EXTENSIVE BURGLARIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3712, 5 May 1925, Page 32

EXTENSIVE BURGLARIES.

POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. AUCKLAND, April 27. The Police Court was occupied with charges of burglary against Daniel Flynn, also known as Mike Flynn, and Robert Heaton Munro. the charges against both conjointly involving goods of the value of £1296, and those against Munro involving £386. Detective Barling, who arrested Munro at Frankton on April 6. said that the assistance Munro gave the police resulted in the recovery of hundreds of pounds worth of stolen goods. Munro stated that Flynn had been closely associated with him in all th© crimes involved in the present charges. Flynn, in a statement to the police, detailed visits to various places with Munro, and said that he regretted having committed the offences, and was prepared to render all possible assistance in clearing matters up. In a statement to the police Munro said that whereas Flynn alleged that he (Munro) did the actual breaking and entering on his own, in some cases a man could get into some of the places without outside help. “When Flynn first met me,” said Munro, “he' gained my confidence by the fact that he said he had broken into several places prior to my meeting him. Foolishly, I thought that he could not be caught by the police, and so consented to help him in other burglaries. Mr Moody intimated that both the accused would formally plead not guilty. They were committed to the Supreme Court for trial, bail being fixed at £SOO each. A charge against Elsie Lovegrove, of receiving stolen goods, was adjourned for a week.