Men on arson charges
PA Auckland Two company directors were remanded wthout plea in the District Court at Henderson yesterday, on charges of wilfully setting fire to their West Auckland clothing factory. Before Judge Brown were Edward John McMenemy, aged 40, of Henderson, and Kenneth Ernest Bennett, aged 48. of Ranui. Each man faced a charge of wilfully setting fire to the factory of Kwits Fashions
1 Ltd. in Henderson Valley Road on August 16. s They faced a second a charge of conspiring with - each other by fraudulent s means — by destroying the o premises and contents of the g factory by means of fire — to defraud the National Ine surance Company of a sum of money. d Judge Brown declined an t, application for suppression of the defendant's names. e McMenemy and Bennett e were remanded to Septems, ber 7 on $l5OO bail each.
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Press, 2 September 1981, Page 7
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