POSTAL THEFTS
EMPLOYEE STEALS £lB3
GAMBLING AND BETTING DEBTS
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association )
CHRISTCHURCH, May 17.
A postal employee admitted defalcations amounting to £lB3 5s l|d in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. He was Edward Joseph Robb,, aged 39 years, a resident of Oxley Street, who was committed to the -Supreme Court for sentence, bail being allowed in the sum of £IOO and -one surety of £IOO. The thefts took place between February 15 and . May 9. .Gambling and betting on races were the reasons advanced by Robb for his lapse. He sain that he -was a single man . and was supporting an aged mother.
Detective E. F. O’Brien said that be interviewed Robb, who made a statement, in which he said he had been in the service of the department for nineteen years. He was receiving £4 15s a week. In February, he was short of cash and took money from cash in hand. Later he secured stamps .by special requisition arid. gave I.OitJ.'s to rtlajte Up his defalcations, His superannuation money wtiiV.d be sufficient to meet the defalcations,
To counsel,, the detective. said lie knew Robb was suffering from permanent war injuries. ‘ -'
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1932, Page 5
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194POSTAL THEFTS Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1932, Page 5
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