BURGLAR'S FESTIVITIES.
ONE-MAN NIGHT CLUB,
How a burglar transformed an unoccupied house into a one-man night club was related at Winchester, England, when Francis Bernard Ward, aged 27, appeared before Mr. Justice Rowlatt.
The house was left in charge of the chauffeur, who, while passing one niglu, heard the strains of music. He looked in and saw that a gramophone was being played and there was a stranger dancing alori'e to the music. The chauffeur locked the house and went for the police. When they arrived half-an-hour later the gramophone was still being played and the burglar was still dancing alone. Ward, who had wrapped a quantity of jewellery up in a cloth, said to the officers, " I have had a good drink and some lovely music. I hope I will go to Dartmoor for a good long time."
Several previous convictions were recorded against Ward, who was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21159, 16 April 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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153BURGLAR'S FESTIVITIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21159, 16 April 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)
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