SYDNEY BURGLARS.
PRISONER ADMITS HIS QUILT, ®7 Telfrrroi-Prees Assoolation-OooyrJslil (Etc. 1 April 18, 9.10 p.m.) - Sydney, April 18. 'Alfred Smith has been committed for. trial, on a charge of having committed burglary at the residenco of Mr. Thompson, o£;l^and^ql>, ll oiv, 1 I!ebr i uary r 26. M ■Thd accused in a written statement alleged that a man named Balson induced .him to accompany him to Mr. Thompson's/house. Itt watched tho house While Balson robbed it. Balson (whom tho police aro unable to trace) was shot in |.the shoulder by Mr. Thompson. The two I- menafterwards divided the proceeds of the-robbery. • < The accused stated that he had been for Some time out of work, and was desperate. He expressed his sorrow for the ■ trouble lie had caused. Smith was also committed for trial on a second charge of burglary at Randwick oil January 23. On being faced with. Bpger-print evidence, Smith admitted this burglary.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1418, 19 April 1912, Page 5
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154SYDNEY BURGLARS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1418, 19 April 1912, Page 5
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