THEFT OF CLOTHES

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 92, 20 April 1938, Page 4

THEFT OF CLOTHES

■X WOMAN AL^OWEE) ; PROBATION ;■ ,' A waitress, aged '32,' appeared before' Mr. A. M.: Goulding, S.M.^in th? Mag-. istrate's Court.today; charged with the theft1 at Dunediivon or'about^' January l,:qf clothing of a total value^pf £14 17s■ '2d,-: 'and also^with. obtaining credit, by iraud'in/incurring; a Hability.tb the extent of 30s for one week's] bo^ard and lodgings. She was convicted;and ordered, to come up'for sentence if ;called upon within two years. ■ ■X'---:;i" ■■ ■ Detective-Sergeant P. I?oyle -prosecuted, and' Mr.. J. Meltzer appeared on behalf of the "accused,; \" ; . :'! - . • On January-1 -last, said DetectiveSergeant Doyle, the accused was at Dunedin. She told the. landlady that she had met with an.accident through, falling off .a horse, and that she was:a patient.at the. hospital.-On the strength of. these- representations,- .which were false she obtained'avWreek's: board , . She wrote to: a Dunedin •firm asking them to- send, her,the;goods:mentioned in the: charge,;on approval, and'when, they were delivered she took posses-, sion of :them. ;-: When .interviewed at Wellington, by detectives, she .still had the articles,-Mt 'they' hadibeen worn.j ■ The-'accused! was:- now on probatiOQ as the result :of;'other offencesj. and^her conduct had .not been.? satisfactory. , Mr'Meltzer/siid :that ; ;:though the accused's beliaviour,.since, on probation had not. been per'fecfcit-was not_su§h. as to. disentitle her to .the further,. benefit of: probation.,, :She was, untruthful. An order was- mtfde for .'restitution of the value; of thegoods. .., ~ ;