MRS PARATA'S PUASE.

NZ Truth, Issue 334, 18 November 1911, Page 7

MRS PARATA'S PUASE.

A DISHONEST GIRL.

She Had a Record.

Florence McAnally, a good-look-ing quarter-caste Maori girl, wearing a pink dress and a greenishgrey soft tweed hat adorned with a parti-colored bspray, appeared before Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., at the Wellington. Magistrate's Court, last week, on a charge of having stolen three •£5 notes from Ngahui Parata on November 2. Chief Detective Broberg conducted, the prosecution/ and accused was unrepresented by counsel. ' Ngahui .Parata, an elderly halfcaste' Maori, the wife of Henare Parata, of Greytown, and a confirmed invalid, GIVING- EVIDENCE THROUGH ANj f fy INTERPRETER, ' : said that sh c had known the accused for some timo at T Greytown, Where she had ' remained two months as hef domestic servant. OnvThurgday of the previous week accused accompanied Mr and Mrs Parata." to ; Wellington, and put up at the Trocadero. That night accused pun Mrs Parata to bed. At the time; Mt\s Parata had five £-5 notes m Ther possession, and the moiley was m her purse m the pocket of a dress lying on the bed. It was there all right fairly late m the night. Accused remained with Mrs Parata for some time, and then left the room saying she . was going to get .some matches, from Tureh c Heinara. Accused came back, and later on said she was going to the. bathroom ! -f TO, WASH HER FEET ;, '. She weht out of the room a second time, but did not return. Next 'morning Mrs Parata found her purse open and turned inside out, and I three of the £>5 notes were . miss:i_ag> the other two which she had being still there. .'. Accused (m perfect .English) : How many other persons were there m the room ?■_'■■' - *'■ Mrs Parata : .The proprietress and the person who made the bed. Accused : Were there hot others? Mrs Parata "■: Yes, but .that/ was earlier. . ;-'- ; Accused :- Did you lock the door when you went to bed ? •Mr ;s Parata : I waited for you to return, and, as you .didn't I never slept, at all. vHehare Parata, husband of. the prosecutrix, and a_ .settler at Greytown, Said |that accused had been m the dohiestic service of his wife for 'a couple of ; months, and, as the latter : was an invalid, accused had to put. her to ,bed- .at night; He accounted for the money which/ his wife, had, and deposed to her having five fis notes m \___r possession vvhen! • she wient to. bed oh the Thursday \ night/ . _■ ' . v, Detective 'Cameron,. 'said Hhat on Friday of last week', he 'and Detective RdwleMnteKv'ie^ accused,, whb made tt full -confession of heir '"guilt/, except thatT.she' said the jiotes she took _ 'wjere £>1 - notes : . and . , hotv £-5 notes. She ; had 6s id m cash' on her at", '■'',", ■_ '.'.',. .' •.''•■■.' THG TIME ' OF ■ JrtEli," ARRESII. .Accused, did not desire to • give any -evidence .or make, any explanation, and his Worship entered a 'conviction: ff .._ „v.:;;v TligKe "A-. were; 'nine previous conviction recorded against accused, including one for Tthef^ m 1010, and she' had been "sentenced to six months' imprisonment f or : being a rogue -arid a vagabond on another occasion. ' : 'vv. His Worship sentenced accused to two months- imprisonment.