SHOP-LIFTERS ACTIVE.
WOMAN'S BOLD THEFT;
j., [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION,] . ■ \ Christchuhch, Tuesday. ' A married woman named Susan Hobbs, ■■■_■ was to-day fined 40s on each of three .; charges of shop-lifting. The police stated \ that the woman walked into a shop, j threw an overcoat over her arm, and bra-' Sf! #: walked out. Her husband was a .■! respectable. man. The practice of - sbop- ■:, lifting by women was - stated to be -'■:- prevalent. :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15613, 20 May 1914, Page 9
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69SHOP-LIFTERS ACTIVE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15613, 20 May 1914, Page 9
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