Horse and Cattle Stealing.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume V, Issue 25, 14 December 1881, Page 209

Horse and Cattle Stealing.

Stolen on the 20th ultimo, from a paddock in Kilmore Street, Christchurch, an iron-grey horse, suilable for a cab, about 15 hands high, shod, no visible brand, value £2O; and a bay mare, suitable for a bug ij, about 14| hands high, near hip slightly down, shod, no visible brand, value £l4; the property of Edward Laughton Rattrick. Identifiable. Swagmen suspected.

Supposed stolen during the night of the 19tli ultimo, from the yard of the White Horse Hotel, Beck’s, Otago, a light-bay mare, hack breed, six years old, Isf hands high, black points, off hough swollen, narrow blaze down face, branded G on near shoulder, fore shoes only, value £ls; had on a canvas cover, brown-carpet lining, web roller with red-and-white stripes; value £1; tbe property of James Gilhooley. Identifiable. Swagmen suspected. It is supposed that a pair of winkers stolen during tbe same night at Beck’s, from the wagon of a man named Henry, were taken to ride the mare away with.

(See Police Gazette, 1881, page 193.) A raha Kaeaka, charged on warrant with stealing a darkbrown mare, the property of John Gwynnetb, has been arrested by Sergeant Russell and Constable Stapleton, Paeroa and Thames Police, and remanded to Cambridge. The stolen mare has been recovered.

(See Police Gazette, 1881, page 203.) The light-grey mare, the property of William North, reported stolen from Te Rohn, lias been recovered,

Supposed stolen about the middle of October last, from Keretah, Coromandel, a dark-brown gelding pony, 13£ hands high, small lump on off knee, branded on near shoulder; the property of James Wilson. Identifiable. Supposed to have been taken to the Thames or Mercury Bay.

Te Rewiti is charged, on warrant issued by the Hamilton Bench, with stealing, on or about the 15th ultimo, from Wbatawhata, a bay gelding, since recovered; the property of Tahamaitua; value £7. Description : A Maori, eighteen or twenty years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, slight build. He is supposed to have gone to Kaitangata, near Port Waikato.

Supposed stolen on the 3rd or 4th instant, from a stable in Tennyson Street, Napier, a black gelding, hack breed, five years old, 16 hands high, near hind fetlock white, star on forehead, branded /{ on near shoulder; the pi'operty of Robert Williams ; value £ls. Identifiable.