HOLE IN CEILING.
ATTEMPTED SHOP-BREAKING.
SALESMEN ADMIT OFFENCE.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Wednesday.
Two salesmen, Richard William Patterson, aged 38, and Robert Hull, aged 41, employed by Darcy Ford, linen merchant, were charged to-day with attempting to break and enter, with intent to commit theft.
It was stated in Court that Patterson occupied a flat over his employer's shop and the men began to cut a hole through the floor with the intention of entering the shop and working during the weekend. The hole was into the lavatory, the door of which was usually locked, but they took care to see that it was left open last week-end, ready for them to make an entry.
A nephew of -Ford's, however, had occasion to visit the shop on the Saturday afternoon, and he locked , the lavatory door. Finding they could not enter as intended, the men wrenched off some boards of the ceiling of the shop, but, finding the space not large enough to get through, they tried to hide all evidence and wait for a future occasion. Ford, however, noticed some dust and small pieces of wood on the floor, and investigated, subsequently putting the matter' in the hands of the police. The men admitted the offence and were committed io£ sentence,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 237, 6 October 1932, Page 11
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212HOLE IN CEILING. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 237, 6 October 1932, Page 11
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