“NO MONEY, NO FRIENDS”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1043, 6 August 1930, Page 10

“NO MONEY, NO FRIENDS”

S.M.’S PITY AROUSED WOMAN SHOPLIFTER CONVICTED . “She has no money, no friends, and is almost blind. I think she is punished enough.” So said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the police Court today, when Jessie Jefferson, a domestic, aged 45, came up for sentence on charges of shoplifting. She was charged with stealing a pair of women's stockings, a duchess runner, of a total value of Bs, the property of a city firm, on July 31 "She was caught stealing the runner,’ said Chief-Detective Hammond. ‘When she was detained and searched the stockings were found on her Other goods were found later in her room.” Mr. Hunt said that it was a pitiful case. The woman was nearly blind She had told Major Gordon that she iiad stolen the goods to draw attenion to her plight, but he did not believe that story. Counsel for accused said that two lersons who had boarded at the same iou.se as accused had described her is a decent, respectable woman, who lad evidently been tempted owing to ler distressful circumstances. These wo people would give evidence, if necessary. "I will convict her, and order her a come up for sentence when called ipon,” said Mr. Hunt.