THEFT BY COURT CADET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19660, 11 June 1927, Page 13

THEFT BY COURT CADET.

1 LIVING BEYOND MEANS. 1 "PARTICULARLY MEAN OFFENCE." > ' [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT. J HAMILTON. Friday A cadet who has been employed in the Hamilton Magistrate's Court for the last three years, Emil Marion Lewis Gormley, aged 20, pleaded guilty in the Court to-day when charged with the theft of three sums totalling £9 6s, the property of the Government, between November, 1826 and May, 1927. A statement was read in which accused admitted the thefts. When £7 and £1 6s were missed, the staS subscribed to • make good the amount. It was not i known then that the money was stolen. Mr. Strang, who appeared for accused, 6&id Gormley left home the age of \ 16, and after a short period in the Wellington court was transferred to Hamilton. He offered no excuse for his thefts, but , it appeared that he had been living be- ' yond his means He had frequently gone to dances and pictures. : The magistrate, Mr. Wyvern Wilson. ' said accused had told him the money ; was stolen when races were in progress 1 and that he had been warned by the 1 police about his drinking habits. He • had been receiving £2 12s a week, which ' ought to have Been sufficient for his | needs. ' The case was adjourned until the afternoon. t In admitting Gormley to probation for r two years, the magistrate said it was only • accused's youth that saved him from going I to prison. The probation officer had • recommended probation. Strict terms J would be imposed. Accused would be prohibted for two years and would not be • -permitted on a racecourse. He must also t make restitution of the stolen money within three months, i The magistrate said accused's theft was 1 particularly mean since it cast suspicion - on his fellow employees, who contributed i to make good the shortage. > Suppression of accused's name was refused.