SHOPLIFTER FINED
STOLE FROM COUNTER.
(Per ' Press . Association Copyright.)
CHRISTCHURCH. December 13,
Caught taking articles at the shop of Wb&lwortil’s, Ltd., Sarah Ann Edgar a married woman, residing in Hills Road, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, charged with the thett of a pair of socks, a tooth brush and a length of elastic, to a total value of 2/11. She pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Edwards said that Edgar had 'been seen ( to ,Like ( the articles from the at 1 p.m.; woman admits the theft, and there was ho necessity for her to do it,” lie. said. “She is iu good circumstances, and told me herself that she did not know what prompted her to steal the goods. The accused said she had picked up the articles and had .intended to buy some soap and then pay for the lot. “The procedure at this shop is that the goods are paid for at the counter they are at,” said Sub-Inspector Ed- " Edgar was fined £2. in default seven days’ imprisonment. Application for suppression of the name was refused, the Magistrate (MrH.'A. Voting, S.M.) holding that shoplifting was too common an offence and too hard to detect
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1932, Page 6
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196SHOPLIFTER FINED Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1932, Page 6
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