MANUTAHI SHEEP STOLEN
TERM OF PROBATION FAMILY IN GREAT DISTRESS THOMAS E. BILLS SENTENCED. \ OWNERS’ OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Charged in the Supreme Court with stealing sheep at Manutahi, Taranaki, Thomas Edward Bills, aged 27, had the benefit of the Probation Act extended to him to-day. He was admitted to probation for two years. The judge remarked on the unusual nature of the case, which arose from the great distress of the family. Two of the farmers who had lost sheep had offered employment, saying had they known the position they would have helped Bills and his family.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1930, Page 9
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