MARRIED MAN’S RASH ACT
ARSON CHARGE ADMITTED.
By Telegraph.-- . assMi.il
Auckland, Last Night.
“I consider I was robbed as far as the price of the house was concerned, and on account of this and worry from sickness I decided to burn the house down when my wife and family were away,” said Edward Harold Alexander, a"ed 27, a confectioner, in a statement to the police produced in the Police Court on .Thursday. Alexander was charged with wilfully attempting to set fire to a horse at Onehunga owned by the State Advances Department and occupied by him. Accused admitted the charge. The police evidence was to the effect that a neighbour discovered a candle left burning in the house. DetectiveSergeant Kelly said accused would not have gained anything by the fire." The house was under a mortgage to the State Advances Department. Alexander was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1930, Page 9
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