SIX MONTHS' GAOL.
MAN WITH EXPLOSIVES IN HIS POSSESSION. (TRESS ASSOCIATION TEI.F.GR »V.) WELLINGTON, July 3. Leslie Clifford Arthur Payne pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to two charges of theft and a charge of being unlawfully in possession of explosives. The police stated that he booked a room at a boarding house on June 16, but instead of occupying the room he stole a suit of clothes from a boarder's room, and then went to the Salvation Army Rest Home, where tie stole a blanket. When arrested, some gelignite and detonators were found in his possession. He said he gat them in Auckland to blow open a safe. Detective-Sergeant Revell said that the man had a criminal list dating from 1915, and the police Were investigating a number of offences he was alleged to have committed in other parts of the North Island. Mr E. Page, S.M., sentenced him to six months' imprisonment.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20898, 4 July 1933, Page 7
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154SIX MONTHS' GAOL. Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20898, 4 July 1933, Page 7
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