CHRISTCHURCH BURGLARIES.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1926, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH BURGLARIES.

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CHRTSTCHFRCTI, Jan. 19

Frederick Augustus Arimtage. aged thirty-eight. Waite,- Fraser Sheriff Harneiss. aged 87. and Joseph Hogan Byrne, aged 49. appeared at the Magistrate’s Court to answer a series of burglary charges. In one ease gelignite bad been unsuccessfully used on a safe.

Harneiss, in a statement to the police, said that he accompanied Byrne when the latter sold a stolen carpet to a pawn-broker. They then broke into buildings at Moncks Bay Quarry, and stole gelignite which, was later used in an attempt to blow up Packer and Jones’ safe. Byrne made a similar statement. In both it was stated that Armitage had nothing to do with any of the breaking and entering charges. Byrne and Harneiss pleaded guilty to all the charges, and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The burglary charges against Armitage were dismissed. Armitage was sentenced to a month for being unlawfully on premises, and on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within two years, a condition being that he shall keep out of the city.

Frank Halligan. who jumped from the third storey window of the Dominion Hotel on January Bth. when discovered in one of the staff’s rooms, appeared at the Magistrate’s Court today, charged with theft of property valued at £3 los. He pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.