A PITIFUL CASE.
WOMAN FORCED TO STEAL.
COURT EXERCISES CLEMENCY.
(Pek United Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, August 28. When a young married woman appeared before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., on a charge of theft, Chief Detective Carroll described the case as a most pitiful one. The accused admitted taking a £5 note from the house of a relative. The chief detective said that the accused and her husband had been living and supporting their baby on charitable aid, and that she took the money because she was really “ up against it.” Exercising his powers under the Offenders’ Probation Act, the magistrate dismissed the case, and ordered the money to be refunded.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20499, 29 August 1928, Page 8
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111A PITIFUL CASE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20499, 29 August 1928, Page 8
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