SHEEP-STEALING
It was freely stated during a discussion tit the annual conference of the New Zealand Farmers' Union that sheep-stealing was rite in many parts of New Zealand, and several instances were quoted. A Poverty Bay delegate said that he knew personally of a mob of 800 sheep, placed in a paddock near a homestead, being taken over-night, and never found. Sheep fanners in his district had come to the conclusion that there must be more than one engaged in the theft—one who received the stolen animals and held them for some months. Another delegate said that a neighbour had lost 400 sheep. The matter had been placed in the hands ,of detectives, who said that frequently farmers left the reporting of thefts far too long. The last speaker on the subject suggested that in cases of sheep stealing tnial should be before a jury composed of farmers, and the idea appeared to find favour.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 75, 1 August 1929, Page 7
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