BOY BLACKMAILERS.
BUSINESS MAN THREATENED. SUM OF £75 DEMANDED. "DISGRACE" THE ALTERNATIVE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GISBORNE, this day. * In the Juvenile Court to-day two lads aged lo and 17 years respectively, admitted having blackmailed a wellknown business man. The boys were charged that they "did, with menaces, demand a sum of £75, with intent to steal the same." They had sent a letter stating, "Unless'you leave £75 at the Cafe De Luxe before 5 p.m. to-morrow I will bring disgrace on your wife, your parents, and the girls you have been going out with."
The accused were placed under the care of the Child Welfare Officer for tw-elve months.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 230, 28 September 1928, Page 3
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109BOY BLACKMAILERS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 230, 28 September 1928, Page 3
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