CURIOUS DECOYS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLI, Issue 1, 10 July 1914, Page 1

CURIOUS DECOYS.

HAWKER A-XD HIS FOWLS. ( An elderly man, Charles Mohr, alias Shult, appeared at tin. l police court to answer two charges of having property in his po.sses.sion rcm-oiiably .suspected of having been stolen (.stated the Jnyerell correspondent of the 'Sydney Daily Telegraph'). The property in tlm first case consisted of 12 pairs of low Is in as manv bngis. The evidence .showed that when Mohr's cart—a. typical hawkers vehielo —was searched, the fowls wen? found, as well as about a dozen others, which wero accommodated more comfortably in an improvised coup under the floor of the cart. The cart and fowls wore taken possession oi by tho police, und brought into the lnverell police yard. From ft hint, (hopped, beniorwrgt, Cowio was led to try an experiment on tho fowls that had. been accommodated in the coop. Ho tool: Mohr's whip, mul rounded up the fowls hi the yard, when they made knowingly for the curt. Without any fu« they hopped up one by one into tho Coop, a Wyandotte rooster, a« chareron of the flock, cuivnl« rously getting up last, and occupying the position' nearest the opening, Tho sergeant then rattled the trace chains. when tho birds almost automatically perchefl themselves as if preparing for a journey. The sergeant told his discovery to the Bench, explaining that th€<S9 particular fowls wer otrained de--suiu} 6J9AI a*gii} tpttjAv tuo.tj 'doo.> t);j; ©jnr epj».CfA\oj jo sjaqutout Suiv>.>dt»:w -tm oq. se'Av esotj.w << a'o.> ferred to the bags and. sold. Mohr stoutly denied the whole .storv, claiming that he bought the fowls in Queensland, fattening and selling then en route. The magistrate fined Mohr £3, and confiscated tho fowls. There was another charge against Mohr of having mutton in his possession reasonably suspected of being stolen. He accounted for it by baying that it was the oarea.se of a pet lamb he had reared oil goats' milk. One day last week the sheep developed symptoms of insanity, and he put it out of the way. He had disposed of tho <skin. A fine of £lO was imposed. Defendant declared that he Imd £IOO in tko bank and £2,'] with hint, and nf-k----ed why he should descend to stealing other people's fowls. - The magistrate w.-.s unable to tell him.