ROBBERY BY A HINDOO STUDENT
At the Mansion House recenly a young Indian, who gave a false uarae and addrees, but who stated to be a student of the Middle Temple, was charged before the Lord Mayor with robberies from the libraries of the Inner and Middle Temple and from the Middle Temple Hell. Mr C. O. Humphreys, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution; Mr Arthur Hutton, barrister, for the defence. The prisoner was identified as being Anukul Chandra Daejupta, a student of the Inn. He pleaded guilty to the first charge, and Mr Hutton, on his behalf, said it was a sad and distressing case. The prisoner had married an English -woman, aud his family and friends in India had in consequence discontinued his allowance, leavhitn and his wife destitute. He wns tempted to commit those petty thefts by sheer starvation. The Lord Mayor ssnteaced the prisoner to three months' hard labour.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3136, 20 August 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)
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152ROBBERY BY A HINDOO STUDENT Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3136, 20 August 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)
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