CONTEMPTIBLE THEFT
, » BAG-SNATCHEE CAUGHT (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") CIIKISTCHURCH, This Day. "This is perhaps tho meanest and most contemptible theft case that has come before this Court," said . Sub-In-spector Fitzpatrick, in referring to tho offence of Stanley Robert Webber, alias Stanley ' Robert Wilson, who pleaded guilty tb'.a bag-snatching charge. , ■ Tho Sub-Inspector said that a young lady was in the Bromley Cemetery kneeling beside the gravo of her brother. She had put her bag on the ground, and tho accused came up from behind, and snatched it. The accused was caught by the sexton; As there had been a number of similar thefts tho police secured a remand. The accused was convicted and will appear on 13th July." : V \ . ]•
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1928, Page 11
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121CONTEMPTIBLE THEFT Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1928, Page 11
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