Wholesale Sheepstealing.
For a long time past the missing of sheep in various quarters of the Wairarapa has vivon rise to a feeling of uneasiness, because it was believed that a systematic course of thieving had been going on. Heavy rewards have been offered for the detection and convictiou of the culprits, but without an> result. For some little time past Detective Chrystal has been stationed in the Wairarapa and it was believed that he was trying to gather certain links together in connection with the wholesale disappearance of sheep from more than one quarter. As one result of bis labors an information has been laid against James Inglcy for having on 13th July last stolen 500 sheep, the property"©! Mr 0. Dakin, farmer, of Taratahi, and for having on the 3rd September stolen 169 sheep, the property of the said 0. Dakin. He traced the mobs to the stations, and as having passed through Ingley’s bands.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1789, 1 February 1886, Page 2
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157Wholesale Sheepstealing. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1789, 1 February 1886, Page 2
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