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TRAPPER’S RUTHLESS WORK. FINES TOTALLING £7O. Invercargill, Jan. 22. A case that was described by the magistrate as the worst and most flagrant of its kind that he had everdealt with was heard in the Police Court yesterday, when Thomas Jackson Smith, a trapper, was charged with taking opossums during the close season, and with killing wood pigeons, kakas, wekas, and a South Island crow.
This crow is an exceedingly rare native bird and in convicting Smith the magistrate said that if he had the power to do so he would have considered sending Smith to prison for destroying this bird. Smith’s operations were carried out at Stewart Island. Fines totalling £7O were imposed by the magistrate.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 30, 22 January 1929, Page 8
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