STOLEN JEWELLERY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1922, Page 5

STOLEN JEWELLERY.

A CHANCE RECOVERY. By Telegraph.—Press Asstn.—Copyright. Hobart, May 1. The chance presence of a detective in a jeweller’s shop led to the restoration of valuable diamonds to their owner. A boy entered the shop and presented and asked the value of a fine diamond. The jeweller valued it at £BOO, and the detective questioned the boy, who said he had bought it with two smaller diamonds from another boy for a shilling and a pistol. He had showed it to several persons, and tried to sell it for a small sum. Some told him it was only glass and. useless, and others that it was worth thousands of pounds, and he took it to the jeweller’s to ascertain the value. The detective discovered the other boy, who had a quantity of valuable jewellery in his possession, from which the jewels had been extracted. He confirmed the sale of the jewels, and admitted taking the jewellery from a residence in the town. The occupier of the house was advised of the confession, and he first denied he had lost any jewellery, but later agitatedly reported he had lost a brooch and the ring which contained the jewels which the boy was hawking round.