PRACTICAL PROOF.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15222, 21 May 1920, Page 7

PRACTICAL PROOF.

The following is an extract from "The Ironmonger":— "At the Sheffield Police Court on Monday, Walker and Hall prosecuted two men for theft. It was proved that defendants, while working at Messrs. Walker and Hall's premises, carried off three ingots of Hall silver m the belief that it was genuine silver, and with the intention of offering it for sale as such. Before attempting to sell the metal, however, they submitted it to two practical silversmiths, iwith whom it apparently passed muster as the real article, and the thieves then offered it to a silver manufacturer at 3/6 per ox., who detected the counterfeit eharactoi of the metal, and, suspecting the men, placed the matter m the hands of the police. The defendants pleaded guilty, and were sent to prison lor three weeks. The above must be regarded as a splendid testimonial to the excellence of Hall silver, and, recognising its valne. The People's Emporium has just purchased a fall stock of Spoons and Forks, whitth tttr are affarfiM a* f«_j lav mrleea."