During the hearing of a eharge at th*. Guildhall lately,) ,4v curious statement was made by a detective officer. It was, he said, the custom among receivers of stolen property, when they a thief apparently shy of disposing of his Dooftr, to walk up and show him a piece of coal ' Which they wciald take out iof a purse. This* ..he thought, meant that they would the as )• Ifaithftil.as- the. Arabs were to those with whom v they took saJt. Alderman said that it
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Evening Star, Issue 3407, 22 January 1874, Page 3
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84Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 3407, 22 January 1874, Page 3
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