CAREER OF CRIME.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 7

CAREER OF CRIME.

——-0 : ■ EXPLOITS OF A YOUTH OF; SIXTEEN. ' (l(Y . 'riiLECilArH—rilEss /ASSOCIATION.') • . Auckland, March 19. Duncan 11. Caldorwood, : aged sixteen, who has had aii'extraordiiiaiy career of crime, admitted in'the' Police Court to-day. : a serios of thefts of-considerable extent and audacity. Ho camo originally from/Waikato,/:' and afteir;. various ' sojourns at Industrial Schools was liconsjkl. to lijs lather, a wharf labourer", •iit. Wellington'. Four months later hq shook bit. parental influence. Oh his way to tho. Lower Hutt ho' received accommodation in a hut, from which ho disappeared, taking £18/ of his mates' monoy. Proceeding by ! train to Napier, hp purchased a pea riflo and a'largo quantity of ammunition, But fortunately the rifle got/out of order., ■ On reaching Auckland ho annexed one bicyclo and sold it, for £2 • 10s. j stolo another, and , swapped it for a watch and chain. Proceeding to Tcpapapa,.-lie was befriended by Mr. Angus Gordon, arid rewarded his host by bolting with a horse, saddle, .and bridlo. On the . way to Mercer, ho exchanged the saddle for a better one on another liorso, but at Slprcer he fell into the arms of 'a waiting policeman.' The Bench sentenced Calderwood to throo months' .imprisonment on each charge, the terms to bo concurrent. , ■■ It was stated by the Sub-Inspector that tho boy's transfor to Burnham School would bo speedily effected. ; '7