"SHE GOT ON THE SKIDS."

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 3

"SHE GOT ON THE SKIDS."

WIDOW ADMITS 'IMUIM. COUNSEL'S EXPLANATION. v (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) \. CHRISTCHCRCB, this day. '■' In the Police Court to-day, Mary Bond, aged 42, a widow, pleaded guilty t« charges of failing to account for moncjV and obtaining goods by false The amount involved was £87 16/ # r - According to the police, accused was «u-. ployed as housekeeper for a Mrs. Forsyth, who is bedridden and unable to attend to her own business. She gar*' accused money with which to pay' accounts, and accused showed her false • receipts. At other times she withheld - correspondence from Mrs. Foreyth, with a view to covering her actions. There was nothing known against her previouslv, but a search of her papers showed that she had very big debts for taxi* and I drapery. Mr. Thomas said that accused Lad had a hard life. She had a son about 21 years of age who started work soon after he arrived in New Zealand, but his wages were then email, and he was unable to pay the full amount of his board. Hj-s mother had to help. She kept a common money box, paying into it and taking out ' money with which to pay the accounts, and she soon found out that she was getting short. "She got on the skids and skidded hard," said counsel. "She slipped and once found herself in trouble sha found it hard to stop."' When the question of restitution was under discussion the magistrate said that ' where a woman defrauded her employer she could not get away with the proceed*. Accused was remanded to appear na Thursday, when the probation officer wii* report. Bail was allowed.