CAPTURE OF BURGLAR.
PURSUIT OVER FENCES. Per Press Association. AVELLINGTON. Aug. 4. “The actions of Ralph Hogg and H. AV. Patten yvere highly commendable, particularly in view of tho activity of accused in hurdling fences, and they deserve the thanks of the community,” said Mr AV. F. Stihvell, S.AI., in the Magistrate’s Court in a case in which Bernard Eric Bothwell, a ship’s steward, was charged yvith entering tlie dwelling of AValter Frederick Shcnvood yvith intent to commit a crime. The evidence yvas that Hogg heard a man in the flat above his own yvlien he knew the oyvner yvas ayvay for the evening. He called upon the intruder, who escaped through a yvindoyv. Hogg pursued him over fences, and Patten, who had been summoned in the meantime, yvent out on to the road and made a capture of the accused. Bothweill pleaded guilty and yvas committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 210, 5 August 1937, Page 11
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153CAPTURE OF BURGLAR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 210, 5 August 1937, Page 11
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