A NOTORIOUS THIEF.
SALUTARY SENTENCE IMPOSED. AUCKLAND, February 16. Raymond Woodward, aged 38, described by the chief detective as a notorious thief, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, to be followed by six months’ reformative detention, at the Auckland Police Court on a charge of stealing £5 10s from John Viscoe, a King Country visitor. Accused and another man met Viscoe in an hotel in the city yesterday, Viscoe agreeing to redeem a watch for accused at a pawnshop. Viscoe then suggested that they should have some music, and the pa"wnbroekr put on a record, and while accused and Viscoe were jazzing the latter said that Woodward abstracted money from his (Viscoe’s) hip pocket. Accused disappeared, and was arrested an hour later. On the way to the lockup with Detective Cragie accused said : — “You know I don’t knock around with crooks, but if I see a ‘mug’ with a bit of gilt on him I’ll do him for it.’’
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Otago Witness, Issue 3806, 22 February 1927, Page 77
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159A NOTORIOUS THIEF. Otago Witness, Issue 3806, 22 February 1927, Page 77
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