Marjorie Day convinced a shopkeeper to let her take two dresses home to show her mother. She promised to return promptly but instead sold the clothes at a second-hand clothing shop. A repeat offender, Day was sentenced to six months prison.Aged: 20. DOB: 11 January 1905.
Titled "Marjorie Day alias Elma Walton, criminal record number 655LB, 13 February 1925. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).
