SERIES OF THEFTS
BY GANG OF BOYS (United Press Association) CHRtSTCTTURCH, This Day. An astonishing series of tEefts was conducted recently by a gang of four boys whose ages ranged from 19 to 17. The loot included bicycles and watches, and they had stripped and altered the bicycles. It is" staled that one boy had left school only recently, but had been in about 20 situations already. After their appearance before Mr Mosley, S.M., one of the youths goes to a Borstal institution, another for a term of reformative, detention, the third (whose name was suppressed) was placed on probation, and the fourth has to wait till Thursday for sentence. The culprits were Stanley William McKenzie, aged 19; William ' Ford, aged 17; Mullin Brocket- Ferguson, aged 18; and the other boy was aged 17. All pleaded guilty.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 30 November 1927, Page 8
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