Post by nzbc on Aug 10, 2008 5:51:46 GMT 12
Auckland, 23th September. A Chinaman named Lee Chong was arrested at Devonport today, upon a charge of assault with intent to commit rape upon a married woman named Hannah Meyer, wife of a market gardener and small farmer, near Lake Takapuna. On Sunday afternoon the husband saw the acoused throw his wife down, and attempt the crime. Acoused offered £3 to quare the matter, but his arrest was the outcome.
Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 78, 29 September 1885, Page 2
Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 78, 29 September 1885, Page 2