POULTRY THEFTS
PLEA OF GUILTY. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 26. In one month Kenneth Sidney Batten stole 300 hens from a poultry farm in Spreydon where he was employed. Some of the fowls were concealed in a fowl run attached to an unoccupied house, and 150 were sold in city auction rooms, the money going to pay
debts which Batten incurred through betting with bookmakers and on. Die totalisator. These facts were revealed to-day when Batten appeared before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., charged with stealing fowls and fowl feed valued at £47, the property of Joseph Lambert Williams. Batten pleaded guilty, and was coni victed and placed on probation for two i years. He was ordered to make rejstitution, £3O, and also not to visit racecourses or gamble by any means, I and to return to his home in Welling- | ton.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19341027.2.123
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 283, 27 October 1934, Page 10
Word Count
143POULTRY THEFTS Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 283, 27 October 1934, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in