LABOURER GAOLED.
CHASED AND CAUGHT.
J EARLY MORNING STRUGGLE. < J HOUSSEHEAKirrC- TOOLS I FOUND.
A larpe pair <if piiscors. an electric ttr.-rh ;iii(l ii | air of glovrv. wen 1 exhibits produced in tlip Pnlify Court to-day, when Donald .lam:.; Jon-, , * (20), "si inboMv;-. nppcared before Mr. C. R. Orr Walker. S..M. .Tones pleaded guilty to a charge which deemed him to lie a rogue and vagabond, found without lawful excuse in possession of housebreaking instruments on June <>.
Detective-Sergeant McHugh said that at 2.20 a.m. on Wednesday, .Tune (i, Sergeant Doel and Constable Duncan were on duty in Broadway. Newmarket, when they saw Jonee and .another man acting in a suspicious manner. Eventually both men disappeared behind the premises of Newmarket Motora. When they were followed and accosted by the police both men bolted, but Sergeant Doel caught Jones and arrested him after a struggle. Found in his possession were the housebreaking instruments—pincers, torch and gloves. 'He gave m> explanation, and it was quite apparent what he was there for," eaid Mr. McHugh. "The other man got away."
The magistrate eenteneed Jones to one year's reformative detention.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 164, 14 July 1938, Page 12
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186LABOURER GAOLED. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 164, 14 July 1938, Page 12
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