ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.
Palmerston North, June 12. At the Supreme Court to-day. Charles Duncan pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting and robbing F. N. Bevins of £16 16s and a erold watch at Dannevirke. Luther Martin Murray was charged with being an accomplice, and pleaded not guilty. Evidence was taken at considerable leneth. Duncan swore that Murray took the money, and be took the watch and chain. He admitted they were all under the influence of drink at the time. Murray strongly denied the offence, and stated he knew nothing about the robbeiy until the next day, when he was arrested. Murray' was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
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Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11960, 13 June 1907, Page 3
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109ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11960, 13 June 1907, Page 3
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