EASY MONEY
ADVENTURESS COMES TO AUCKLAND A TRIP FROM SYDNEY T>EING told that there were quite a number of “male mugs” in New Zealand, Enid Rachael Hahn, aged 23, was lured, by prospects of gain, from Sydney to Auckland. She arrived in Auckland on October 4, and to-day she stood, a trim, well-dressed figure; in the dock at the Police Court. She pleaded guilty to charges of stealing a garnet snuff box valued at £2O, and £l7 in money. Chief-Detective Cummings said that on her arrival accused went to a leading hotel! but in consequence of her conduct' she was put out. She went to another hotel, and was ordered away from there also. She was ordered from other boarding places too, because of the excessive number of callers that she had. She stole the snuff box from a shop, and the money from a business man’s office. She said that she came to New Zealand because a Waihi billiard saloon keeper told her in .Sydney that there would be plenty of male mugs for her in New Zealand, and that money would be easy. The chief-detective asked for a remand to ascertain whether accused had criminal history in Australia. She was remanded to appear for sentence in a week.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 207, 21 November 1927, Page 1
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210EASY MONEY Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 207, 21 November 1927, Page 1
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