ROBBING A POOR BOX.
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Auckland, Last Night. Frank Hurley McGrath, a young man, was charged in the Police Court with attempting to break open the look of the poor box at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Upon the request of the police, the charge was altered to one of attempting to steal from the poor box. McGrath stated that he had been drinking a good deal, and could recollect absolutely nothing about the affair. His Worship : " I take that as a very poor excuse." He added that people often tried to blame drink when it was really an evil mind. It was a terrible thing to commit an offence of that characer, and although McGrath was ft first offender, he would be sentenced to 21 days' hard labour.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7973, 9 February 1905, Page 2
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128ROBBING A POOR BOX. Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7973, 9 February 1905, Page 2
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