FARMER SENT TO PRISON
"MANIA FOR DESTROYING FENCES."
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DANNEVIRKE, 25th August. Charles Henry Price, a farmer at Tahoraite, appeared before Justices of the Peace to-day charged with wilfully destroying fences belonging to W. H. M'Cullough. The accused, who resided on the property, formerly owned it. On three days this month fences were pulled down and destroyed, further damage bein^ done on a fourth day. The accused was before the Court on 19th August, and convicted of a similar offence and fined. He contended that none of the boundary fences had been interfered with, and that the fences pulled down belonged to him. He denied committing wilful damage, and said that he had an understanding with the present lessee to remove certain fencing. Counsel for the complainant said that the accused apparently had a mania for destroying fences. This was his fourth offence.
The Bench, in sentencing the accused to six weeks' imprisonment, expressed regret, as he had been a hard working man and had brought up a large family. He liad hid nnvole warning, and had a legal remedy if he considered he had a legitimate grievance.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 49, 26 August 1926, Page 16
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190FARMER SENT TO PRISON Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 49, 26 August 1926, Page 16
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