ROBBERY OF BOOTS.
Two young men named Arthur Morton and Charles Roberts were committed for trial at the Police Court this afternoon on the charge of stealing a trunk of boots from Mr Watts in Queen-street. The facts of this case were detailed at some length in our Tuesday evening's issue. Roberts was employed as shopman by Mr Watts in his Karangahape Road branch establishment, and when that was closed he was taken into the Queen-street shop for a week. While he was there, Morton, who is better known,as.the "New York Herald" impostor, with a trap and took away the * boots. They were traced to Whangarei, where they were committed for trial on a charge of forgery. Mr Watts said the Karangahape' shop accounts showed a great deficiency for the period during which Roberts was in charge. Evidence was given by George Shadgett, George Hall, John Endcan and Detective Herbert.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 223, 23 September 1887, Page 5
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