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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 3

Swift detection'was the reward of pickpocket at the Whangaa^ .^ The incident occurred on the crowded lawn in front of the grandstand, d 1 one .of the o?ntral fig Ures i n a somewhat sensational affairwwar| r a l vi?t^ g A"ckl.a. nd racing man. -He had his attention riveted for the moment on a race, when he suddenly became conseions of a hght- touch on his clot'hang. Wheeling sharply round he was in time to see his.pocket-book disappearmg into the possession of a man. The act was instantly. folWd by a heavy blow from the rightful owner, which felled the, man to the ground. Dazed and\ bleeding profusely from the face, he scrambled to has feet., and tor a -ifey. momohts he disappeared into the ««>wd. He was quickly followed and identified as a man named George Har™\ T On being searched by the -police Harris was found to bo; in possession of a ring, with a peculiar knife device attached to .■ ,-A surmise in regard^ ; its .probable use. was strengthened at *his stag© by the arrival of, a .young man, who produced a coat^ with th^ pwket neatly cut out ■*» 'it; and Vho^^alleged Wiat the accused (iv^rn he identified) had previously endeayoi-ed to rob him.