CHARGE OF ARSON
As a sequel to an outbreak of fire in the offico of the Company early yesterday morning, polico investigations are -understood to have shown that the strong-room door was wide open, and inside two .ledgers were propped open with tarred sticks. One of the ledgers was recovered partly burned: The safe was also found open and the contents disarranged, and a fairly considerable, sum of money was missing. " Later Detective M'Leod arrester the company s accountant (Fraidc Parnell), who was brought before the Magistrate at Gisborno on a charge of arson in wilfully setting the premises on fire. The police were granted a remand -for a week, and the- accused was admitted to bail—himself in £IOO and sureties for a like amount.
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Evening Star, Issue 16559, 19 October 1917, Page 7
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125CHARGE OF ARSON Evening Star, Issue 16559, 19 October 1917, Page 7
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