NURSE'S LAPSE
THEFTS OF MONEY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHBISTCHUKCH, This Day.
• Before Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., this morning, Gwendoline Mavis Evans, aged 27, senior nurse at the Cashmere Sanatorium, admitted stealing money from three of her fellow-workers^ 'Jn one case she took £2 from a letter posted by a nurse, and in two other cases she took money from nurses' rooms while the owners were absent. The accused was remanded on bail until Fel)xuray 7, in order to allow a report on the case to W made by the Salvation Army Adjutant.
i The police said that some of the stolen money had been spent, £2 had been- refunded, and over £.8 had not boen refunded.
Counsel said that the case was pathetic, as the girl had had a blameless character. It is difficult to find the motive, but the girl had been very srun down lately, having been on night duty for two: months. She had lost two ptone id weight, and evidently had lost control; of herself.
" An application for suppression of the name.was refused.
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Evening Post, Issue 26, 31 January 1935, Page 14
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178NURSE'S LAPSE Evening Post, Issue 26, 31 January 1935, Page 14
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