A WOMAN THIEF.
GETS THREE MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 20.’ Mr- Cutten, S.M., gave his decision this morning in the case in which Mrs. Graham, a married woman, and Dorothy Duckworth were charged with having stolen a purse containing £4 left by another customer on a table at a rosta urant. The elder woman threw the blame on the younger. Mr. Cutten concluded that her story was false, and that she took the purse and dropped it in her companion’s handbag. The police stated that Mrs. Graham occupied a respectable position’and nothing was known i against her. She frequented races and ' betted occasionally. The magistrate imposed a sentence of three months’ hard labour.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143473, 21 April 1911, Page 3
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116A WOMAN THIEF. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143473, 21 April 1911, Page 3
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