OPEN CONFESSION.

Shannon News, 12 October 1923, Page 4

OPEN CONFESSION.

THE NEW ERA. DETECTIVES STAGGERED. The new crime era has commenced, heralds the Sydney “Guardian.” A man walked into the office or the Criminal Investigation Department and casually announced that, he wanted to give himself up for embazzlement. To his astonished audience, he stated that he was employed by a city firm as collector, and had been using the moneys he had handled for his own purposes.

When they had partially recovered, the detectives communicated with the office mentioned, and requested the manager to visit the detective office. To cap it all, after hearing the facts, the manager refused to prosecute, and the self-confessed embezzler was allowed to go. Inspector Leary, in charge of the C. 1.8., said he did not think confessions of that sort were likely to become a habit with big criminals.