A MOTHER'S MONEY
_—. ♦ , DAUGHTER ACCUSED . CHARGE DISMISSED United Tress Association—By' Electric Tel»irapii—Copyright. (Received 26thl May, 11 a.m.)' MELBOURNE, This Day. . ' Pearl Cressy, married, was charged at the Cjuilficld Police Court with stealing bank notes valued at £22,000, tho property of her mother, Gertrude Palmer, who gave- evidence reluctantly, and somewhat incoherently. She said that her daughter advised her to convert Government bonds, valued .at £.22,000, into cash and re-invest in mortgages at 8 per ceut. ■vvhich would be a "better proposition. The mother acquiesced, and the cash was brought home and hidden in the sofa and gas stove. On the following morning the daughter, Mrs. Cressy, rose much earlier than usual, rushed into her mother's room, and exclaimed that the money had been stolen. ' The daughter thereafter was opulent, bought a car,: dressed expensively, and offered to take her mother a trip to England. , The case was dismissed.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 9
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148A MOTHER'S MONEY Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 9
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