BOY AS CAT BURGLAR
STEALS JEWELS WORTH £lOOO. How a 16-year-oJd boy stole jewellery worth £lOOO was described at Northallerton, England, when he was brought before the Juvenile Offender’s Court. Ho was caught in ,a bedroom, up to which he had climbed by a ladder, and was hold in a chair until the police arrived. The boy admitted this charge, and also asked to bo taken into consideration another case of burglary. A policeman stated that he then got away with jewels valued at £lOOO, and sold one ring valued at £95 to another boy for Is. A second ring had been discovered, but two others were still missing. An education official explained that the boy had an excellent school record, but was fond of aping his elders. He was ordered to a training ship.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 108, 9 May 1934, Page 3
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