STOLE FROM UNCLE.

Waikato Times, Volume 115, Issue 19270, 31 May 1934, Page 5

STOLE FROM UNCLE.

THEFTS BY YOUNG MAN. •• I SUPPOSE I’M A MUG.” £l5O SENT TO HAMILTON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.? AUCKLAND, Thursday. Allan Charles Barker (23), labourer, admitted in the Police' Court 'that on May 2 he stole £383 in money from his uncle, William Thomas Barker, for whom he worked. Tho uncle told Ihe Court that he placed the money in a tin and hid it in some oat husks in his stable. He looked oflcri to see Hint it was intact, but on May 4 the money had gone. Last March witness lost-about £317, and accused admitted taking it, but owing to the relationship witness let him off. Replying to accused’s counsel, witness said lie had practically reared accused. He was a good boy and witness was prepared to give him another chance. The magistrate, Mr Hunt; “Why in the world didn't you put the money in the bank?” Witness: "When tho horse was out?” The magistrate: “ You lost £3OO before." Witness: “I suppose I am a mug.” Tho magistrate: “ Of course you are. You were tempting the boy." Accused, in a statement, said he spent some money at Ihe races and lodged about £l5O of it with a friend in Hamilton. He had £lßl left, altogether. Accused was commuted for sentence.