police station for a refund. . v Ono of the men alleged to be implicated 1 was arrested at the Riccarton races. 1 < / "
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2581, 16 August 1909, Page 5
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102AN IMPUDENT ROBBERY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2581, 16 August 1909, Page 5
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