OFFENCES AT KAWHIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12044, 14 August 1902, Page 7

OFFENCES AT KAWHIA.

' - The premises of Mr. D. Noonan, tailov3 and outfitters' agent, we're broken, into one daj last, week, and a cash box was stolen, containing cheques to the amount of £46, and £25 in silver, gold, and notes, over £70 in all. ;• There was no policeman it) the place, b an Mr. JS. Morgan's term of office had expired. Two or three days after the of- - fence, Constable McPhee,- of Te Awamutu, S arrived on the,scene, and has been hunting up evidence,, and some other, cases may arise out of this. On Friday afternoon, before. Messrs. D'.» Arcy Hamilton and G. H. Buckeridge, .LP 's, four young men were charged with feloniously killing and stealing one steer, valued at £3 IDs, the property of Mi. 1. Morgan, of Opajrau. They had gone out. pig-hunting, and failing to get pork had killed the animal, i 1 taking the hindquarters, and leaving the rest, after destroying the marks by which it could be known. They all pleaded guilty, and . were fined £2 .each, .and .were required to pay £15 16s costs, including the value of the beast, or in default two months', imprisonment with hard labour" The fines and costs L : I were paid. Constable McPheq prosecuted. Another youth was also fined £2 for being accessory after the fact, and refusing to give the? police information, and- trying to put them off the scent.—Own Correspondent.]