A TRUMPERY CASE.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch, Wednesday. At the Police Court to-day, two respectablydressed girls, 18 and 16 years of age, who had been employed in domestic service by a resident of Spreydon, were charged with stealing a number of trumpery articles bolonging to their employer. The only thing of any value was a small gold chain worth perhaps ss. Among other articles were a comb worn to a mere stump, a child's ball, a skoin of wool, and an old pair of scissors. These things had not been removed from the house, but were found in the girls' room and in their pockets. Their employer, who had had them arrested after discharging them, asked if two weeks' salary he had paid them in lieu of notice could not be refunded to him if they were convicted. The girls admitted having taken some of tho things. The. bench dismissed the case as being trivial, and informed the prosecutor that if he wished to recover any money from the girls he must take proceedings in the R.M. Court.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7904, 24 March 1887, Page 5
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