POLICE ALLEGATIONS
BASKET BOMB INCIDENT. CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENCES. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, April 10. When Barnado Ambrosia de Vine, alias Salvador, described as an Australian, was charged to-day with obtaining from the Labour Department £25 by a false statement on a form of notice, it was alleged that he had spent most of the money on drink. The police also made reference to a basket-bomb incident. They stated that on the previous night, at about midnight, Mr and Mrs Harrison, whom de Vine apparently blamed for the prosecution, were awakened by a loud explosion on their front lawn. This morning they found the remains of a basket-bomb, and were somewhat frightened as they connected it with accused. Accused had a wife and family, but thfey were not living with him, as he had stated to the department. There was no evidence that de Vine was responsible for the bomb incident. He had at one time been concerned in the manufacture of basket-bombs. It was therefore a. curious coincidence that it should have occurred in this case. Accused pleaded guilty to the charge of false pretences, and was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment.
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Southland Times, Issue 22296, 11 April 1934, Page 6
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194POLICE ALLEGATIONS Southland Times, Issue 22296, 11 April 1934, Page 6
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