WOMAN THIEF
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DESCRIBED AS MENACE TO COMMUNITY BY S.M.
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Christchurch, Tuesday. "I think I am safe in saying that this woman is about the worst thief who has ever appeared in this court," said the police this morning in roferring to Leonie Evelyn McMahon (29), alias Norah Purcell, boolckeeper, who pleaded guilty to forty charges of theft, mostly of shoplifting. The magistrate, Mr. Mosley, said: "A woman like this, who had no moral | sense, was an absolute menace to the community. Goods had heen stolen from various leading shops over eleven months, and handbags were also stolen from two churchgoers while in church.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 December 1932, Page 5
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