CASHIER'S LAPSE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 35, 11 February 1943, Page 6

CASHIER'S LAPSE

THEFT FROM EMPLOYERS PROBATION" GRANTED WOMAN

Having admitted the theft of £130 from her employers/a young woman aged 21 years, who had been employed as a cashier, came before Mr. Justice Fair to-day for sentence. Mr. A. Hall Skelton pleaded that the girl had taken money in small sums to help her mother, who was in needy circumstances, and then, on the advice of a young man when she found she could not pay back the money, she tried to recoup by betting on horse races and failed. His Honor said the case was exceptional in that it seemed from the probation officer's report that the girl did not spend the money on herself, but used it to help her mother. The probation officer recommended probation, and, as the girl already had been severely punished by the loss of opportunity to advance herself in a position of trust, she would be admitted to probation for three years, with a condition that during that time she must not frequent racecourses or make any bet. At the request of counsel an order was made suppressing publication of the offender's name.