HOUSE-BREAKING TOOLS
MAX SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR. CHRISTCHURCH, May 19. Before the magistrate (Mr E. D. Mosley) Charles Horace Payne, aged 23, a baker, was found guilty of being in possession of house-breaking tools bj’ night, and was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. The police said that the accused was seen lurking with other men in a doorway in Armagh street. He was arrested, and a chisel found in his possession fitted marks found in seven doorways where attempts at an entry had been made.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 70
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85HOUSE-BREAKING TOOLS Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 70
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