ROBBING THE BLIND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 170, 18 July 1907, Page 5

ROBBING THE BLIND.

Charles Trenwith, a youth of 19 years, was this morning convicted of the particularly despicable offence of robbing a blind man, the victim of his oblique morality being Louis Lovich. Sub-In-spector Gordon, in outlining the circumstances attending the theft, said it appeared that the accused -was entrusted by Lovich with £5 11/, with instructions to take out a post office order which Lovich desired to send to his daughter in Christehurch. Trenwith returned to him with a blank form in an enevlope, which the blind man received in all good faith and posted. The accused meanwhile went on a drinking bout with several friends, spending some of the money, and appaxently losin°some of it. At the Court to-day his solicitor, Mr Burton, explained that the youth was a weakling in will, and not particularly strong in intellect, his idiosyncrasies being of considerable worry to his relatives, who were prepared to refund the amount of money involved.

The Bench decided to convict, and ordered the accused to come up for sentence when required, with the proviso that the money be refunded. The money was paid into Court by accused's sister, and at her instance a prohibition order was also made against him. a