Expensive shout
On 19 August 1906, John Denis O’Loughlin, a police constable, was tried at the Perth Criminal Court for stealing a purse containing 26 shillings from Rachael O’Brien. According to O’Brien, she had been accosted by O’Loughlin while he was in uniform and intimidated into buying him a drink at a hotel. He then took her purse, pocketing 7 shillings from it. O’Loughlin was found guilty and sentenced to twelve months hard labour.
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