SMASHED WINDOWS.
ELDERLY MAN CHARGED,
COMMUNIST WTUJEircj.j
POLICE EVIDENCE HEABD.
(By Telegrapn.-Presg lK»datJs|v
The case against Robert Wuhaa v man, who smashed eight panes 0 f jL." in the drapery establishment of Jjm, Smith, Ltd., -was proceeded with" £o-da The accused, who is 62, was stated U Police Sergeant Paine'to have been Wde» the influence of liquor at the tune. On «;' ■ way to the police station he eaid hehy been depressed owing to the sudden deaS of his wife, he was out of work and W '"• no money. He also said that he had be™ to Communist meetings on the Anadir night previously and was.a joom mafe of a Communist just discharged from gaoL It had. been arranged that % should break a jeweller's window, hut W' decided to break a draper's instead. In reply to the magistrate the accused said that he told the sergeant hedidiot know it was a Communist meeting 1« was going to, but thought it yms apohY tical meeting of Mr. Peter Eraser's.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 285, 2 December 1931, Page 8
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167SMASHED WINDOWS. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 285, 2 December 1931, Page 8
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