THEFT OF SHEEP
RELIEF WORKERS FOUND GUILTY. (Per United Press Association.) Palmerston North, October 7. Pleading guilty to six charges of theft of sheep, Sydney Jarvis, aged 26, and Jack Wilde, aged 27, both relief workers, were sentenced by the Magistrate, Mr Stout, to six months’ hard labour on one charge and one month on each of the others, the terms to be concurrent. The total number of sheep involved was 12, some being stud animals. The police said that the owners of some of the stud sheep befriended the accused, who had used the meat for food. The Magistrate dealt with the offences under the Justices of the Peace Act, the- maximum term of which is six months. He told the accused who pleaded guilty and elected to be dealt with summarily that they were liable under the Crimes Act to 14 years. “This should be a warning to those who think because they are on relief work they are entitled to take the goods of other people,” Mr Stout added.
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Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 6
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172THEFT OF SHEEP Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 6
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