Suspicious behaviour
On 11 September 1909, James Bogue and Frank Dolan were tried at the Perth Supreme Court for attempted shop-breaking and unlawful possession of housebreaking implements at night. The two youths had allegedly been observed fiddling with the lock of A. W. Tocher’s grocery store by a passer-by, who telephoned police. When the constable arrived he found the men were still standing on the store’s verandah. Upon searching them he found a file and a key that appeared to have recently been filed down. Despite this evidence, both were found not guilty.
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