Girl Who Stole to Provide Money for Waster

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 September 1930, Page 2

Girl Who Stole to Provide Money for Waster

MAN GOBS TO GAOL; GIRL GETS PROBATION.

WELLINGTON, Last Night,

: The story of a young girl who had given small sums of money to assist a man who had been dismissed from his employment because of laziness - and who eventually stole- a gold wristlet watch and gave it to him to pawn was told in the Police Court to-day. The man, Joseph Mallis, alias Hicks, a labourer, aged 21, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment on a charge of being a rogue and vagabond in that he had insufficient lawful means of support. The girl, whose name was suppressed, was admitted to probation for two years. Sub-Inspector Lopdell said that Mellis was of the larrikin type and had created disturbances at dances. He had not been working for some tihie. A girl with whom he was acquainted had given him various sums of money ffom time to* time and eventually she stole a watch and gave it to him to pawn with permission to keep the money. Sub-Inspector Ward, chief detective, said that the accused girl was 19 years of age and both she, and her parents were of good character. She was employed as a typiste. In July last she was a member of a hockey team at Karori park and. while there she stole the watch from ithe clothes of another girl in the dressing shed.