BANK THEFT OF £34,967

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30043, 30 January 1963, Page 8

BANK THEFT OF £34,967

Chief Teller Charged (SJS. Pr»M Asm.—CbpgrigM) MOJMXHO«I January M Folic* aDaaafi fa «• Malbourae Ctty Court on IWdagr ttrit •»* ttriflk last May of «34ffiff foom a efty bank waa iha join* aat®Epffiaa af five men—mi* of whom is alleged to have been the bonk’s chief toiler. Four men appeafwd before ttw Court rtataiday ohetved with the robbaay from a city broach ft the EngAUh. Scottish anti AurtroSian Bank and th* pcuMcubot aaid the fifth man wm in Adelaide and wm not immediately Fifteen witness r* gave evidence and the hearing wa* adjourned until Tuesday. The four man changed with committing the robbecy on or about May 28, were William ■dwnvd Stu®**, aged 82, a fanner, of ouburiaan Richmond; Waiter Ray Raddifle, aged 81, a builder, of Boat Rincwood. outof Mctoounw; Cbartoa Lance Sbitrefl. aged 37, a bank teller, of the miburb of Burwood; and Leelie Wood, aged 43, a mieaman, of Sydney. John Bryden Davin the accountant at the beak, told the Court that Shttreff wa* the No. 1 teller there. The 22 key® of the bank were divided up among five cuatodiena Shineff had four key® and he had about 15. He ®aid after the robbery he found all doom and grille® leading into the atoonffioom open and apparently were opened without force. Another door leading into the bank vestibule wa® opened apparently without force.