CRIME EQUIPMENT

Evening Star, Issue 21710, 3 May 1934, Page 6

CRIME EQUIPMENT

GAOL FOR POSSESSOR [Per United Press Association.] <*"sa WELLINGTON, May 2. The discovery, in his possession of a large assortment of weapons and housebreaking implements resulted in George Albert. Edwards being sentenced in the Supremo Court to-day to a term of two years’ reformative detention in addition to the maximum penalty of twelve months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Mr Justice Reed commented severely on the nature of the weapons, and spoke of an example being made to other similar offenders. The articles were a bottle of ammonia, a water pistol, an automatic pistol with one round of ammunition, a. jemmy, two pairs of rubber gloves, eight detonators, four pieces of fuse, two and a-half sticks of gelignite, and a piece of rubber hose with lead at one end. It was stated that the water pistol had at some time contained ammonia. Tests had been made with it, and it had been found to have a ranee of 30ft. Edwards pleaded that the weapons were not his own, but Inrj'bisen given to him by another person. '