A BAD LOT.
[PJBB PRESS ASSOCIATION ] Timaeu, Augast 27. At the R M. Ooart this mornine, a lad of 14, wai remanded on obargeo of houae breaking and horse stealing. Ha has admitted the offence, ani says that he had been an inmate of an lodastrlal School from whloh he bolted two years ago He had since been "swag glng " and " knocking about " aad lately was m employ of a former at Makikihi On Tuesday he broke into a house doring the absence of the owner and took away £3 m money, and on Friday evening rode away to Timaru on one of his employer's horse?, turning it adrift on reaching the town. He was arrested next day at the railway station, while waiting for a train to continue his journey north. The young imitator of Jonathan Roberts appears to be rather proud of his achievement.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1929, 27 August 1888, Page 3
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146A BAD LOT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1929, 27 August 1888, Page 3
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