A WOMAN CHANGED WITH CATTLE STE ALING. Invercargill, August 15
The Supreme Court has been occupied all day With tlie trial of Sophia Kidd, Southland's premier horsewoman, on a charge of cattle stealing. It is alleged tha<; f»he stole and drove .a small mob 13 miles during tho nsght to a sale at Mataura. The evidence of identification was strong, especialiy *hat of the bank clerk wfco cashed the cheque gforcm for the cattle. On the I other hand, the woman's relations and servants of the family swore positively that on the day she was said to have been at Mataura selling cattle she was on her mother's farm driving a reaper. Sensation was caused in couefc towards the close of the trial by tho fainting of the accused, which stopped proceedings for half-aru-hour. The jury were unableto agree, and were locked up for the night.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1917, 17 August 1888, Page 22
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146A WOMAN CHANGED WITH CATTLE STEALING. Invercargill, August 15 Otago Witness, Issue 1917, 17 August 1888, Page 22
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