GENEROUS PICKPOCKET
MONEY GIVEN TO CHARITY " He is an expert pickpocket, but he is not a villain," said Detective-Ser-geant Higgs, of Phillip Day, aged 47, of Holloway, London, who pleaded guilty at Marlborough Street Police Court to a charge of loitering to commit a felony. Day, said the officer, was trying to pick pockets. He had 31 previous convictions, including IS for larceny. " He is a large-hearted man, and whenever he gets one of these coups everyone in Islington flocks round him and he gives the spoils away. They pounce on him for money. " He picks people's pockets and distributes the money to charity. His first conviction was in 1902 when he was 15. and ho has not been in trouble for 18 months." It was pleaded that this offence was due to drink. The magistrate, Mr. J. B. Sandbach, K.C., remarked that Day had a terrible record, but he seemed to be an extraordinary mixture of good and bad, and ho would give him a chance. Day was bound over for 12 months and ordered to abstain from drink during this time.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 5 (Supplement)
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183GENEROUS PICKPOCKET New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 5 (Supplement)
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