SHEEP THEFTS ADMITTED
STRAYS FROM NEIGHBOURING
LAND
NORSE WOOD EXPLANATION
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
WAIPUKURAU, Aug. 24. Jonathan Rlex Swarbrick, a farmer of Norsewood, aged 21, pleaded guilty of the theft of three- islieep valued at £2 14s, the property of a neighbouring farmer, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.. Swarbrick in evidence said the- sheep were on his father’s property 12 months so lie killed two wethers, hanging tlie- skins bearing the earmark in tlie cowshed. No attempt was made to- disguise his action.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 25 August 1931, Page 6
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