SERVANT’S THEFT
STEALS MASTER’S KITCHENWARE TO SET UP HOUSE. ‘The reason she gave for stealing these goods was that she wanted to set up a home,” explained Cbief-De-teotive Kemp at the - Magistrate's Court yesterday, when Maura Hardy made an appearance to answer for the theft of a tea cup, saucer, two teaspoons. two white handle knives, two saucepans and a lid, to the total value of 10s. 6d, the property of R. H. M. Aitkeh. The accused and her husband were employed by Mr Aitken, continued the chief-detective, and were new arrivals in this country. “There are many more articles, the theft of which we have not charged them,” concluded the chief-detective. The aocused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11565, 7 July 1923, Page 8
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129SERVANT’S THEFT New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11565, 7 July 1923, Page 8
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