BLACKS STEAL SHEEP.
TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. ADELAIDE, Nov. 07. Fourteen blacks were to-tiny sentenced (o periods of from six to twelve months' imprisonment, for killing sheep in (lie Oodnadnlla district. They admitted the offence, pleading that they were "too much hungry."
A representative of tho Aboriginal Friends' Association, however, stated that (ho natives wero well treated by (ho station owners. Tho sheep wero killed by order of tho tribal headmen.
Some punishment other than imprisonment was necessary as a deterrent, bocause the natives did not mind gaol, where they were well fed and clothed. Tlvo Judge tnid imprisonment was tho only penalty ho was empowered to inflict.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20115, 28 November 1928, Page 11
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