RECORD ROBBERIES.
A ASTEIt THIEF’S AIEMORY
LONDON, April 8
io ef Barbee, on trial for theft, enter tj ined the court with a recital of his 20(0 robberies during 6even years, clain ing a world’s record, says a mess ige from Breslau. Hr complained that the judge was conf ising his 640t1i crime with the 936th, and indignantly denied that lie kept a diary, contending that a faulto less memory was essential to a master thief.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 122, 21 April 1927, Page 4
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76RECORD ROBBERIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 122, 21 April 1927, Page 4
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