ONE FARTHING LEFT

Hutt News, Volume 6, Issue 49, 16 May 1934, Page 2

ONE FARTHING LEFT

OUT OF £10,000 LEGACY George Morris Dalton, 2S, an engineer, 'who was said to have inherited £10,000 when lie was 21, and who had only a farthing in his possession when arrested, admitted at the recent London Sessions the theft of over £1000 worth of jewellery. He pleaded guilty to stealing a £34 diamond ring from Gordon Nathan of Old Bond Street, and a watch belonging to Gavin Cowan, of the RjA.F. Club and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Mr Maedonald, prosecuting, said that Dalton was a native of Leeds and ex--public school boy. Ho asked for twentynino other cases to be taken into account. He had been committing an orgy of crime from March to December last year, obtaining valuable jewellery. JSlcctivc-Scrgcant Ball said the total value of the jewollery involved in the thirty-one charges was £1037. Practically all of it had been recovered. "When Dalton was 21," continued the Detective-Sergeant, "he inherited a large sum of money left by Ms father. He tells me that it was nearly £10,000. "He went into business as a motor engineer and lost £800. He became associated with a gang of crooks who contemplated shop breaking. It was arranged that Dalton and another young man should get into conversation with the manager of the shop invite him out to supper, and get his keys. "The keys were obtained in this way, an impression was taken, and the keys were returned. Dalton became sorry for the manager and told him of. the plot. "The manager took him to the police station and after he had finished the story Dalton said to the police officers. 'Of course I am on the run, too,' and admitted that lie had obtained the ring at the Old Bond Street shop. "When arrested ho had only one farthing in his possession."