BOY BURGLARS.
1 COMMITTBI), TO BTJRNHAM -INDUS-!' : TRIAL' SCHOOIi. " (BY lELEOEAPH—PEES3 ; ASSOOUTION. 1 ) " Auokland, April 14. A. band of five boys,"-.their^ages''-ranging from 10 to 15, pleaded guilty, at "tho Police Court to-day to a round of .burglaries,- tlioy having entered 15- premises and;' .stolen' a number of small articles and a quantity .of jewellery. Their last exploit; was-on Simday. when they entered a jeweller's - shop and stolo jewellery valued at £50, bringing/the total value of .their 'depredations to £110.' Most of the articles were'recovered when tho gang was'arrested, but a bag of opals, which a boy, to.whom they had been allotted, throw, away as valueless, is.missing. / . Chief Detective Marsack stat-od that tho boys roamed the streets' day and night;- and wore quite' boyoiid parental control. All wero.oommittod to. the Burnham Industrial School. ■ " ■ ■ '■ ~ :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 8
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132BOY BURGLARS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 8
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