THEFT OF HORSES

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 189, 9 May 1934, Page 11

THEFT OF HORSES

Two Men Sentenced “A SERIOUS OFFENCE” Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, May 8. Found guilty by a jury last, week of stealing six horses amt a foal of a total value of £29 at Waiouru, Raymond Moran and Archibald Henry Sweibruck appeared before Mr. Justice Fail' in the Supreme Court this morning for sentence. ( Moran was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour, and Sweibruck. in whose case the jury recommended that leniency should be extended, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Both accused handed letters to Mr. Justice Fair stating that they realised the folly of their dishonesty and intended to lead honest lives if they were given a chance. Mr. Justice Fair said the prisoners had been found guilty of a serious offence. The probation officer did not recommend that they should be granted probation. The jury had looked on Moran as the prime mover in the case, and rightly so. Both prisoners had previous convictions, but as these were some time ago they would not be taken into consideration. The offence was a serious one and had been committed in a district where it was hard to detect. Consequently the police had been put to a considerable amount of trouble.