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CAREER OF CRIME. BOY BEFORE COURT. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, July 2. A boy, 15 years of age, in the Juvenile Court to-day, admitted a number of serious crimes, including that of attempting to break into a shop and with robbing a woman of her handbag and using personal violence towards her. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Evidence was given that the boy had a jemmy in his possession when arrested.
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Southland Times, Issue 20220, 4 July 1927, Page 8
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78STARTING YOUNG Southland Times, Issue 20220, 4 July 1927, Page 8
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