THE WASHDYKE STATION BURGLAR.
Per Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. At the Magistrate's Court tliis afternoon, Leonard Burke, a youth aged 19, a native of Christchurch, pleaded guilty to charges of (1) breaking into and stealing from the Washdyko railway station £2 odd in money, a number of tickets, and a bicycle; (2) placing obstructions on the railway—a rail across the track at one spot, and a big stone at another. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The bicycle he left in Timaru. Some of the tickets lie put into the date stamp (dating only one end, however), and on one of them lie travelled to Duuedin ami back. He kept another in his boot, and threw the rest away, lie was caught by the guard of the express through using the stolen ticket. Though he pleaded guilty, he intimated that he had nothing to do with the obstructions on the line.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 25 October 1907, Page 2
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155THE WASHDYKE STATION BURGLAR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 25 October 1907, Page 2
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