THEFT OF BLANKETS
WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER j. CHASE | l ]'E»6s AiijOCliTlO. t LLEi,K.'.:.I.) DUNEDIN. August 0. j On. hearing that detectives were en- j quiring for her at the front door, a j domestic servant. Ruby Hooker, aged j 28, hurriedly left by the back door, j She entered a stranger's, house, helped herself to an overcoat to cover her: bright dress, and sixpence from a i money-box for her tram fare, then led tne detectives on a chase to South Dunedin, where she was captured this morning. She admitted in the Magistrate's Court charges of stealing, in September, last year, blankets from the Young Women's Christian Association. The police stated that accused had appeared in the Christchurch court on a charge of theft, and had since assumed the false name of Rita Brown, because she was on probation for that offence. Accused was remanded for the report of the Salvation Army officer. i Woods' Great Peppermint Cuff. ( For Children's Hacking Coughs. —l'
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21239, 10 August 1934, Page 24
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