ALLEGED GANG IN CRIME
YOUTHS BEFORE COURT. ASSAULT AND THEFT CHARGES. (By Telegraph. -Press Associations CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 28. As a sequel to an assault at Cashmere four youths faced Mr. Mosley, S.M., this morning. Philip Percival Sharp, aged 17, was charged with the theft of six shillings, the property of Thomas Allan Crawshaw; William .Joseph Hallins, aged 18, and Stanley Thomas Allan Crawshaw, 17, were jointly charged with assaulting Philip Percival Sharp, while Norman Frederick Fletcher, aged 18, was charged with breaking and entering St. Mary’s Church, Merivale, on August 25 and committing theft. All were remanded to September 5.
The police said all were members of a clique about which there was a suggestion of a “Kelly gang” or “Ivlux Rian.” Sharp was assaulted for breaking the gang’s order. There were other charges pending of theft, breaking and entering, and car conversion, ami Sharp was also involved in them. After Sharp was bound and gagged his assailant, said the chief detective, stuck a pin into him to see if he were dead or not. Then they made off.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 28 August 1933, Page 7
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