THEFT ADMITTED.
SALESMAN'S OFFENCE. COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE. WELLINGTON, this day. The accidental loss of £44, followed by a period of unsuccessful endeavour to make it up, was given by Abel Kerr Edie, aged 46, salesman, in a statement to the police and read in the Police Court to-day, why he stole £465 19/ from the Internal Marketing Dep*rtment, by whom he had been employed. He pleaded guilty to a charge of theft and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. ! Edie's statement said that his round covered the eastern suburbs and the Hutt V alley, and he collected from customers about £150 daily. In December, 1939, he lost £44. He was worried about that, and did not say anything to the Department, as he was afraid 5 he would lose his job. He thought that by gambling on races and playing poker he might recover his loss. He took other money, and lost it in gambling and began drinking. Thie went on till last month, when he found him—if £500 short.—(Press Assn.) 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 216, 11 September 1940, Page 8
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174THEFT ADMITTED. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 216, 11 September 1940, Page 8
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