PICK-POCKETS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 446, 5 January 1909, Page 3

PICK-POCKETS.

A Sydney Gang Operating.

A considerable number of complaints have been made to the Wellington police of late by persons who have had their pockets picked, says to-day’s Dominion. The favourite places for the pocket-picker to work are at the various houses of amusement, notably the Town Hall, at the railway stations, and on the wharf proper, and the ferry wharves. Several fairly good hauls have been made by the operators, who generally make for the trousers pockets of male members of the community. One resident was eased of a sum of at the railway station, and a jeweller’s as-i sistant had extracted from his hip pocket whilst making his way through , the crowd which gathered at last Sunday night’s concert at the Town Hall. Various other losses of smaller sums have been reported. Investigations made by the police have elicited the fact that a gang of four expert and well-known Sydney pickpockets are operating in the city, and citizens would be well advised in taking special care of their money when they are in a crowd.