GAOL FOR SHOPLIFTING
WOMAN GETS 12 MONTHS (P.A.) Dunedin, Dec. 21. May Mahs, married, whose shoplifting depredations in various city stores extended ov»r a period ot two years, was sentenced in the Police Court this morning to 12 months’ imprisonment for theft of articles valued at £276. It took Chief Detective Hall 10 minutes to read details of 23 charges, and a further blanket charge to cover a large number of articles whose owners have not identified them. The magistrate, Mr. Bundle, said that Mahs’ thefts were systematic and snowed considerable cunning, in that, it was not until she made the mistake of sending stolen goods to an auctioneering firm that her crimes were delect ed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 302, 22 December 1945, Page 6
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116GAOL FOR SHOPLIFTING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 302, 22 December 1945, Page 6
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