ALLEGED SHEEP STEALING.
CASE PROCEEDING AT BLENHEIM BLENHEIM, March 12. At the Supreme Oourt the trial is proceeding of Frederick William Hille, the charges being that between! March 1 and November 23, 1928, he stole four two-tooth halfbred wethers, the property of Christopher Smith and that he received the sheep knowing them to be stolen. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Smith alleged that the -sheep were turned out on a block adjoining Hille’s property When mustered in August ninety were missing. In September Smith gave notice to Hille to muster but it was not done till November. The accused reported that he had 28 of Smith’s sheep in his possession. Four sheep claimed by Hille were discovered' to have Hille’s earmark in the left ear and in obliterated Ty n-etesfield earmark on the right car. iSmith bought the sheep from. Tyntesfield. A small portion of the Tyntesfield mark remained. The four sheep were taken possess ion of by the police. The case will last for some time as a good many witnesses have to be called.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 13 March 1929, Page 5
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175ALLEGED SHEEP STEALING. Wairarapa Age, 13 March 1929, Page 5
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