STOLE FROM UNCLE

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21179, 1 June 1934, Page 19

STOLE FROM UNCLE

.MONEY KEPT IN STABLE (I'IIESS ASS CIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, May 31. Allan Charles Barker, aged 23 years, a labourer, admitted in the Magistrate's Court that on May 2 he stole £383 in money from his uncle, William Thomas Barker, for whom he worked. The uncle told the court that he placed the money in a tin and hid it in some oat husks in his stable. He looked pretty often to see it was' intact, bul on May 4 the money had gone. Last March witness lost about £317, and accused admitted taking it, but, owing to their relationship, witness let him off. Replying to accused's counsel, witness said he had practically reared the accused. He was a good boy and witness was prepared to give him another chance. The magistrate. Mr F. K. Hunt: Why In the world didn't you put the money in a bank? You lost £3OO before. Witness: I suppose I am a mug. The magistrate: Of course you are. You were tempting the boy. Accused, in a statement, said he spent some of the money at the races, and lodged about £l5O of it with a friend in Hamilton. He had £lßl left altogether. Accused was committed for sentence.