Horse- and Cattle-Stealing.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 11, 22 May 1889, Page 96

Horse- and Cattle-Stealing.

A man, name unknown, is charged, on warrant issued by the Timaru Bench, with the larceny as a bailee, on the 11th ultimo, at Timaru, of a chestnut hack-gelding, 15 hands high, about seven years old, supposed branded L on one shoulder, hog mane, and long tail, known by the name of “ Red Robin,” and has been raced by Hobbs Brothers and Coulter at Timaru, Ashburton, Christchurch, and Dunedin, value £ls; an English-made saddle, about half-worn, “ Clissold ” branded on flap, value £4 ; a double-rein bridle, value £1 55.; and a brown-mixture waterproof coat, value £1; the property of John Shaw. Identifiable. Description: Supposed English, about twenty-three years of age, sft. 7in. high, medium build, sallow complexion, lightbrown hair side whiskers and moustache ; dressed in darktweed suit and hard black-felt hat; smart active appearance. Identifiable. He hired the horse, &c., from Mr. Shaw on the 11th ultimo to go to Temuka, and was to return on the 14th ultimo, but he did not do so. A man answering the offender’s description, who gave his name as George Ross, sold the horse, saddle, and bridle, through Mr. H. Connell, auctioneer, at Oamaru, on the 13th ultimo.

Supposed stolen about the 22nd April last, from Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, a black mare, hack-breed, aged, about 15 hands high, branded WC on neck under mane, scar from wire on inside of off hind hough, shod all round; the property of Henry Melville Brown ; value £ls. Identifiable.

Supposed stolen on the 23rd ultimo, at Gisborne, a black well-bred pony saddle-mare, about 14 hands high, a few white hairs on forehead, tail docked and has been broken at root, anchor-brand on near or off rump, a good trotter, value £2O ; had on an old colonial-pattern saddle, large knee-pads, hogskin seat, stamped bullock-hide flaps, and old-fashioned steel stirrup-irons, value £2 ss. ; the property of James Carroll. Identifiable.

A man, name unknown, is charged, on warrant issued by the Christchurch Bench with stealing, on the 18th ultimo, from a paddock near Rakaia, a dark-brown hack-gelding, seven years old, 15 hands high, branded A on near shoulder, near hind fetlock white, since recovered; the property of Thomas Lamont. Description: Supposed a native of the colony, about twenty-one or twenty-two years of age, about sft. Bin. high, medium build, dark hair, small dark side whiskers and moustache ; dressed in dark-tweed coat, tweed trousers and vest, and hard black hat. Identification doubtful. He sold the horse at Christchurch on the 20th ultimo, and when giving a receipt for the purchase-money signed his name James Spencer,

Stolen between 5 p.m. on the 13th and 8 a.m. on the 14tli instant, from a paddock at Patea, an iron-grey horse, 151bands high, a slight sore on offside under saddle, an old scar on forearm of off leg, a small piece of skin like a marble hanging near chest, long mane, tail well trimmed, branded WL on near shoulder; the property of Thomas Godfrey Hammond ; value £lO. Identifiable,

Supposed stolen on the 28th ultimo, from Renwicktown, Marlborough, a light bay gelding, aged, 15J hands high, a small spot without hair on near shoulder, long tail with very little hair on tip, hollow from eyes to nose, no visible brand; the property of William Tapp ; value £l2. Identifiable,

Supposed stolen on the 4th or sth instant, from the yard of Robert Beattie, Sydenham, a chestnut pony mare, aged, about 12-J hands high, star on forehead and white blaze down face, branded 3on off side of neck ; value £5. Identifiable.