PLAUSIBLE THIEF
GAOL SENTENCE RPsr Hutted Tbjss* Assocunov.l WELLINGTON. August 21. A ca.se which had two very different .Adas to it was before the SM. Court) to-day. Samuel STShaue, a tailor, aged sixty, admitted stealing some towels, the property of George and Doughty. According to counsel, accused was accustomed to go “on the burst,” and in that condition was liable to pick up anythihghandy, even a_caso of whisky. According to the police, lie was a cunning and plausible thief t with a long list of convictions._ In this particular instance he had given them a long chase, and had got rid of the stolen articles in the process. The magistrate took the police officer's view, and M'Shane got Sta months.
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Evening Star, Issue 19951, 22 August 1928, Page 5
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120PLAUSIBLE THIEF Evening Star, Issue 19951, 22 August 1928, Page 5
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