Criminals -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Jewelry theft -- Fiction; Police -- England -- London -- Fiction
The day came when Larry and his friends were brought up for trial at
the Old Bailey. Labar took his stand in the witness box for examination
at the hands of Treasury Counsel. His evidence began with that master
piece of condensation evolved by some long dead and gone police
official, "From evidence received----"
The reader of these pages will know more closely than most of those
who heard the trial how the information was acquired that led to the
imposition of a sentence of twenty years penal servitude upon Larry
Hughes, and terms varying from ten years downwards upon the rest of
his gang. Mrs. Gertstein, a broken woman, was sent to prison for five
years, while Sophie Lengholm, on the plea of counsel for the Crown was
given eighteen months hard labour.
Larry, self-possessed as ever, bowed to the judge with courtesy, and
waved his hand gaily to Labar in the well of the court.
"It's a long time, Labar," he cried. "But one of these times we shall
meet again. Give my love to----"
The warders hustled him out of the dock.
THE END.
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