SPENT FRIEND’S MONEY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1070, 6 September 1930, Page 10

SPENT FRIEND’S MONEY

HAD HOLIDAY IN TOWN ! LABOURER GETS PROBATION i Gi/ven £3 3s 3d by a friend to t*,. i to a storekeeper, William John Lanj . bert went to town and spent it instead He was dealt with lightly when h, I appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S M at the Police Court today. ' - Lambert, a labourer, aged 33 1 pleaded guilty to stealing £j’; s t ; the property of Thomas Scribe <v I Mauugatawhiri, near Pokeno, on j un<

! "Scribe is a labourer down tha‘ j way," said Chief-Detective Hammond “While he was working on a flaxmi!] ‘ he gave Lambert this money, asking ; him to pay it to a storekeeper. 1,7 i stead, Lambert came to town ana i spent it. He seems a decent enough ! fellow.” said the chief-detective. a

, Staff-Captain Holmes said that accused felt his position keenly. jy, j board was paid up in town for another J week and a position could be got for ! him at the end of that time. : could then make restitution.

“He is a married man and his wife is in service,” said Mr. Holmeß. “! think this would be a case for proba tion.”

Mr. Hunt; I’ll give him a chance and admit him to probation for 13 months.

"Mow, look here, this means that there is a prohibition order againr you, too,” he warned accused.