THEFT OF NOTE.

Wairarapa Age, 4 May 1937, Page 7

THEFT OF NOTE.

WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN DUNEDIN. RESTITUTION TO BE MADE. DUNEDIN, May 3. A woman, aged 21, whose name was ' suppressed, pleaded guilty on remand to the theft of a £5O note. Chief-Detective Young said the owner of the note was a woman in 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 a 10s note. The shop girl did not notice the denomination, and later gave the note to the accused as change of a pound note. Later the accused and another woman went into a milk bar and tendered 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 had received it in a city shop, and two other women in the milk bar advised her to report to the police. When found' by the police she had cashed the note, but refused to state where. Counsel said restitution could be made. He pointed out that the facts showed that the accused had no thought of committing theft, but had succumbed to a sudden temptation. Counsel aded that unless the £5O 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. Remarking that the act was that of a foolish woman, the Magistrate adjourned the case under the Probation Act provided restitution was made.— (P.A.)