CHARGE REDUCRD
ECHO OF RECENT FIRE
ONE MONTH'S GAOL
The charge of arson preferred against Alexander Hume was at the local court yesterday before Messrs G. A. Brabant and) G. R. Kent, reduced to one of mischief and 1 the accused was sentenced) to one month in the Whakatane gaoil. Hume, who lias been in custocty on remand for the past three weeks was on Saturday, October 25 found to have entered the ofTiccs of Messrs R. F. Smith and H. O. Garaway and set fire to papers in three rooms. He was overpowered and the lire quelled before serious damage had been done. The court also ordered Hu|me to take out a prohibition order.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 179, 12 November 1941, Page 5
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115CHARGE REDUCRD Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 179, 12 November 1941, Page 5
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