THEFTS' BY YOUNGL LAD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18494, 3 September 1923, Page 5

THEFTS' BY YOUNGL LAD.

MONEY TAKEN FROM TILL. BCOKS ON PICTURES:: BOUGHT. Ths theft -of : . £6' ! is admitted; by '.'■•■ ' a lad, aged 15, in the Juvenile Offender?' • Court ; S on Saturday before : Mr. J. - -W., Poynton, S.M. In a statement to Detec- > tive' ; Robertson the boy, .who ; had j been employed by ; New Zealand Picture Sup- :" ; plies, Limited, at £1 a week, said that part of his duty was to ; open and sweep out the office;'; About five weeks ago he .; was in need of a few, shillings to pay for'< books ■: and;' took 5s ■>: from • the V petty cash : f box. At various v times ?he ; took;: other* sum*, making: in all "about £4 15s. •• On another occasion ?he took •? £2: from l the ; safe. He paid for books with one £1 banknote and kept the: other I. at home,' where■;/.■ it was' recovered. -; It;; was stated that, the boy's r parent* > were of good character.;* He was one of a family of nine and : was the only one -:' to. go 'wrong.,' : , :.../•'■• , ??-V ~ :-/; : ' ! The juvenile probation officer, who said;; that the • lad was not too strong mentally, ; recommended that he be kept under ob- - servation for 12 monhs, and in reply to the magistrate said ''.'.the , books the lad bought were connected 'with pictures. . . - " Not very healthy reading for a;boy*,.,* ' commented '■ the magistrate.; The case was;; adjourned; for 12 months \ and the boy was ordered to make £restitution.