A YOUTHFUL BURGLAR.
The Post says : — A skilled and systematic burglar was unearthed at the Magistrate's, Conrt, in the person of a tiny boy over whose head there lad not passed eleven summers. His name- was Henry Marslen, and he appeared on a charge of having •attempted to commit theft at the Empire Hotel. He was discovered on Saturday systematically going through the drawers and boxes of the lodgers, and whenarrested stated that he had been sent there by a bigger boy, witlvinstructions to steal what he could. He had, however, done the business in such a skilled manner that had lie not been discovered the suspicion would have been that the rifling of the rooms was the work of a clever gang of burglars. When arrested he had nothing on his person, but he admitted having searched six rooms. It was discovered in Court that the lad was an inmate of Burnham Industrial School, who had been licensed out to his mother living in this city. His "Worship accordingly convicted the boy and sent him back to the school.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5732, 27 November 1896, Page 2
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180A YOUTHFUL BURGLAR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5732, 27 November 1896, Page 2
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