MAN’S POCKET PICKED
THEFT IN STREET. £lOO STOLEN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Palmerston N., Sept. 20. An audacious theft in a public street was perpetrated one evening this week, when an elderly man had his pocket picked and a wallet containing over £lOO stolen. According to the victim’s story he had withdrawn £122 10s from the Post Office Savings Bank last week. On Tuesday evening he decided to go for a walk. While in Main Street he was passing two men, one of whom allegedly put his arm around the victim’s neck and at the same time gripped him by the chin. The old man was taken aback and too surprised to say or do anything. The alleged assailant then released the old man, who later discovered that the wallet was missing. The police are investigating the story.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1924, Page 5
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