ALLEGED INCENDIARISM
TWO YOUTHS ACQUITTED. By Telegraph.-—Press Association. Hamilton, Last Night. David George Harrison, aged 19, and Herzel Edward Orr, aged 21, were charged in the Supreme Court to-day with wilfully setting fire to the Anglican Church hall at Frankton on the night of May 27. Accused were members of a party of Cambridge gangsters, previously dealt with, who set the hall on fire, but it was claimed by counsel that both-were only passive participants in the offence. They went with the others in the car and remained in the car while the offence was being committed. They, were not associated with the gang in other offences. . . . : After a brief -retirement a/rverdict of no.tjguilty was returned. ; ‘
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1930, Page 10
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116ALLEGED INCENDIARISM Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1930, Page 10
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