GUILTY OF ARSON
EX-CONSTABLES REMANDED FOR SENTENCE. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, November 2. After a retirement lasting over two hours, the Jury in the Supreme Court returned at 11 o’clock to-night with a verdict in the shop explosion case. Ex-Constables Thomas Francis Carroll and Sydney Francis Waters were found guilty of arson and not guilty of conspiracy to defraud. Carroll was also found guilty on a charge of making a false insurance declaration. James Tait, a taxi driver, was found not guilty on both counts and was discharged. The Jury recommended Waters and Carroll to mercy and both were remanded for sentence until Monday.
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Southland Times, Issue 20633, 3 November 1928, Page 7
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