SHOPLIFTING
WOMAN PUNISHED By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. December 30. Seven charges of shoplifting were admitted by a married woman. Edith May Osborne, aged 48. in the Magistrate's Court this morning. The offences, said Detective-Sergeant McClung, who appeared for the police, were committed between February 5 and December 24 of this year. Osborne had come to town on Christmas Eve to do some shopping. Her actions in one shop had aroused suspicion and the police had been called in. Accused had admitted thefts at four city shops that day. Counsel who appeared for Osborne said the accused was connected with church work in the city. She was also secretary of a branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. On a charge of stealing goods to the value of £l5/8/-, accused was fined £lO by Mr W. H. Young. S.M., and on a charge of stealing clothing to the value of £7/8/- she was placed on probation for 12 months. Convictions were entered on the other charges. At the request of the Probation Officer an order was made that Osborne was not to enter the city shopping area unaccompanied.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21850, 31 December 1940, Page 4
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187SHOPLIFTING Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21850, 31 December 1940, Page 4
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