MAORI FARMER SENT TO GAOL: VAGABOND CHARGE
Charged with being a rogue and a vagabond and with the theft of £2, a Hangitukia Maori farmer, Bobbie Mauhenf, aged 28, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment when lie appeared in the Ruatoria Police Court before Messrs. H. M. Akers and G. M. Colebrook, J. P's. Mauheni pleaded guilty. Senior-Sergeant L. E. G. Wilson. Ruatoria, who prosecuted, said the accused called into Mrs. Wi Hongi’s home at 11 p.m. on Friday. Leaving his boots under the fence, he entered the house and was seen by two girls, who told their mother. The women attempted to hold Mauheni, but he wrested himself free. Constable D. P. Motley, Tikiliki, answered a call for assistance, and while they were talking at the Wi Hongi’s gale the constable saw the accused and accused’s brother pass on a horse. The constable had recognised a hat found at the scene of the struggle as belonging to Mauheni. Constable Motley gave chase in his car. When caught, Mauheni had no boots on, and later admitted having been in the house. He had in his possession a handkerchief belonging to the Wi Hongis and in which had been wrapped £2-
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23196, 7 March 1950, Page 4
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200MAORI FARMER SENT TO GAOL: VAGABOND CHARGE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23196, 7 March 1950, Page 4
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