PROBATION FOR WOMAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22211, 11 September 1935, Page 17

PROBATION FOR WOMAN

SPECIAL TERMS IMPOSED r• Special conditions were laid down by Mr. F. K, Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday in admitting a married woman, Elizabeth Maud Aberhart, aged 45, to probation, when she appeared for sentence on a charge of stealing £lO, the property of William Tinson. On behalf of accused, Mr. Aekins said complainant had admitted that accused went to his shop to arrange a loan, and yielded to a sudden temptation during his temporary absence. She had been a week in custody and her husband was willing to take her back at once. The magistrate said accused had twice been to Pakatoa Island. She was a good woman when sober, but got into trouble when she took liquor. After adjourning the case until the afternoon, the magistrate said accused did not deserve any consideration, and he had been thinking of sending her to Pakatoa Island for two years or to gaol for six months. The police reported that her husband was a steady, industrious man, however, and the magistrate said he was prepared to trust her to him, and admit her to probation for 12 months. She must not come to Auckland without her husband and must not leave his farm without the permission of the probation officer.