CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 8819, 14 June 1889, Page 2

CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Mr E. W. Marriott, grocer, of Cashel street, has suffered several losses of goods from his front door, where he inadvisedly places such temptations as cheeses in the way of the public. He, however, determined to have his revenge, and laid bis plans accordingly. Fastening eight feet of line to a cheese in such awr y that it could not bs seen, he attached the other end to some tins, so that when the cheese was taken they would give an alarm. Yesterday afternoon his little plan proved successful, as a man named Henry Hogwood, in attempting to remove the cheese, sounded the alarm. When be had reached the end of the eight feet of line, he was minus the cheese itself, which remained on the.path,muthto his chagrin. The employees enjoyed the joke immensely, but did not forget in the fun to hail a “ member of the foorce,” Timothy Brien, who took the nonplussed offender to gaol. The story was told in the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs B. Hill Fisher and E. Dobson, and the accused will, for the space of two months, have time to reflect on his folly.