Further Exploration of the Factorium

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Classmate Facts # 25 - Crime Never Pays...

1. A philatelist from Paris, Gaston Leroux murdered a man called Hector Giroux for a Hawaiian stamp of 1851 with a face value of 2 cents!

2. 10% of the United States' national income comes from organised crime!

3. Airport Security personnel find about 6 weapons a day searching passengers travelling in the United States!

4. A man suspected of robbing a jewellery store in Belgium denied having committed the crime because he said that he was breaking into a school at the same time!

5. A Texan convicted of Robbery offered to pay US$9600 in damages rather than serve a two-year prison sentence. His check bounced and he got 10 years in jail!

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