CHARGES OF THEFT.
A REMARKABLE CASE. [BY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Arising out of charges of alleged fheft of goods against two men yesterday, detectives last night arrested Frances Bell, a widow, \vho has been employed at the D.I.C. and elsewhere, on a charge of stealing’Doulton china and glass ware from the D.I.C. valued at £SO.
Her daughter was also apprehended on a charge of receiving goods alleged to have been taken by one of the male offenders. It was stated by the police that the latter accused had signed a statement admitting that she had received goods from a man already on remand and that she knew they were stolen. Accused was remanded on bail. In the case against the mother, the police said the accused admitted taking some of the goods away herself and sending others in parcels to her house. When the house was searched a great variety of goods were discovered. This accused was also remanded on bail. '
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 March 1911, Page 5
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