THEFTS FROM HOUSES.
CHARGE AGAINST YOUNG MAN
TWENTY MORE CASES PENDING.
SEARCH FOR STOLEN JEWELLERY.
Alleged by the police tc> be responsible for numerous thefts from city dwellings, Wallace Athol Warrington Gay. Smith, aged 27, appeared in the Policy Court yesterday uu a charge of breaking and entering and stealing jewellery and money valued at £45 from a house in Pukanui Sjtreet, Epsom. Chief-Detective Hammond said over 20 charges of burglary were pending. A remand for a week was granted, bail being refused.
Detectives have recently been searching for jewellery alleged to have been "planted" by accused at various points in the city.... One of the charges pending concerns the theft of jewellery valued at over £IOO from Mrs. M. Sturt's residence in Ranfurly Road, Epsom. This burglary was committed over four months ago, and according to information given by accused the proceeds were concealed in a spouting near the Auckland railway station. Detectives searched the locality indicated without result.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19891, 9 March 1928, Page 10
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