At Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Friday, Margaret Wilson, farm servant, was charged with having on 31st July last in the shop in Masonic Buildings, Cumbernauld Station, Cumbernauld, occupied by William Mair, pretended she had been sent by Mrs Paton, Seafar Farm, Cumbernauld, for a pair of boots, two pounds of biscuits, four yards of tape, and a halfpenny worth of needles, and thereby did induce Mrs Mair to give her two pair of boots, two pounds of biscuits, four yards of tape and a halfpenny worth of needles, which she had no intention of paying for, and which she appropriated for her own use. She pleaded not guilty, but was convicted on evidence. Accused, who had been twice previously convicted, absconded at the time, and has just been apprehended in Inverary. She was sent to prison for 60 days.