RINGS ON HIS TOES
CURIOUS FIND IN GAOL That two missing gold rings were found on the toes of an arrested man was the disclosure made at Tynemouth during the hearing of a charge whicn was a sequel to a recent raid on a North Shields jeweller’s shop. Before the court appeared William Brown Bartlett, aged 19, butcher, Alarcus Brown, aged 17, painter, and John Dodgson, aged 24, labourer. They were accused of theft, the articles of jewellery involved amounting in value to £l9.
A policeman stated tnat when Dodgson was arrested during the period of remand, two gold rings were found on the second and middle toes of his left foot; later another gold ring was found on the third finger of his left handDodgson was sentenced to tnree months’ hard labour, the other two being bound over.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 5
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139RINGS ON HIS TOES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 5
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