THE DUNEDIN BURGLARIES.
AN ARREST MADE.
[by telegraph.— association-.]
Dcnedin*, Wednesday. Tin: sequel to the burglaries in the city, reported yesterday, occurred this afternoon, when a young man named Henry Francis Smith, said to be a recent arrival from Christchurch, was arrested on a charge of breaking and entering the offices of Hogg aud Company, timber merchants, and stealing therefrom an overcoat and bicycle. After the robbery the detectives were handed a piece of sock, which had been cut off by the leg, aud which had been used as a- glove to conceal the trace of finger marks. This piece is said to exactly fit part of a sock found in accused's room. The stolen property has been recovered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13523, 22 August 1907, Page 5
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119THE DUNEDIN BURGLARIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13523, 22 August 1907, Page 5
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