The Archive · 1929

Only Water in Bottles

Mr, Winter made an application to hand the jewellery back to the! complainants as the Insurance Ca. had pressed them for this transference Det-Supt, Conduit stated that on} the arrival of the police investiga tions were made and numerous articles were discovered in the coal shed which had been left by the thieves.

D.-S, Conduit showed the court numerous short iron bars which were sharpened at the ends, three pairs of gloves, six bottles he said which had contained water were found, with 8 battery cells. The most important evidence which was found -over, which the police worn in the picture of one of the accused on. his pass-port. This picture was enlarged by the fingerprint bureau and handed to the court. Dot.-Supt. Conduit said that Bagdanoff had already admitted that the pull-over was his own property.

Dr. Wilhelm objected to this evidence saying that the client did not plead guilty before the police had treated him badly.

When the judge asked the accused in question if the pull-over was his, he said it was not. The judge reminded him that he had confessed that it was his, and after questioning him further the accused admitted that it was his property.

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