BURNING OF HOUSE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 66, 18 March 1936, Page 6

BURNING OF HOUSE

UH LXCL ADMIT! ED * vJNG MAN lOR SENTENCE PAI MLI . i 'jN ,M tf !j ;; V:a • on-try iiii— t. mpvi ; i o : Mea iu ft i.mrMDg burned t«e A . t ■ u* y charge* with ai?o i. ti« plead-d lo the Supreme Couit at W-.-» O on the d‘ Cr.»\.- .-:d i.-j.?nj< I *0 M . L. X 11. IL in; s . J .. n , Pahiatu-i. iae a-• u-st-d -aid that be dv*»r. wiiicu wa» uniwke<i. He slept in one w f He. single p«v..... tn i. e luo.ning In -t in.u >tti / o '..< 11l livd 11 I ' ith tiling.. ’ IL Ir a . rjarrtt and and ?.. t.. • *i nr. . I-Jini-Ig otthe ca.-• »hairs iiu- ; de don a o .-r i«:«* burning pap'T. »!•- -:;,y..j fit. till he saw chair »a- well alight tnd 1 mth got pur ..f th-' flic-. The U'cused aide.! t‘ t h, did rot k’»ow v. hit ma le him .--t th ■ pla< un lit- «»t-cr than that h-- Y.ii- L.d up v.irh iu“. He was born at laihap- ; ; nj went to school the: .. As far a- h»- knc \ -is • a UJ liiirn home for a uumorr of jt-ir.-. l”he accu.-ed ai», ; d a <-.i. o" a.-.-au t. on wi ith " v.: -> mr -;. L-d an incident p»ior t » t • i->u- .•li ning epi. ode. X. -vrii-ig • ■ L . , , Hull, St Pori, U.r r. ln-.-.ib. Aa r.i pi'-vii- nan •«i Ed -ard I hot Byrnes went • - • g*-r a cup ot ten, an.l on t o- wny «p. er tae accuse I kicked at a p ip. I • i lo •kesist. Bishop picked up a fence batten and went for Mr. Hull, hitting him in the riba with it. They gave i-'.** accused something to eat and sent him oa his way. In his statement to the poiie regarding this incident, Bi.-hop said Im did not remember what was said. He had already set fire to two places at that time and did not care what cU--‘ did.