Horse- and Cattle-Stealing.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XVI, Issue 9, 4 May 1892, Page 70

Horse- and Cattle-Stealing.

)// Cambridge. —Tauriki and Wiremu to Wkitu, alias Paddy Iffigan, are charged on warrant with having, on the 9tli /•Xmimo, at Mangapiko, stolen a filly, value £2 10s., the prozf/yperty of Tairi te Oriori; and a horse, value £5, the property of Ani Waata; both recovered, having been sold by V offenders. Tauriki is thirty years of age, sft. Tin. high, I slight build, thin features, black hair whiskers and moustache ; speaks good English. Wiremu is fifty-seven years of age, sft. sin. high, stout build. They are well known to the Waikato Police, and have probably gone to the King Country.

(See Police Gazette, 1892, page 52.) Palmerston North. —David Pringle’s gelding has been found; not stolen.

(See Police Gazette, 1892, page 23.) Ashburton. —Oliver Drennan’s gelding has been recovered from the Methven Pound.

Christchurch. John Dillon, constable, reports stolen from a paddock in Hereford Street, on the 3rd ultimo, a bay saddle-mare, four years old, about hands high, black points, sore wither, black spot about 2Hn. by lin. on top of rump, small blemish on off hough, shod all round; had a large leather belt, with rope attached, on neck ; value £B.