IMPUDENT THEFT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19288, 18 April 1928, Page 8

IMPUDENT THEFT.

MAN BOLTS WITH RING WORTH £750. [THE PRESS SpecUl Service.] ! WELLINGTON, April 17. This afternoon a man walked into, the shop of Messrs Partridge and Jenness, jewellers, Manners street, and, representing himself to be a well-knowii racehorse owner, asked to see a diamond ring (valued at £750), which was being displayed in the window. He was served by Mr i'. Jenness, ana taking the ring, moved towards the door, apparently to see the ring in a better light, and then, without any warning, he bolted, Mr Jenneas ran round the counter (which is a fairly long one) and out to the door, where he was informed that a man who had just left the shop had gone into the Alhambra Hotel. A thorough search of the hotel failed to reveul any trace of the missing; man. Mr Jenness sought the aid of the de<tective force. In company with Detective Jarrold he started to search for the man, and after visiting the bars oi the Central Hotel, and Barrett's Hotel, they located him displaying the ring iu the bar of the Grand Hotel. Seeing that he was being watched he immediately put the ring away., When the man was accosted by Detective Jarrold, he promptly fainted, or pretended to faint, thus giving the detective an excellent opportunity of searching him for the ring, which was soon recovered. The alleged thief was arrested, and will be brought before the Court this morning.