FOUGHT THE CONSTABLE.
MAORI WHO STOLE LOAF. "IT'S YOU AND I FOR IT." (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) • HAWERA, this day. Having been caught in the act of stealing a loaf of bread from a Normanby bakehouse about noon yesterday, Billy Kapa, a Maori, was chased half a mile down a back road before Constable Pidgeon managed to catch him. Kapa, on being „ accused of theft, refused to accompany the constable, and said, "It's you and I for it, then." For fully half an hour the constable struggled on the roadside with the man before he could be handcuffed. This morning Kapa, who has had 35 convictions since 1911, including several for violently resisting the police, was fined £10, in default two months' prisonment. For stealing the bread he was convicted. He consented to take out a prohibition order for twelve months.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 4, 6 January 1931, Page 9
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140FOUGHT THE CONSTABLE. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 4, 6 January 1931, Page 9
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