SHOP-LIFTING.
A WOMAN AND A PRAM. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Another case of shop-lifting, in Kararigahake road, in circumstances which point to a shrewd system, was detected yesterday afternoon." Shortly before two o'clock a wide-awake tradesman observed a woman, who was accompanied by a child of thirteen years, and was wheeling a baby in a perambulator, stop at 'his shop window and handle the goods put outside for display. He kept a wary eye on her, and saw her furtively slip a boot into the pram, whereon lie ■went out and at the same time summoned a constable. The constable took the party to the Newton police station, where it was discovered that the baby was covered, if not with a multitude, at least with the proceeds of a number of thefts. In addition to the infant and the boot, the pram held half-a-dozen pillow slips, a pair of boots and a pinafore, all obviously new. When the woman appeared before the Justices she was convicted and fined £3, with costs.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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173SHOP-LIFTING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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