STRAYING CATTLE
difficulty ok obtaining CONVICTIONS
NEW PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED Several prosecutions brought by the County Ranger in regard tu straymg cattle have not been successtui. '"L many years the informations were lam under the Police Offences Act, but the Magistrate has held that ‘permitting the'cattle to stray must be proved. The Council’s solution then swung on to the Impounding Act, with the nope of hotter success; but the Magistrate recently held that absolute proof ot ownership must be established unuci At yesterday’s meeting of the Council, the solicitors! advised that, .m future the ranger he instructed to impound all straying stock, SO that alien claimed, their ownership could ne established and proceedings taken. The Council resolved to carry out the recommendation of their solicitors.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 April 1922, Page 4
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126STRAYING CATTLE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 April 1922, Page 4
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