Horse- and Cattle-stealing.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 1, 6 January 1897, Page 4

Horse- and Cattle-stealing.

Devonport (Auckland). —Henry Alfred Home Monro, gentleman, Lake stolen from a paddock, on the 16th or 71h ii 1 tJnp|yA dark-bay carriage-horse, black points, five l4 branded 0 behind near shoulder, white patch on nose, two small white spots on near side of wither , value, £l4.

Pukekohe (Auckland). Esther Waugh, Paparata, reports stolen from a paddock, on the 21st instant, a light-bay draught gelding, 15£ hands high, white blaze on face, no shoes, small mark of an old cut on near breast; value, £2O. Suspicion attached to William Ford and George Henry Watson, who were recently in complainant’s employ. Ford is a native of Auckland, twenty-one years of age, sft. 6in. high, medium build, light-brown hair, small light moustache only ; dressed in grey clothes and grey-cloth hat. Watson is a colonial, twenty-four years of age, sft. Bin. high, slender build, dark hair and small dark moustache; wore a dark coat and vest, bluish pants, yellow leggings, low black silky hat, and goggles.

* (See Police Gazette, 1896, page 184.)

Wairoa (Hawke’s Bay). —The warrant for the arrest of Kara Ranapia, charged with stealing Josiah Pratt Hamlin’s gelding, ha? been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1896, page 194.)

Hawera.— Stealing Te Are’s cattle : James Randall Corrigan has been arrested for this offence by Constable E. J. Whitehouse and remanded. The five head have been recovered.

Wanganui. —Jessie Dallas, storekeeper, reports stolen from a paddock in Liverpool Street, on the 15th ultimo, a grey gelding, hack breed, five years old, 14 hands lin. or 2in. high, mark of an old cut on near hind fetlock, no brands, runs in harness; value, £lO. It is thought to have been taken by some swagger.

r (See Police Gazette, 1896, page 194.) Wanganui. —Charles Henry Buckley’s mare has been found.

> (See Police Gazette, 1896, page 209.) Woodville. —George Mee Hardie’s horse has been found at Mauriceville.

Alexandra South. —George Wilkinson, miner, Bald Hill Plat, reports stolen, between the 2nd and 10th ultimo, a red-and-white cow, in calf, two years old, branded W on off shoulder; value, £5.

Gore. —James McKeown, farmer, reports stolen from a paddock at Croyden, between the 16th and 19th ultimo, a dark-bay gelding, draught breed, nine years old, sixteen hands high, small ste.r on forehead, legs black and covered with long black hair, long rat tail with little hair on it, shod all round, no visible brands ; value, £2O.