THEFT OF £50 NOTE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19314, 3 May 1937, Page 6

THEFT OF £SO NOTE

CONFESSION BY GIRL SHOP ERROR IN CHANGE GIVEN AS TEN SHILLINGS (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. A girl, aged 21 years, whose name was suppressed, pleaded guilty when charged to-day on remand with the theft of a £."i() note. Chief Detective Young said that the owner of the note was a woman lii poor circumstances who had just received a legacy, including this note. She made a purchase at a city shop, tendering the. note in mistake for one for 10s. The-shop girl did not notice the denomination, later giving the note to the accused as change of n pound note. Later two women went into a milk bar tendering this big note, their attention being drawn to its size when the proprietor said he could not change it,. The woman who tendered the note said she received it in a city shop, and two other women in the bar advised her to report the matter to the police. ■' When found by the police the accused had cashed the note, but refused to state where. Counsel said that restitution could be, made. lie pointed out that the facts showed the girl had no thought of committing theft, but had succumbed to a sudden temptation. Counsel added that' unless the £SO notes were altered there would be endless trouble. The chief detective: There are at least two others implicated in this, but they are brave enough to sit back and watch this girl get into trouble. The magistrate, remarking that the act w.as that of a foolish woman, adjourned the case under the Probation Act. provided that restitution is made.