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Crime like a little old lady pickpocket, is not a menace to Harvard...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Crime: A Nazi at Lowell, Spy Club, 1766 Rebellion, | 11/21/1958 | See Source »

Bench Mark. In Istanbul, Judge Tarik Onan disqualified himself from hearing the case of Pickpocket Hikmet Kaya because it was the judge's pocket that Kaya had picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 29, 1958 | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

...Characters. Paar's plans consisted mostly of organized planlessness. During the past year Jack has tantalized a tame lion with doses of catnip, tangled with a pickpocket named Dominique, who lifted his wallet, belt and wrist watch, sweated through a few falls with a professional wrestler named Killer Kowalski. He has worn funny hats, taken off his pants, climbed up the studio walls. But always, the high points were provided by the talkers - guided or goaded, driven or drawn out by Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Late-Night Affair | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

Proper Credentials. In Milan, Italy, a pickpocket on a crowded bus lifted Adamo Degli Occhi's wallet, gave it back with embarrassed apologies when he recognized Occhi as the attorney who helped him beat a pickpocket rap two months earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 11, 1958 | 8/11/1958 | See Source »

...Fare. In Melbourne, Australia, completely unaware that he had been followed onto a jammed streetcar, a suspected pickpocket gave himself away by slipping his hand into the pocket of Detective Reg Henderson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 7, 1958 | 7/7/1958 | See Source »

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