LOOSE METHODS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 September 1924, Page 5

LOOSE METHODS.

HOW POST OFFICE PAYS MONEY

CRIMES BY BOY

(by TELEGRAPH—PRESS association.) ~ AUCKLAND* August 31. At the Juvenile Offenders’ Court, a boy aged 14 admitted stealing a cheque for £29 15s belonging to his employers, obtaining boots worth £lO Is by false pretences, representing that they were for his employers, stealing letters containing money orders for an d £4 9s sd, and two charges ot forgery and -uttering, the two latter being reduced to theft. “This case shows how post office officials will pay money,” said Detectivesergeant Hammond. “There is so much red tape at the post office that if a person calls for a letter he cannot get it without a lot of trouble, yet they give this boy money like water” W hen the boy produced' the money orders the clerk told him to get them signed. He went- away and about ten ■minutes later, having forged the signatures received the amounts. The boy was before the court a few months ago tor a. series of similar offences, ,receiving three years’ probation. About £IOO m not accounted for. Accused’s mother said the boy had spent the money. the boy was convicted of the theft of a cheque and committed to the Auckland Receiving Home. He was convicted and discharged on the other