AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Sydney, April 18. Alfred Smith has been committed for trial for burglary at the residence of Mr Thomson, Randwick. The accused made a written statement that a man named Wilson induced him to accompany him to Thomson’s house. Ho watched while liaison robbed the house. Balson, whom the police had been unable to trace, was shot in the shoulder. They afterwards divided the proceeds of the robbery. .Accused had been a long time out of work, and was desperate. He expressed sorrow at the trouble ho had caused. Smith was committed for trial on a second charge of burglary at llandwick on January 23rd. When faced with fin-ger-print evidence. Smith admitted the robbery.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 94, 20 April 1912, Page 8
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