ADMISSION OF THEFT
WOMAN COLLECTOR CENSURE FROM BENCH (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. When Mrs. Laura Frances Martin, who last Friday was charged with stealing 14s from the lighting forces fund, appeared in the Police Court yesterday afternoon, she changed her plea from not guilty to guilty. The magistrate. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in inflicting the maximum fine of .i-2(), said that in view of the age ol the accused he would not send her to prison. “To steal money from a collection-box is not only depriving the soldiers for whom the money is being collected, but also it destroys the confidence of the public in regard to giving lo other collections,” said Mr. Hunt.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 8
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117ADMISSION OF THEFT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20638, 19 August 1941, Page 8
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