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WOMAN CHARGED WITH THEFT'
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v FINE OF £5 IMPOSED
Lo the Police Coart to-day, befofe
Mr. A.;R. Perry, S.M., Ruby Mori*
was charged wita having on or abou)
October 2 stolen a quantity of childi
ron's clothing valued at £2, the pro
nerty »of Raudonia Concordia Daphne
Inglis. Mr. A._ F. Edwards appeared
for the prosecution.
. Constable A. W. L. Hill deposed
that on Thursday last he met the
accused in Chloride-Btreet, and said:
-"Ihave just come from your' place,
hut there WBB nobody at home. -1
have a warrant to search the house."
The accused said, "Whose things are
you looking for?" and witness replied,
"Mrs. Inglis's." Wtiness added, "Hara
you anv scissors or other goods at your
house?" and the accused said, "I
might have : . you had . better
go and /?search the house." Witness
and Constable Woód . went to* the
home of tho accused and searched it.
Witness found a pair of scissors on^a
dressing table, aha in reply to a ques-
tion the ^accused said that the scissors
belonged to Mrs., Inglis. The accused
added: ''One of the kids found then
months ago." Witness found a blanket
on a bed, and the accused said that she
had purchased it for 5/ at Middleton's
auction mart. Witness later, found somt
lace, and in reply to a question thf
accused said that Mrs. Inglis gave he?
daughter one piece and that the othet
piece was bought from Goodhart's oi
Livesley's. A child's dress was found,
and this the accused said was found in
her yard,, and was probably brought
homo by one of her children. The
accused admitted that the dress be-
longed to Mrs- Inglis. Mrs. Ingtif
was present during the search and
identified all the/goods as her'property,
To the accused: -Witness understood
I the accused to refer to her childrel
and not those of Mrs. Inglis when sh«
: said "one of the kids brought the dre«
into the yard,"
Raudonia Concordia Daphne Inglii
deposed that up to October 2 last th<
i accused used' to visit the house ÍJ
which she had rooms. A Mrs
White had the house. OAfter Octobe
2 witness missed all the goods the- sab
ject of the charge. Witness identifie»
the lace because it was hand mad«
Indian lace, and had been sent to he
from Burma. Similar lace could no«
be bought in Broken Hill.
To the accused: . Witness did no
give her child a piece of the India)
lace. Witness had rooms with tb
accused's mother.
The accused elected to be deal
with summarily and pleaded no
guilty. . M
Ruby Morris, in defence, dépose
that she had purchased most of tb
lace produced, and that Mrs. Ingli
had giyen her the other piece of la«
One of the dresses was brought to hi
homo by Mrs. Inglis's child, and th
other dress was put on her child'
doll by Mrs. Inglis.
To "Mr. Edwards : Mrs. Inglis rente
rooms at her mother's house. Sh
(th* accused) was recently fined £
for stealing a screw wrench. Sb
bought some of the lace at Goo«
hart's.
Mr. Edwards: It seems to he a oas
of kleptomania.
The Magistrate: Yes. ThA next tin
she comes here I will give her BI
months' and that will cure her. St
is fined £5, and ordered to pay £2
professional costs and 16/ costs
court-in default, two months' it
prisonment with hard labor*
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