WOMAN SHOPLIFTER.
THREf: MONTHS IN GAOL.* 1 RECEIVER ALSO SENTENCED* r. A VERY PREVALENT CRIME. ] [BY TELEGBAFH.—PBESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Saturday, n Imprisonment was imposed t>day by : d Mr. Hunt, S.M., on two women ecu. >. cerned in shoplifting cases, d Lucinda Holoway, against whom were D nine charges of the theft of articles of r clothing from various shops, was gene tenced to three months' imprisonment. Elizaleth Paul, who admitted low i. charges of receiving, was sent to goal for two months, t Chief-Detective Kemp told the Court ii that shoplifting had been very prevalent f in Wellington, especially during the last three months. In large shops it was & 3 comparatively easy matter to steal goods, as it was difficult to keep a close waVh. , 9 ~ssix. Hunt srid it was very probable there had been many more thefts than had been discovered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18120, 19 June 1922, Page 6
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142WOMAN SHOPLIFTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18120, 19 June 1922, Page 6
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