INGENIOUS THEFTS
t ALLEGED AGAINST YOUNG MAN.
(By Telegraph.)
(Special to "The Evening Post.") CHBISTOHUBCH, This Day.
As the result of visits which he had paid to boarding-houses in the city, Frederick Williams Close, a carpenter (25 )i was to-day charged with the theft of money and jewellery. Elizabeth Moore stated that the accused called at her bouse on 7th August, and said that he. wanted accommodation for five tramwaymen. Witness went out to get extra, bedclothes and when she returned the accused had gone. She missed a wristlet watch and her daughter missed a diamond ring. Lily Lister said that the accused told her his name was Ward and that he vh a tramwayman. He wanted lodgings for himself and his brother. He said he would like to remain in the room till the luggage arrived, but would have to go out about 4 o'clock. Wltnetu went out, returning at 5 o'clock, and found all the drawers had been ransacked and tome money missing. The accused had gone. Detective Allan said that the accused had admitted visiting the houses, but denied stealing anything. He was living at Lincoln under the name of Fred Ward, but his name was Close. He had not worked in the Tramways Department. The accused pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. (
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 59, 7 September 1926, Page 11
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218INGENIOUS THEFTS Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 59, 7 September 1926, Page 11
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