THEFT OF RATION BOOK
"That is about the only thing you people ask for," said Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when asked by a woman defendant, who had pleaded guilty to theft if she could have her name suppressed. "I won't suppress your name," he continued. "It was a deliberate theft—a stupid theft." ' The accused, Kathleen Mary Mitchell, married, on October 16 went to the post office at Pukerua Bay, said Detective -Sergeant G. E. Callaghan. The post office was run by'the storekeeper, and was part of the store. In the absence' of the attendant she had taken a new ration book, and the following day returned and took possession of a date stamp, with which she stamped the ration book. When inquiries were made, by Detective N. J. McPhee, he found the ration book and the stamp at her home. She was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within six months if called upon.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 102, 27 October 1945, Page 9
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162THEFT OF RATION BOOK Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 102, 27 October 1945, Page 9
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