"PROPER CASE FOR PROBATION"
"He seems to have yielded to a request for money made by a friend who told him that the money would be returned," said Mr. P. S. K. Maeassey when Reginald Frederick Callaghan, aged 22 years, appeared at the Supreme Court to-day before Sir Charles Skerrett, Chief Justice, for sentence for the theft of £21 as a servant. Mr. liacassey added that Callaghan had lost his position in the Post Office.
Addressing the prisoner, who was not represented by counsel, his Honour said he thought the case was quite a proper one for probation. He wanted to say very little, except to tell Callaghan that ho saw no reason why good conduct should not completely efface the remembrance of his mistake. "I am going to make your term as short as possible," said his Honour, "so that you may have every chance. You have already made restitution." Callaghan was admitted to probation for three months, and was ordered to pay £.1 Is, the costs of the prosecution.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 7 February 1927, Page 10
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