THEFT OF SHEEP
FARMER'S SON IN COURT TWELVE MONTHS' PROBATION [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WANGANUI, Monday Three charges were admitted by Edwin David Thomas Hackett, aged 23, single, in the "Wanganui Police Court to-day, two of the charges concerning the theft of sheep and the third the removal or destroying of the ears of a sheepskin, contrary to the Slaughtering Act, 1908. Accused was ordered 12 months' probation in respect to the two charges of theft, and was fined £3, with costs £2 10s, in respect to the removal of ears. » Detective-Sergeant J. K. Robertson said thefts of sheep were worrying farmers in the district. Accused worked on his father's farm throe miles from the farm of complainant. Two hoggets strayed from complainant's property and were killed by accused, .who first of all denigd the offence, and then admitted it. In imposing sentence, the magistrate, Mr. J. H. Salmon, said he was prepared to give accused a chance. It was his first appearance before the Court. However the removal of ears from a sheepskin rendered the offender liable to a fine of £SO.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22388, 7 April 1936, Page 12
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183THEFT OF SHEEP New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22388, 7 April 1936, Page 12
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