THE BOY BURGLAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 6

THE BOY BURGLAR.

:""' v'/-bb" ADimmqcasiiundiv Charges, of breaking and entering. ;.. f (By Telegraph—Press Association.).. ', ' Auckland, January 30. 'A lad, who has loomed large in tho public eye of .Auckland recently as John Bahdley, the boy burglar, came before Mi\ : Frazer,- S.M., ■ this morning on a series of breaking and entering oharges.as Charles Edward Banbury, and ho figures ;this tim'ej hot as a juvenile of 15, but os a youth, o£ 18.. . Not only does his ingenious from the Polico Station stamp him as a. young man of imagination, but an 1 [amended version of , his autobiography shows that, his first .account .of himself jwas -fictional in- many; respepts. A i V In: the/course of tho hearing against him this morning ofthe "breaks" in the City Chambers,' Detective Sergeant Cox Baitf'th'at Bahdley had stated that his first 'statement was wrong so far as related to .the story of. his life, and gave an ed,statement, On, this he'. gave'his real mama as Charles,Edward.Banbury, and 'Baid.'thflf "he was 18' years ot age'on Octo'jber 8 last;,! His parents resided,at Leich(hardt, in New South Walesi but he had fliyed mostly with an.aunt and unole. at jEnfield, near Sydney, and had been three /iimps convicted for theft. He had served /an the training ship Sobraon for about \Bix months,'and had'been sent later to ;a ; Government farm.. later he'joined the 8.9. Westralia'asai galley boy, and after

: ,that 1© had served on's'.s. Pilbara in rthe ■•. • same, capaoity. He joined the.s.s. Vic- ' Itoria on her last trip from Sydney to (Auckland as. store-boy, and reaohed Auck- : - (land pn-.Sunday week.- He: came, ashore ,' ,i. on, Monday ..-night : and committed the . ■ , joffences in the City Chambers buildings, ~ 'f-afterwords.godng back to s.s. Victoria : ' , jand sleeping: there, i; Next; morning -be - l '/: took hij(' kit bag and deserted the Vic- ; toriaV ' That night he' brokei into Smith arid,;.Ca,nghey'.s, i.somo : good 9, being captured an'hour,or so later in the yard'of the Albert: Brewery, close r ;fby ancl Caughey's.f ;:.■■'. \ •;:.' v, 'Bap Wry wag charged '.with' having, on ' /;'.jthe'' MohdayS'nigh't, attempted .'to break :• and:.enter the shop of John■ Court, Ltd., ...;'-',"]and.H. E.'Partridge, with having;broken ! ..'End chtered.-the, premises .of,-,tho Berlin ;.;• knd London Piano Co.; having broken and the premises of Howey; Walker, '; -. • jand stolen' a ; gold ■; ring,'.' two' half-dollars^" '~ ■; a .quarter-dollar, -and 25..' 9d... in; money, :.;.;.;.'.■'.britb. -having, 'entered '■> the Tiffejv Dining 'i- .(Rooms ind stolen 25., with':having stolen ~i a brooch','the property .of Miss Munton ... /dressmaker, . -City'' Chambers),' and with' ':,/ having'.-stolen from Smith and.Caughey's ';;':,• V>n Tuesday .two shirtSi two pairs of socks, ' ■:; and ;other articles. ;■ , bAocused..pleasedguilty, and was com- •~ ■'toitted.'lorjsenxence. -,;;. :;; -i'".' ..;.