Two men faced hard time after watches were stolen
PRISON had failed to curb James Rogers and now he faced the inevitable - a one way ticket overseas. Just three days had passed from his release before he once more embarked on crime, a smash and grab raid on a Southampton shop where he snatched three watches from a window display. Impudently, however, he suggested a novel proposition to the judge. "Why don't we toss on a coin on it," he urged. "Seven years if I guess right and transportation for life if I get it wrong." But Recorder Bingham was not one for frivolity. "It's seven years," he thundered - and Rogers was led away to aw...
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