CHARGE OF ARSON
Dunedin Warehouse Fire ACCUSED REMANDED By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin. January 19. In the Magistrate's Court this morning Henry Watt, aged 40, a relative <«' the members of tlie firm, was charged with wilfully setting fire to Messrs. A. and J. Watt's warehouse, which provided a spectacular blaze on Friday night. He was remanded till Friday. Counsel stated that it was questionable whether the accused was tit to plead, and asked that he be medically examined. This affair, he said, sprang from a mind seething with a grievance over a long period. The accused sail! that be knew what he did, but could not resist it.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 99, 21 January 1935, Page 10
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107CHARGE OF ARSON Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 99, 21 January 1935, Page 10
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