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 Kowlatt. The house was left in charge of the chauffeur, who, while passing one night, heard the strains of music. He looked in and saw that a gramophone was being played, and there was a stranger dancing alone 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 buraglar was still dancing alone. Ward, who had wrapped a quantity of jewellery up in a cloth, said to the officers, “ 1 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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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21627, 23 April 1932, Page 14
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155BURGLAR’S FESTIVITIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 21627, 23 April 1932, Page 14
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