THEFT OF £5O NOTE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 3 May 1937, Page 6

THEFT OF £SO NOTE

TENDERED AS ONE FOR 10s GIRL ADMITTED TO PROBATION [liy Telegraph —Press AssociationJ DUNEDIN, This Day. A girl aged 21, whose name was suppressed, pleaded guilty on remand to die theft of a £SO note. Chief Detee- ! iive Young said the owner of the note was a woman in poor circumstances who had just received a legacy, including this note. She made a purchase at a city shop tendering the note in mistake for 10s. The shop girl didn't notice the denomination, later giving it to the accused as change of a £1 note. Later two women went into a milk bar tendering this big note, their attention being drawn to its size when the proprietor said he could not cl ange it. The woman who tendered the note said she received it in a city .-hop. and two other women in rhe bar idvisod her to report to the police. When lound by the police she had cashed the note but refused to state where. Counsel said restitution could be made. He pointed out that the tacts showed that the girl had no thought of committing a theft, but had succumbed to a sudden temptation. Counsel added that unless £SO notes were altered there would be endless trouble. The Chief Detective: "There are at least two others implicated in this, but they are brave enough to sit back and watch this girl get into trouble.’ The Magistrate, remarking that the act was that of a foolish woman, adjourned the case under the Probation Act provided restitution is made.