ROBBING THE DEAD.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1920, Page 5

ROBBING THE DEAD.

RING STOLEN FROM CORPSE. DOMESTIC SERVANT'S CRIME,' By Ttlepaph.—Preu AwoclMlov ' ■ Christchurch, Last NiAt. '•• A ghoulish theft was perpetrated be«; twepji September 19 and September 21, by Hilda Maud Bromy.an Englishwunmn, 31 years of age, who appfdwA in the Magistrate's Court to-day, charged with the theft of a dlainond ring valued at £lO, the ytmah oJE (Savin tie rbi|r?bib% Koleft from a corpse. '--*» •«- - ' { Chief Detective-ftflsllveney stated. t)i*t complainant's wife had died prior tf tha date of the theft. ' Shortly befere lyfnir she asked complainant that the dfatnoM ' ring she was wearing might be burled with her. The ring waß left QB her finger, and shortly before the coffin fu closed it was noticed- that the M'rta of deceased were shifted and the ring Ml missing. Accused had been a doatwUo servant at the house. Questioned M iff her knowledge of the disappesnuMt ofr? the ring, she stated that the knew MtfM ing of it. Later she left her eitaatioav and went to Wellington, where sb 6 wit searched, and the diamond ring wm found among her effect*. Thk' ring had been recovered. Accused was convicted and ordered t« come up for sentence when called iqmv She was ordered to pay the coat of the proceedings, and to report to a clerfy- ' man once weekly for a year.