SHOPLIFTING ADMITTED
WOMAN GRANTED PROBATION "These people who go into departmental stores and watch the attend- . ants and get away with small goods are common thieves, and there are no other words for them/' said Mr. F. H. Levinn, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, when passing sentence on a woman who had admitted taking sundry small articles from three different shops last Friday. Accused was Malveina Adeline Neill, a married woman, ;il years of age, and the value of the goods taken was ISs 2d. Detective-Sergeant Walsh said that accused had gone from one shop to the other taking things until she was detected in the third shop. She had not been before the Court previously and had admitted everything. Mr. Aekins, on accused's behalf, said the offence was extremely difficult to explain as the woman had £5 lis Id with her at the time. A recent illness was the only reason that could he put forwa rd. In deciding to admit accused to probation for 12 months, the magistrate said this was a perfectly well-known evil among shopkeepers who displayed their goods to the public and trusted to their honesty, and the Court took a serious view of it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23860, 10 January 1941, Page 9
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