sentences:  On 17 March 1853, gold-buyer Edward Ritter and his brother-in-law Samuel Maxwell Alexander were riding in their chaise-cart from St Kilda to Melbourne.A gang of eight or nine men attempted to hold them up near Canvas Town (now South Melbourne - this robbery may not have been on St Kilda Road itself), but Ritter managed to pull away from the potential robbers.A volley of shots were fired, of which three hit Ritter in the legs, without causing any serious injury.