LETTER SORTER'S THEFT

Waipa Post, Volume 37, Issue 2191, 2 August 1928, Page 5

LETTER SORTER'S THEFT

AFTER 20 YEARS' SERVICE. (By Telegraph. Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Daniel Darwin Coyle, aged 31, a letter sorter in the post office, pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day to the theft of' three letters, containing in all £4 ss. Coyle had been employed as a sorter for twenty years. He attributed his lapse to severe illifefss, with attendant financial obligations. Mr E. Page, S.M., said he would consider the case, and remanded Coyle until Friday for sentence. Accused's explanation to the police was that the letters burst when he was stamping them. Seeing the money he took it. "Letter sorters, however,, become very expert detecting money by the feel of the envelope," said the chief detective. "Accused has been under suspicion for some time. Counsel for accused said Coyle had undergone ten serious operations' in six years, the last one in March last, and for seven weeks he had drawn no sick or ordinary pay. He had been pressed to pay hospital and other bills, and this caused him considerable worry. Part of the money had been paid back, and the remainder would be paid.