Youth Robbed His Destitute Parents

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 793, 14 October 1929, Page 1

Youth Robbed His Destitute Parents

MOTHER’S MONEY FIRST WAGES FOR MONTHS Stealing from beneath the parental pillow the first wages that his father had drawn for some months, Arnold Myocevich left home with £l2 6s 3d, all the money his parents possessed. When arrested on a charge of theft he had only 35s left. IyrYOCEVICH, a labourer aged 18, pleaded guilty at the Police Court this morning to stealing £l2 6s 3d on October 9, the property of Florence Myocevich. “It was his mother’s money,” said Chief-Detective Hammond. “The boy was living with his parents at New Lynn. The stolen money was the first wages that his father had drawn for some months, as he had been out of work. This young man, who had just left home, came back, raised the window and crept into his parents’ bedroom. There he drew his father’s trousers from beneath the pillow and took the money out of the pocket. With a companion he went into town and started to spend it. Only 35s was left when he was arrested. Myocevich w;as remanded until tomorrow in order that the probation officer might prepare a report upon him. The chief-detective mentioned that it was accused’s first appearance before the court. “What a selfish, mean theft,” obr erved Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.