ARSON ADMITTED
CANDLE LEFT BURNING ON HEARTHRUG i Dunedin, April 11. In the Police . Court to-day Beta Margaret Smith (aged 19) was charged with arson. Accused was emploved by an invalid woman, and according to the evidence left a lighted candle on the middle of a hearthrug. The fire which took place was extinguished, and the invalid woman apd her children were rescued with some difficulty. Accused and her mistress were on good terms. , Accused pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. ' -
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 175, 12 April 1923, Page 7
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