DISHONEST DOMESTICS.
A MAGISTERIAL CAUTION. (Per United Press Association.) OfIRISTCHURCH, August 1. In dealing with a domestic servant who had boon convicted of theft, Mi- H. W. Bishop, S.M., tliia moniiug made a few remarks in regard to thefts by servants generally. Ho said that these girls, a great manlier of whom liad perfectly satisfactory antecedents, seemed to give way and steal from their employers. It would seem as if they did not realise the gravity of then- position or the 'enormity" of their oflenoe. Tho bulk of such cases did not come before the court, but there were very few employers of dcm&tio servants who cid not sufi'cr. Servants frequently were aware that if they were detected m their tnefta and brought beforo a court tliey would be dealt, with as first offenders. " I sometimes think," concluded Mr Bishop, " taa.t I am too lenient in cases of this kind, and am unfair to those people wiio are ,holiest; but I will not deal differently with this girl, I am making these remarks advisedly to endeavour to make her realise her position, and the view that I, with ethers on the bench, take of such matters."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14282, 3 August 1908, Page 5
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196DISHONEST DOMESTICS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 14282, 3 August 1908, Page 5
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