SET FIRE TO CHURCH
CHRISTCHURCH FIREBUGS
DETAILS OF CRIMES Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Today. further charges of arson were preferred against Charles Robert Gray and James Wilfred Gray in the Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, today. They pleaded guilty to setting fire to th© Sydenham Bowling Club's pavilion and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Accused pleaded guilty to setting fire to the house of Canon C. Mutter. It was revealed in the course of evidence that the Grays were acquainted with Canon Mutter and had supper with him a few nights previous to the occasion on which they set tire to his house. When they set fire to the Addington Anglican Church, Charles Gray broke the microphone in the nearest telephone booth with the idea of preventing anyone ringing up the brigade. Other cases are proceeding .
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 871, 15 January 1930, Page 11
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136SET FIRE TO CHURCH CHRISTCHURCH FIREBUGS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 871, 15 January 1930, Page 11
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