THE CHURCH ROBBERIES.
4 ACCUSED LADS BEFORE THE >. COURT. beries *W el *° the recent ch urcn r °t>lads named":** appearance of two Cecil Herbert B. Bailey, S.M., at the Magistracy' Court yesterday on two charges of br«. a k-~ ing and entering churches. In anstv«jto the Magistrate. Brosnahan stated he was 17 years of age, and Jeffries said' he tvaK. 18. Both boys looked younger than their age. They -were unrepresented by counsel. The first charge was that on or a-hout November 7th they did enter the Phillipstown Anglican Church with,latent to commit a crime, and the second charge was that they entered the Roman Catholic Cathedral on or about November 11th and stole therefrom the sum of £3. Chief Detective Bishop applied for a remand, as there ivere other charges pending. The Magistrate remanded the accused for a week and ordered them to be kept separate from the other prisoners. The boys -were arrested on Monday at Molesworth station, some 40 miles post Hanmer, by Detectives "Ward and Gibson, who only arrived in town with their charges on Thursday night. Both the boys reside in Christchurch.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19091218.2.5
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13609, 18 December 1909, Page 2
Word Count
187THE CHURCH ROBBERIES. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13609, 18 December 1909, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in