"EXTREMELY STUPID THEFT"
"This is an extremely stupid theft, and the penalty you have incurred already seems to be heavy enough," observed Mr. J. H. Salmon,- S.M., in the Magistrate's Court to-day when a young clerk, named Edley Richard Hicks Palmer, aged 23, pleaded guilty to the theft of two postal notes, valued at 6s, the property of James Arthur Davidson.
Chief-Detective Ward said that Palmer, who was a married man with one child, wanted some money to pay a life insurance premium, and stole the notes from the drawer of a fellow-clerk. "He has never been before the Court previously •and has been in the employ of the New Zealand Railway Department for sis years," said the Chief-Detective. "This offence means that he has lost his position for the sake of 65."
In view of the circumstances and the punishment already incurred by the accused, the Magistrate imposed a nominal fine of £2,- and ordered the restitution of the stolen money.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 7 February 1927, Page 4
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