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Wrestler Resisting Arrest On Tuesday George Oliver alias 'The Little Roper', was brought up on a charge of drunkenness (at Truro). Policeman Fitzsimmons was called upon to expel the defendant from at home, where he was making a disturbance. When the ropemaker, although a little man is a practiced wrestler, resisted the law and threw the policeman several good "turns" without difficulty. He was fined 20s and costs. 6th February
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