POLICE BAIT TAKEN
INDECENT LETTER WRITER MAN WITH A DONG LIST (By Teiegrapn.—rress Association) PALMERSTON N., Monday On a charge of sending an indecent letter through the post, James Newberry alias Thomas Jones (54) was sentenced to three monlns’ hard labour by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M. Detective-Sergeant Mslklejohn said accused wrote under the name of “T. James, care Palmerston North Post Office,” to a young woman who communicated with the police and later drafted a reply. They also inserted an advertisement in the newspaper saying the reply had been posted. Accused replied, making an appointment near the woman’s home. The appointment was kept by the woman but a detective was handy behind a hedge and arrested the accused, who had a long list of previous convictions, including five years for committing bodily harm and three years for wounding with intent.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20466, 5 April 1938, Page 9
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