“LIFTING” OF SPILT SUGAR
GOODS-SHED WORKER FINED.
A workman in a goods-shed at Greymouth, who helped himself to loose sugar which spilled out of torn bags, was fined £l/10/- by Mr. T. E. Maunsell, S.M. (says the “Marlborough Express”). The defendant, Charles Henry 11ton, pleaded guilty to the theft of 91b of sugar valued at 3/-, the property of the New Zealand Government.
Senior-Sergeant Petersen explained that Ilton was employed in a goods-shed unloading sugar. Two or three bags were leaking and he picked up the loose sugar. The Magistrate commented that that rather modified the offence. The senior-sergeant pointed out that if offenders could get away with it, bags would be wilfully torn. The Magistrate agreed, and added that pilfering from the Government was a serious matter. Defendant said that it was the general rule that any loose sugar was picked up instead of going to waste.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 March 1943, Page 2
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