A Fairy-tale
•THAT he had been decoyed to a * strange house by a woman to whom he had handed fifteen shillings, and an entering the dwelling discovered that she had "vanished," was too tall a tale for a jury to give credence to when Victor Fanning Fraser Kett, a middle-aged married . man, came before the Dunedin Supreme Court charged with breaking and entering the residence of Messrs. M. and E. Kearney, Cargill Road, . Kett's-intrusion was responsible for a thrilling chase reflecting much credit.on Michael Kearney, a : much smaller man than the accuseds Though thrown over > a picket fence when he first caught up to his uninvited visitor, Kearney resumed the chase at a gallop, subsequently accosting and holding the attentions of Kett .until a con;stabje. arrived. . ; In sentencing accused to three years' hard labor, Judge MacGregor remarked upon the.prisoner's previous record, which dated back to 1914 and included crimes of assault and robbery. In various -parts of the Dominion. :
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NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 7
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159A Fairy-tale NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 7
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