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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144778, 7 September 1915, Page 7

At Dunedin to-day ex-Constable John Henry Howard came up for sentence in tne Supremo Court on two charges of breaking and entering a butener’s shop in South Dunedin. Justice Sim made allowance for his previous good character and imposed, a sentence of six months’ imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent. —Press Association. : In reference to the case recently reported from Eltham, in which a tunnel was made under the Bank of Now South Wales and other business promises, the Eltham Argus remarks“ln 1912 a similar case occurred at Mnnwilhimbab, New South Wales, but in this case the thief, a half-caste aboriginal named Jakes, succeeded in effecting an entrance. The premises concerned were the Commercial Bank of Sydney, and were situate in the main street (Tweed Street). A tunnel had been constructed underneath the banking premises and was discovered by the police about ten days before an entrance was made into the bank. The place was guarded every night, and several police were waiting inside the bank premises to give the culprit a fitting welcome. Jakes had laid his plans very carefully, and when he consdiered ha had chipped enough of the floor of the strong room away he blew the remainder away with dynamite. Crawling up into the strong room he met a different sight from what he had' expected to see, for he was immediately confronted by a policeman, who arrested him there and then. Jakes made two or three attempts to escape while awaiting trial, but all were unsuccessful, and he was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment at Darlinghurst Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Tooth occupying the judicial bench;

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