THIEVES RETURN £SB.
LAWYER’S WALLET SENT . BACK,
A barrister whose wallet, containing £53 and important papers, was stolen at Epsom on Derby Day. England, afterwards received the wallet with the contents intact by registered post. The parcel bore a London postmark. The following note was. enclosed: —“As it is a superstition among thieves that to rob a lawyer is unlucky, my gang is returning your belongings. Kedp your eyes open in future.” The note was signed “Leader.of Gang.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21102, 12 August 1930, Page 4
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78THIEVES RETURN £58. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21102, 12 August 1930, Page 4
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