IN THE LAST HALF-HOUR

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1202, 12 September 1927, Page 5

IN THE LAST HALF-HOUR

YOUTH. ADMITS THEFT 4Per Press Association) Wellington, Sept. Ift. Victor Jve'.ly. aged 17. pleaded, guilty in the, 'Magistrate’s Court on Friday to stealing two postal notes valued, at 17s' Gd, the property of Edward Alfred Burr, and also to the theft of two postal notes and four L-tamps. valued at os 2d. the property of the General .Motors Acceptance Corporation. , . ChiVi-Deteetive Ward stated that the postal note,si for 17s fid had been posted hv Mr Burr to the Dominion newspaper but bad not reached their destination. Om. the following day. however, the notes were •cashed at Petono. ‘’When accused.” continued the eli'el'-deteetive, ‘‘was questioned over the matter be persisted be bad been given the notes by a Iriend in Wellington, but half an hour before lie was brought into' Court bey,admitted that he had picked them up in the G.P.O. lobby. Postal 'notes for 5s 2d be admitted having taken from a letter he bad boon given to post.”

The Magistrate (Mr E. Page, S.M.) placed accused cm probation Tortwelve months, tlie condition for bis .release being that lie make restitution of the money stolen.