IN MONEYLENDERS' GRIP

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 170, 21 July 1941, Page 8

IN MONEYLENDERS' GRIP

CLERK ADMITS THEFTS (0.C.) WELLINGTON. Sunday. "All hope abandon ye who enter here.' might as well be painted on a sign and hung out by moneylenders for the benefit of lower-paid borrowers according to Mr. J. H. Luxford. S.M., when commenting at the conclusion of a case in which a clerk pleaded guilty to stealing sums of i? 0 r? e £. tolamn S £8 - Counsel. Mr. W P. Rollings, said that the accused was » K r iP of the moneylenders wnen he committed the offences "Unfortunately this is not the first ca se that has come before me in which lower-paid clerks have been under pressure by moneylenders." said the magistrate. Detective-Sergeant W. McLennan said that the accused was 59 years of age. Part of his duties consisted of taking mail to the post. On several occasions money was taken from iff He was in re ceipt of a salary ot 126 d a year. thl° f J^ Cent r years h ? has Kot into the grip of moneylenders." said counsel. 'It is bad enough to get into the grip of one. but this man was unfortunate to get into the grip of three and heaven only knows how much he has paid to these men in interest for money he has torrow ed from time to time during the past few years. He still owes a Fenders l ° 63th of the m°nevthJfh?»,omaßistrate< who remarked that the case was one in which the accused was more to be pitied than Mm f inS . else ' Placed him on probalon for two years, subject to restitution being made.