Horse and Cattle Stealing.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXVII, Issue 3, 28 January 1903, Page 28

Horse and Cattle Stealing.

Pukekohe.— Charles Lapwood, farmer, Tuakau, reports stolen, about the 6th instant, a bay mare, aged, hands

high, shod all round, quiet, in good condition, large teats, very clean legs, collar-marks on shoulders, value £6; a black mare, aged, 14 hands high, branded TM on shoulder, value £5. Identifiable.

Gisborne.— John Dawson is charged on warrant with theft, on the 23rd ultimo, of a horse (recovered), the proherty of Barker Bros., sheep-farmers ; value, £lO. Offender is a native of New Zealand, about thirty years of age, 5 ft. 7 in. high, round face, fair complexion, fair moustache only, horsey appearance, well known about Auckland, where he followed the occupation of a jockey. Is supposed identical with John Dawson (see Police Gazette, 1898, page 116). He sold the horse for £3 10s., and left for Auckland by the s.s. “ Talune ” on the 24th ultimo.

Rongotea.— James Anderson is charged on warrant with theft, on the Ist instant, of a bay mare with black points, five years old, branded O on near shoulder, also an old saddle and bridle, the property of Thomas Watson (recovered) ; value, £l4. Description : About thirty years of age, a foreigner, 5 ft. 7in high, medium build, pale sallow complexion, clean-shaved except dark moustache ; dressed in dark coat, grey trousers, grey-tweed cap ; had a silver watch-chain.

(See Police Gazette, 1903, page 15.) Shannon. —George Hall has found his horse reported stolen.

(See Police Gazette, 1903, page 15.) Waitotara.— Nicholson Bros.’ heifer has been found not stolen.

Feilding. —J. P. Rutherford, butcher, reports supposed stolen, on the 4th or sth instant, a chestnut gelding, 16 hands high, twelve years old, four white legs, blaze on face, scars on knees, goes in harness ; value, £2O. A bay mare, eleven years old, 17 hands high, light build, three white legs, blaze on face, scar on near fetlock, goes in harness, very fast; value, £25. A chestnut gelding eight years old, 16 hands high, blaze on face, one white hind fetlock; value, £25. A bay harness-mare, eleven years old, hands high, thick set, a little white on off fetlock, EB on near shoulder; value, £l4. A bay hack, ten years old, hands high, scars on both knees; value, £7. Identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1903, page 15.) Christchurch. —David Edward Sutherland has found his horse straying.

(See Police Gazette, 1903, page 3.) Christchurch. —George McClatchie and Co. have found their horse straying : not stolen.

Mosgiel. —George Gordon, cattle-dealer, reports stolen from a paddock, on the 14th or 15th instant, a dark-brown mare, five years old, 15 hands high, white stripe down the face, scar caused by barbed wire on near hind hock, short tail; value, £22. Identifiable.