SHEEP STEALING CASE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 9

SHEEP STEALING CASE

VERDICT OF "NOT GUILTY." fßv "Telegraph.—Press Association.) .Timaru, August 31. At the Supremo Court,, in the Tairlie 6hecp-stealing .case, the jury found the accused D'unnett not- guilty. The prosecution was based chiefly on the finding, of sheep on accused's property, bearing a "keyhole" earmark, which Chapman's sheep bare. It was proved that . the keyhole was a Hawke'6 • Bay brtatl, brought down on a large shipment that was scattered over Canterbury by the consignee's sales,' and .accused Dunnett had bought some ewes as well as Clinp--1 man. The sheep bearing Chapman s brand was found with Dumiott s earmark recently made, but it was m Chapman's property, aud Dunnett denied making this mark. Dunnett was recently fined for selling sheepskins with ears cut off, he had killed at Chapman s shed and denied cutting off' the ears.-' . _ Frank Allen, who lived in a hut m the district,', and was found guilty of breaking into a store at Hmds and stealing various goods, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.