THEFT OF MAIL BAGS.
FIVE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.
(BT CABLE —PBESSkJjBjI^IATIOS —COPYRIGHT) (AUSTEAUAN AKT> T.Z. CCTLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, November 12. A sentence of fir© years' penal servitude was passed at Old Bailey on Al+ bert William Henry Ritikard, postman, who pleaded guilty to stealing two mail bags containing notcig, bills, and cheques valued at £95,000. Evidence was given thai Rickard was employed as a guard oil a postal van, and carried off the bags to a house, where ho had previously taken a furnished room. Ho shared off hi« moustache and disappeared, leaving the empty bags and the burnt remains of bills and choquee. He vrae arrested is a public-house on October 2nd. One of the £2550 in notes stolen, only £413 -was recovered.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 13
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123THEFT OF MAIL BAGS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 13
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