PRISONER SENTENCED
ATTEMPT MADE TO SHOOT DETECTIVE (PBXSS . ASSOCIATIO* TELEGRAM.) * AUCKLAND, November 6. ■ When cornered on the roof of « Queen street theatre, Colin William Glass tried to shoot Detective Whitehead with a revolver. To-day Mr Justice Herdman sentenced him to five years' imprisonment with hard labour. His Honour said that had not the trigger misfired or descended on to an empty chamber, the prisoner might have been standing trial on a much more serious charge. Nothing could be said in his favour except that there was some evidence that he was eccentric. He must be put where he could harm nobody.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21315, 7 November 1934, Page 16
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