ALLEGED BURGLARIES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17157, 6 October 1926, Page 4

ALLEGED BURGLARIES

interesting cori’. I.ORKV LOAD t F ARTICLES (Per Press Association.) MEW FL\ AIOUTK, last Tii-lit. ji.vestigalions info burglarious raids on various South Taranaki premises during the past few months, in which rich liauls of miscellaneous goods have been secured by thieves, led to an interesting coup by detectives Aleiklejohn and three constables at a farm near Opnnake ‘ to-day. Ambrose Fowler, a sharemilker, and Albert Graham, employee on the same farm, were arrested on charges of theft, and William Fowler on a charge of receiving. A motor lorry was requisitioned, and a load of goods varying from ■hardware to patent medicines and explosives was piled on it and taken to Opnnake, where the charges were laid before a J.F. Fowler and Graham were charged with breaking and entering the Alidhurst store on August 110 and stealing goods valued at £SO. with breaking and entering the Kivcrdale Dairy Co. store, and stealing goods valued at £4O, and breaking and entering the Kaupulton ui store and stealing goods valued at. £IOO. Doth were remanded to appear at Mew 'Plymouth on October I t. bail being refused. William Fowler, charged with receiving. was remanded to appear at Opnnake on October 14. Bail was allowed in £SO. It is understood other charges are pending. ________