THEFT OF JEWELLERY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 11

THEFT OF JEWELLERY

ONE MAN GIVEN CHANCE SIX MONTHS’ FOR OTHER Made desperate by the necessity for expenditure which he could not meet, Gerald Thomas Silk took possession of jewellery belonging to his landlady. He handed it over to John Albert Samuelson, a fellow boarder, who pawned it for him. Silk, a labourer, aged 31, and Samuelson, a labourer, aged 24, were charged at the Police Court this morning with stealing jewellery valued at £l6 17s 6d from Ann Tomlinson. Silk pleaded guilty after some delay, and Sampelson denied his guilt through Mr. J. J. Sullivan. According to police evidence the jewellery had been left in a box on the wardrobe of the room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Silk. It was eventually missed. Counsel asked that the charge against Samuelson be dismissed as he had merely pawned the stolen goods for Silk, who was desperately in need of money. Themen would help the police to recover jewellery worth £lO, which was missing, and which was in the hands of a man in the city. Chief-Detectiv Harnmond: I am afraid it is in the melting pot by now. Sampelson was ordered to come up for sentence v thin six months and make restitut of £lO. Silk was sentenced to t-.x months’ imprisonment.