POSTAL THEFTS
PROBATION ALLOWED. (By Telegraph —Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, August 31. Remarking that where men. pleaded guilty to, or were convicted of, offences against the Post Office Act, the usual course taken by the courts was to impose a torpi„of imprisonment, Mr Justice Herdman to-day placed Hudson Gilfillan, aged 46, on two years’ probation, The accused, who was Postmaster at Epsom, had admitted two charges of theft of £3O, the property of the Postmaster-General. His Honor said: “I have gone very carefully through this case, and I am quite satisfied that it is an exceptional case,” Ho was satisfied that the illness in’ his family had distracted the prisoner. He added: "The Probation Officer states that your wife has been ill, and also one of your children has been ill, and that you have been distracted. I will admit you to probation for a term of two years.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1931, Page 5
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149POSTAL THEFTS Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1931, Page 5
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