YOUTH'S ARREST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23149, 22 September 1938, Page 11

YOUTH'S ARREST

BURGLARY CHARGE ALLEGATION BY POLICE POSSESSION OF REVOLVER OPPOSITION TO BAIL Alleged to have been found in posseß- - sion of a seven-chambered revolver* loaded in six chambers, a youth was arrested by Constable Bong, of New! Lynn, and Detective Harris on TuesI day night in a house in New Lvnn on a charge of breaking and entering. Following investigations made by Constable Boag in the Henderson and New Lynn districts during the past few months, the police have seized a quantity of goods alleged to have been stolen from several premises en.-:red this year. Some of 'the property was found in the ceiling ,of a house and some under a house, and it included five radio sets, cigarettes, tobacco and groceries. Tho police are making further inquiries in the districts. A radio mechanic, Vernon Williamson, aged 19, appeared before Mr: C. I{. Orr Walker, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, charged with breaking and entering tho shop of Ina La Rosa, in' Godley Road. Green Bay, with intent to commit a crime. On the application of the police, accused was remanded until next Thursday. "Because accused was found with a loaded firearm in his possession. • I oppose bail in this case," said Detec-tive-Sergeant McHugh, when the magistrate mentioned the question of bail.