MAIL VAN ROBBERY.
A CHILDISH ESCAPADE. TWO YOUNG BOYS CONCERNED. NOTHING OF VALUE TAKEN. The robbery of the mail van in the Dunedin railkvay yard on either last Saturday night or Sunday has been traced to two young boys, aged U years and 8 years respectively. Chief-detective Lewis stated last night that it had not been decided whether the boys would be brought before the court, was quite probable they would not be charged at all. Boyish adventure appears to have played a big part in the robbery. The police • --e given a good clue when ' wrappers from some of the parcels were found under a hedge fronting the railway station in Lower High street, and it was accepted as reliable evidence that the crime was not perpetrated by experts. The further discovery of the remainder of the missing -ckages no great distance from the yards strengthened the conviction that the theft had been merely a childish escapade. The greater part of the packages contained electric bulbs, and included in the mail was a parcel, posted by a Dunedin bank of about 10 dozen canvas cash bags valued at about £lO, which the boys had • scattered about near the yard. The boys have been interviewed by the police but diving to their immature ages they were not arrested.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19695, 23 January 1926, Page 8
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218MAIL VAN ROBBERY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19695, 23 January 1926, Page 8
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