CAT BURGLAR'S CAREER
CRIMINAL AT SEVEN YEARS. When Reginald John Cooper, aged 24, pleaded guilty at Middlesex Sessions lately to two charges of housebreaking, it was revealed that his criminal career began when he was only seven years old. It was stated that finger-prints on a window led to his arrest.
“He is a cat burglar,” said the prosecuting solicitor. A policeman proved a long series of convictions against Cooper, dating from 17 years ago, when he stole a hammer. He believed that Cooper was shielding an East End receiver; £BO of the stolen property had not been recovered.
The Bench said to Cooper: “You have twice been to industrial schools, and every effort has been made to reform you.”
Cooper was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment "on each charge, the sentenced to run concurrenly.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3261, 31 January 1931, Page 6
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