STOLEN SAXOPHONE
A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court to-day, on Charles Joseph Morelaud, a seaman, aged 32, who admitted stealing a saxophone and case, of a total value of £35, the property of Annie Furey.
Chief-Detective Ward said that from before last Christinas the accused had been staying at a boarding-house kept by a woman in poor circumstances. On Ist March, the accused stole the saxophone and pawned it for £4. "Since ho has been staying at the 'house," continued the Chief Detective, "there have been a number of thefts of money. The accused has been frequently seen by the police in respect of these thefts, but, although there is no doubt that he committed these thefts, he would not admit them, "
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 53, 6 March 1929, Page 12
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134STOLEN SAXOPHONE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 53, 6 March 1929, Page 12
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