ROBBED HIS HOST
TWO WATCHES AND CHAIN GONE SIX MONTHS’ GAOL “I can get the liquor,” said Gerald Thomas Silk, and left his new friend sitting in his bedroom at an hotel. Silk thoughtfully took the man’s two watches, a chain and a sovereign with him. He appeared at the Police Court this morning and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Described as a labourer, aged 30, Silk pleaded guilty to the theft of two watches, a chain and a sovereign pendant valued at £ 20, on January 25. Chief-Detective Hammond said the man had met complainant on Saturday evening. His new friend had taken Silk to his room at an hotel. Silk had offered to go out and get something to drink. After he had gone complainant missed his watches and informed the police. Silk was found with the watches and chain in his possession. The pendant had been sold for 15s but all the property had now been recovered.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300127.2.107
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 881, 27 January 1930, Page 11
Word Count
160ROBBED HIS HOST Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 881, 27 January 1930, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in