YOUTH'S WAGE OF 4/.
THEFT CHARGE ADMITTED. "His employer was'one (if these kind hearted farmers who paid him -1/ a week," remarked Mr. K. C. Aekins in the Police Court'.'this morning, on behalf of a youth who had admitted the tlieft of a pair of trousers.
Mr. Aekins said that accused and another youth had been employed by a farmer at Silverdale and were each paid 4/ a weak. When engaged the youths were told that they would have six cows to milk, but actually there were between 30 and 40, all of which had to bo hand milked. "I know this does not justify the,, theft, but I am just mentioning it," said counsel.
Sub-Inspector Scott 'said that accused had taken the pair of trousers in packing his bag when about to leave the fatm. He had been quite frank about the theft, and lie had not been in trouble before. The lad, he added, was anxious to get away to the country.
Deciding to give the youth a chance the magistrate, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., adjourned the case for six months, and ordered accused's name to be suppressed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 147, 23 June 1934, Page 13
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