CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
SHOPLIFTER AT SALE.
GIRL'S FIRST OFFENCE.
"A SUDDEN TEMPTATION."
At Hart's sale yesterday afternoon a girl of seventeen was detected in the act of shoplifting. She was arrested by Detective Packman and appeared before Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M. at the Police Court this morning, pleading guilty to a charge of having stolen a raincoat, child's coat and a jacket of a total value of £3 4/6. -
Chief Detective Hammond said that the girl had never been in any trouble previously. Her parents were most respectable and there was no need for her to steal. Her home life was good and it was difficult to understand why she stole the articles, which she placed into a bag. "No doubt it was a case of sudden temptation," said Mr. Hammond.
The accused, whose name was ordered to be suppressed, was remanded for three months, the magistrate telling her that if her behaviour was good in the meantime nothing more would be heard of the matter.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 75, 29 March 1928, Page 8
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