POLICE COURT

Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 7

POLICE COURT

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) THEFT OF SHOES. Pleading guilty to a charge of the theft of a pair of shoes valued at £l, a young married woman, aged 19 years, the publication of whose name was prohibited, was admitted to probation for a period of 12 months. Detective-sergeant T. Y. Hall said that the shoes had been stolen from a suit ease which had been left at accused’s home. Accused had at first denied the theft, but had later admitted it. The shoes had been worn by the accused, who was a married woman with one child. She had not been previously before the court. Captain Dickison, female probation officer, said that accused would be "oing into a nursing home in two or three weeks’ time. Accused was admitted to probation as stated, the Magistrate adding that, in all the circumstances and in her own interests, he would order the suppression of her name. THEFT FROM BUS DEPOT. Admitting having stolen the sum of £l2 Is lOd from a safe in the Railway Road Service Department’s office in Cumberland street, George Martin Ryan. (19), for whom Mr 0. G. Stevens appeared, was admitted to probation. A request for the suppression of accused’s name was refused. Detective-sergeant Hall said that accused was employed in the office of the Railway Bus Service, and the amount stolen represented the wages of another employee. This had been placed in the safe on Friday morning, and when it had been called for it was found to be missing. Suspicion had fallen upon several of the employees who had been about the office, but it was subsequently ascertained that the accused, who had been on leave and had called in to make some arrangement regarding a pass, had banked £lO 15s that dav to the credit of a social club, of winch he was secretary. Accused had not been paying into this account moneys which he should have paid in. He was receiving £lls a year, and paid only 12s 6d a week board to his father, so that he had no occasion to steal. He had not previously been before the court, and was leaving shortly to join one of the forces. Mr Stevens said that accused had for some time been secretary of the Social Club run by the bus department, and, as was not unusual, had mixed no the club money with his own and had succumbed to sudden temptation. If ho had gone to his father it would have been all right. The young man had enlisted in the Air Force, and would bo going up next month. After consulting the probation officer (Mr E. H. Mosley), the Magistrate, remarking that the theft had been a despicable one which had thrown suspicion on a number of accused’s followemployees. added that he would take into consideration the youth of the accused and his previous good character, and admit him to probation for a period of 12 months, a condition being that he did not ride in taxis.