A STOLEN RING
GIRL ADMITTED TO PROBATION
Ethel Mather, a domestic servant, aged 22, was sentenced to two years' probation by Mr. E. Page, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court to-day for stealing a ring valued at £10, the property of Muriel James. * Sub-Inspector Lopdell said that the accused had been in domestic service at Titahi Bay, where, she had become acquainted with Miss James. <On 14th January Miss James went to town, and during her absence the accused entered a tent occupied by Miss James and stole the ring, afterwards pawning it in Wellington. The accused, who had previously been before the Court in Christchurch for theft, was a married woman and had two children. The Magistrate: "What have you to say about this charge?" The accused: "Only that if you give me a chance I will go straight." On the recommendation of the women's probation officer, the Magistrate sentenced the accused to a term of probation and ordered her to make restitution at a rate to be fixed by the probation* officer.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 22, 27 January 1931, Page 10
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173A STOLEN RING Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 22, 27 January 1931, Page 10
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