THE SYDNEY BURGLAR.
CABLE NEWS (By Cablo.—Press Association.—Conyright.)
A NEW ZEALAND "CROOK." Sydney. April 1. According to the jvotico Air. Simla.r\ assailant has bee7i recognised bv finder prints as .John Frederick Crook'or Crokc, u recent arrivii! from New Zealand. There arc several convictions him. Constable Dates, who showed -ucii pluck and was so badly handled in arresting the prisoner, i-i also a New /inlander. dates received immediate pi"motion and a reward for bravery. CHOKE'S CRIMINAL CAIIKKK. (Jy Telegroph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. 11l reference to the Sydney cable message, telling of an exeili.ilt chase, Crnke entered on his criminal career a) ail early age. He is only 2:i years of age, but five yours ago he was convicted of a serions crime, being sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for entering Iho premise* of "Warnock and Adkin, Welling-(o-n. and stealing Cad worth of diaporv. In j)ecemWer. 11105, he was sent to gaol nit three charges of theft, but escaped irom custody in the following mouth, for which he received an additional six iaonth>. lie war* lilnTated trom Lyttelton gaol last month, lie is a native of London and a seaman Uy calling. J I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 59, 3 April 1909, Page 2
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193THE SYDNEY BURGLAR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 59, 3 April 1909, Page 2
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