THEFT OF A HOUSE.
MAORI ADMITS OFFENCE.
[from o£r own correspondent.] PUKEKOIIE, Thursday. A plea of guilty was entered by a young native, Kau Tukua, before Messrs. J. Patterson and D. Jamieson, J.P.'s, in the Pukekohe Police Court to-day to a charge of stealing a mare, valued at £lO. Evidence was given that in January, 1930, accused sold a half-draught mare from a native property at Te Akau to a farmer. Accused received £lO for the horse. The animal had been running with other horses owned mostly by natives. However, it had been bought some time previously from the rightful native by aunt her farmer. Accused had failed to refund the £lO he received, although he had admitted that the animal did not belong to him. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court at Auckland for sentence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21099, 5 February 1932, Page 11
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