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YOliVor MAN'S DRUNKEN , FREAK. B\j Telegraph — Press Association. WAIHT, Last Night. William Butler was charged in Court to-day with wilfully setting fire to his sister's house at Waikino, which was totally destroyed. It appears that accused returned from .the Thames by a late'train last night in a drunken state. He heard news which enraged him, and in that state it is alleged that he destroyed the furniture, poured kerosene about the house, and set fire to it. The case was adjourned on account of the condition of the accused. His sister was absent at the time of the fire.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10155, 29 December 1910, Page 5
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101ALLEGED ARSON. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10155, 29 December 1910, Page 5
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