BOY WHO STOLE FOR HIS MOTHER.

Evening Star, Issue 14932, 19 July 1912, Page 9

BOY WHO STOLE FOR HIS MOTHER.

Ceorge Bazin aged 1.4. a pawnbroker's assistant, of Walthamstow, was recently charged with stealing a marked florin and sixpence from his employer, Albert PoI'ock. He was further charged with stealing a quantity of jewellery, cutlery, boots, arid clothing, worth about £ls. from Mr I'ncock. His parents—Mary Ann Bazin (08) and Louis Victor Bazin (36) —were charged with feloniously receiving the property. Detective-sergeant Wright said the. boy admitted the theft of the marked money, and made a long statement, iii which he gave a catalogue of other pawned articles which he had stolen. He also staled that he took everything home, and his father and mother generally saw him take the things from under his clothing. I'bey knew where he got them from. "I used In flea! the things," he added, "beiause my mother was hard up and nearly starviiiu'. My iathei lias done no work for a voir or so. He goes out and gets drunk iii.d knocks my mother about when he comes home. My mother has pawned all these good*-. My father has had some of the money. If mother does not give it to him he knocks her down and takes it from her to get drink and tobacco." Both parents, f-aid witness, had admitted their knowledge of the thefts, and the woman said she had pawned the goods. The prisoners were remanded, the \\oman being allowed bail.