DOPED WHISKY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 104, 3 May 1923, Page 3

DOPED WHISKY.

y. TRAP TORI THIEVEi. "1 CAUGHT IN SYDNET.ffgI "V (From Our Own SYDNEY, April 27."^ By doping a bottle of whisky and" leaving it in a prominent place'in hia shop, a Sydney draper has been successful in trapping thieves in his shop. On several occasions recently the shop had been visited by thieves, and each time goods and some liquor left in a cupboard were, stolen. Tired of losing his beer and spirits, the draper decided to place a chemical in a bottle of whisky, and leave it for the next visit of the thief. The shop was broken into on Wednesday night. When the shopkeeper arrived on Thursday morning he found that his shop had been broken into, and a quantity of gooda stolen, including the bottle of doped whisky. He reported the matter to the police. The next episode was at hospital. A man turned up at one of the public hospitals at about 3 o'clock in the morning and complained of feeling very ill. He asked for some soda water. The doctor in charge examined him and found that he had drunk a chemical which had caused him much inconvenience internally. He admitted him. After the matter was reported to the police, inquiries were made concerning the_ dope and its effects. The police arrived at the conclusion that the man woAild have to seek medical aid, and inquiring at different hospitals, came across the man, who was affected aa they suspected. Subsequently the goods taken from the shop were found not far away. It apears that while the man was in the shop he drank some of the whisky, and later became affected when only a little distance from the shop. A, charge hfl been laid against him. ~ ~ '