WEALTHY MAN’S THEFTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10811, 29 January 1921, Page 6

WEALTHY MAN’S THEFTS

STRANGE DUNEDIN CASE. BOOTS AND CLOTHES STOLEN. • Herbert Anscombe (Mr Hanlon), to whom counsel referred as a man of substance, owqing landed property, of considerable value, pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering the premises of Campbell Brothers,. South Dunedin, and the schoolhouse at the Caversham Industrial School and stealing therefrom a quantity of boots, clothing, and household goods to the value, m Campbell’s ease, of £6O 14s 6d, and' in the industrial school cpso of £139 10s "9dEvidence was giveun by Alexander Campbell that an island window of his shop had been forced, and the goods stolen, and by Eliza Agnes O’Shea, manageress of the industrial ' school. Both witnesses identified the articles produced in court. Detective Palmer, who searched the accused’s house in Baker street, Caversham,, said he found there the clothing produced; also, 32 pairs of boots ana shoes in a loft, over -the stable. Accused, in a signed statement made before a witness, admitted opening Campbell’s window and taking the "goods, and also opening the doors of the storeroom ’at the school with a knife, and taking goods; He had no accomplices. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.' Mr Hanlon, in asking for hail, made the statement regarding the accused’s financial standing. His Worship said the accused’s offence was a serious one, but he would fix hail at £SOO, with two securities of £250 each, on the first cbarge. On the second accused would be released on his own recognisances of £SOO.