Theft Charge Fails
RAILWAY GUARD ACQUITTED
United Press Association.—Bv Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. BRISBANE, Oct. 6. After 50 witnesses had been heard, the Magistrate acquitted Francis Walsh of a charge of stealing £3OOO from mail bags.
A cablegram received from Brisbane on September 1 stated: Two mail bags containing £3OOO in banJc notes were stolen from a Mount Isa train near Cloncurry last night. The money was for miners’ pay at Mount Isa. The police believe that the robbery is linked with similar raids on trains in 1926 and 1931. Last night’s robbery was not discovered until the train’s arrival at its destination. Subsequently Walsh, a railway guard, was charged with the theft.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 237, 7 October 1938, Page 6
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