RAILWAY ROBBERIES.
"SET A THIEF TO CATCH A thief;" . By Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received March 26. 10.54 p.m.) London', March 26. Arthur Brooks, a detective employed by the London and NorthWestern Railway Company, who was found in possession of 31 skeleton keys, a jemmy, and a file for altering keys, has been sentenced to three years for several robberies on the line between Llandudno and Wolverhampton. The Court ordered the company to pay £600, the value of the jewelslost on that section. Brooks travelled in the same carriage of the train as the owner of. the jewels Five porters and a clerk have also "now been arrested for robberies at Euston. Over'£3so'worth''of (he stolen goods have been recovered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13709, 27 March 1908, Page 5
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116RAILWAY ROBBERIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13709, 27 March 1908, Page 5
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