THEFT OF £5O NOTE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22719, 4 May 1937, Page 15

THEFT OF £SO NOTE

[GIRL'S SUDDEN TEMPTATION TWO 6THERS IMPLICATED if' [by telegram—pbess'association] DUNEDIN, Monday A girl, aged 21, whose name was Suppressed,' to-day pleaded guilty on remand to the theft of a £SO note. Chief-Detective Young said the owner of the note was a woman in poor circumstances, who had just received a legacy, including the £SO note. She made a purchase at a city shop, tendering the note in mistake for a 10s one.'The shopgirl did not notice its denomination, and later gave the note to accused as change of a £1 note. Later two women went into a milk bar and tendered the £SO note. Their attention was drawn to its size when the proprietor said he could not change it. The woman who tendered the note said she received it in a city shop, and two other women in the bar advised her to report the matter to the police. When found by the police, she had cashed the note, but refused to state where. Counsel said restitution could be made. He pointed out that the acts showed that the girl had no thought of committing theft, but had succumbed to sudden temptation. He added that unless £SO notes were altered there would be endless trouble. The Chief Detective: There are at least two others implicated in this, but they are brave enough to sit back and watch this girl get into trouble. Remarking that the girl's act was that of a foolish woman, the magistrate adjourned the case under the Probation Act, provided restitution is made.