PICKPOCKET IN COURT
Razuk, a Calcutta pickpocket, doe* not believe in honour among thieves. He was standing in the dock recently charged with loitering, when a court official saw him dive his hand into another defendant's pocket and attempt to take out a bundle of notes. • f He was sentenced to three months hard labour for loitering and.. six months' imprisonment for attempted pocket-picking. Then he started ahusifig the magistrate—and: was sentenced to a further six months' hard labour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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79PICKPOCKET IN COURT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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