CHARGE OF THEFT.
COMMENTS FROM THE BENCft. (BY TELRGKA.rU—FIIESS ASSOCIATION.)
Auckland, August is. At the conclusion of a case At the Police Court this afternoon in which a.young man was charged with the theft of a letter containing two postal notes and Bs. in stamps belonging to his lato employer, Mr. Clayton (oito of the-presiding Justices) commented, upon the smallisalary which tho Accused had been receiving.' Addressing the employer ho remarked: You employed this young rasH at £1 per week expecting him to keep" himself respectable and to find himself. Th« Bench' considers that it is not right of' a respectable tradesman to employ a young man at such a wago and' exp«ct him to ,b« honest. It is out of all reason."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 276, 14 August 1908, Page 2
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