16-Year-Old “Bad Man” Is Captured
SYDNEY. April 'B.—A youth of 16 who modelled himself on the Western “bad man" of the movies has been captured by the police after a search through the Riverstone scrub lasting several days. During the hunt the police seized a horse, two saddles, a bicycle, riding boots. and the latest in sombrero headgear. It is alleged that in the past fortnight the boy has spent £75 on outfit and clothing. The money was “earnxd" by holding up shopkeepers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 19 April 1949, Page 5
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