BOYS TRIED TO BLACKMAIL MAN.
DEMANDED JE7S AS PRICE OF SILENCE. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, September 28. Th- the Juvenile Court, two lads, fifteen and seventeen years, admitted having blackmailed a well-known business man. The boys were charged that they did with' menaces demand the sum of £75 with intent to steal the same. The boys sent a letter stating: “ Unless you leave £75 at the Cafe de' Luxe before 5 pun. to-morrow, I will bring disgrace on your wife, your parents and the girls you have been going Out with.” Accused were placed under the care of the child welfare officer for twelve months.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18578, 28 September 1928, Page 11
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