THEFT OF SHEEP DOGS

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27795, 21 October 1955, Page 7

THEFT OF SHEEP DOGS

THREE MEN FINED (New Zealand Press Association) TAIHAPE, October 20. Three men who stole two sheep dogs were each fined £2O in the Taihape Magistrate’s Court today by Mr S. S. Preston, S.M., and ordered to make restitution. They were Ronald Leslie a * arm labourer, of Waitotara, William Robert Williams, a farm labourer, of Wangaehu, and Mervyn Erancis Cox, a farm labourer, of Master ton. The dogs, stolen from farmers at Hunterville on July 14, were valued at £3O and £25. One was sold to a Raetihi farmer for £lB, and the other was shot and buried when the police began making inquiries. .. Senior-Sergeant R. Griffiths said th3t all three were equally responsible for the thefts, though the dogs were disposed of by Bendall and Williams. Cox had been admitted to probation m 1948. pie three were fined £2O each and ordered to pay costs of £2. Bendall and Williams were ordered to make restitution of £lB to the farmer the dog was sold to, and the three were ordered to pay £25 to the owner of the dog shot. Cox was ordered to pay witnesses’ expenses amounting to £5 13s 4d.

■ lf , ,a ?™ ers are going to have animals thieved under cover of darkness they will be in a sorry position,” said the Magistrate. “These offences will merit a term of imprisonment.”