STOLEN PROPERTY.
X-RAYS REVEALS SWALLOWED PLUNDER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received August 22, 8.40 a.m.« LONDON, Aupgusfc 20. The first case in which X-rays has been used to diagnose stolen property in the human body occurred at Thurrock. Essex, wliero a woman who was arrested for stealing rings from a jewellers shop swallowed the. plunder. The chief constable ordered an examination and the rays clearly revealed the rings in the stomach. An emetic harmlessly restored them.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16510, 22 August 1921, Page 7
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80STOLEN PROPERTY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16510, 22 August 1921, Page 7
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