DISHONEST SON
STOLE FATHER'S HORSES
FOUR MONTHS HARD
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRIbTCHURCH, 31st March. A sentence of four months' hard labour was imposed on lan Stewart, a labourer, of Tompletou, aged 30, when he pleaded guilty in the Police Court to stealing two draught horses at Dunsandel, the property of Donald Stewart, his' father. "Had you been convicted for an offence involving dishonesty before you would have got- tho maximum penalty —twelve months' hard labour. It is impossible to overlook such an offence," said the Magistrate, Mr. E. D. Mosley. Chief-Detective Carroll said that the accused went to a paddock whore his father kept tho horses and took two to Riccarton, where he kept them until USl'd Match. Ho then sent them to K'ui.'ipoi, where they wore sold for £30. Tho horses were sold under the name of Campbell.
Dolievty Auctioneering, Ltd., Vi a»d 14, Manners street, wiJl sell indentor's stocks at their rooms'at 2 p.m. to-morrow. J<o •vcpervpft.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 13
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159DISHONEST SON Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1931, Page 13
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