THEFT FROM DANCE HALL.
ynuNd film, in tiioubi.i-. Charged with having stolen a. purse valued at ss, and Dl Os 6d in cash,' I lie property of a. young lady, a young girl appeared before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., at tj[e Magistrate’s .Court this ninrii-
Tho accused pleaded guilty. Senior-Sergeant Fitzpatrick slated that last. Saturday evening the accused had attended a, dance at the Liberty hall, and during (lie evening had bceti seen going through pockets of coats in the ladies’ dressing rooms. There had been a number of complaints regarding this sqvt.vof theft, which was difficult to deThe girl had been working in a logah hotel, but was now out of employ niejit.
’The Magistrate said he would gave the accused an opportunity of keeping straight, hv ordering her to come lip for sentence' if called upon within twelve months.
The Magistrate ordered that Ibe gill’s name should not be published.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16495, 30 July 1924, Page 5
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