A YOUTHFUL BURGLAR AT GERALDINE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5824, 1 June 1909, Page 3

A YOUTHFUL BURGLAR AT GERALDINE.

Mr H. Moyes, bookseller, Geraldine, hail reason lately to suspect that somo person had broke,u into bis premises by night and had appropriated certain articles besides a quantity of postage stamps and some cash. Tie therefore informed the police, and on Saturday night last, after the shop was closed, Constable Bingham secreted himself on the premises After a wait cf about an hour, anti between If and 12 o'clock the constable lizard a key turned in the back dcor Jock, when in walked ix youthful Bill Sykes with an ticetyIgno bicycle lam]), which he held in one the other in true burglar fashion. To hand while lie shaded the light with say the least of it the youth, who is only a little over sixteen years of age, and small for has years, received i great shock when he saw a constable gazing at him from the fiber Bide of tho counter, and tho poor lit ITo unfortunate set up a scream like an animal run to earth. M’he constable naturally felt sorry for the lad. but ho had to do his duty, and tin; boy was removed to the lockup, where he informed the police of the whereabouts of certain articles he had stolen from Mr Moyes’ shop on Thursday night. All the missing articles were recovered with the exception of some of the cash. 'The lad had made a plant of the stolen goods on the premises of his employer, and amongst the find xvas something belonging to another party 1 which will probably form the basis of another charge against the youth. Yrsterdav morning at the Magistrate's Court, Geraldine, before Messrs T. Sherralt and W. A. Slierratt. J.H’.'s the hov was charged that lie did, on Max’ 27th, break and enter the shop of llenrv Moves, stationer, and did steal from there, one poggy bag, six erasers, one pocket wallet,, one bottle of lavander water, one bottle of marking ink, one magnifier with chain, mu? magnifier, one bottle of lull, one button hook, one pencil, one combine I pen, one receipt book, one note book, II post cards, (1 letter cards, 5 inland post cards, a quantity of postage stamps at Id and Id, and cash €2 1 I/O.', total value Co 2/-. Accused was also charged with breaking into the same shop on May 20th, with inlent to commit a crime. Constable ; Bingham asked for a remand till dune to allow (lie ease to be tried before tin l Stipendiary Magistrate, and

to elec the police time to make enquiries into another rase in which a charge mav I'.c brought against accused. The constable Plated that the lad had been taken red-handed between 11 and It! o’clock on Saturday audit, and since his anvst had been detained in the lock-up. The Bench aureed to the remand. and allowed bail, (lie accused’s father to (bid (wo sureties of C - 2b each. The boy opened the door by means of a skeleton key. which lie made by liliier down an ordinary door key. T( is reported that the deed was (he outcome of readme penny shockers of (he Dead wood Dick type.