Horse and Cattle Stealing.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXVII, Issue 18, 26 August 1903, Page 216

Horse and Cattle Stealing.

Tauranga. —George Carrick, farmer, reports stolen, on the 10th ultimo, a bay horse by Forest King, five years old, about 14Jhands high, black points, unshod, branded A on one of his hind quarters, small scar on back near the middle of saddle-mark, broken to saddle but not to harness ; value, £B. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to a Maori, name unknown, supposed from Rotorua. Description : About twenty years of age, 5 ft. 7 in. or 8 in. high, stout build, copper complexion, slight dark moustache ; dressed in light-brown tweed coat, trousers, and vest, and light-brown soft-felt hat. Spoke good English.

Cambridge. —Te Winika reports stolen, between the 28th ultimo and 9th instant, a bay draught gelding, aged, black points, thick black mane, white streak about 2Jin. broad down the face to point of nose, branded A on shoulder; value, £2O. Identifiable.

Waipawa. —H. Lawson, sawmiller, Te Aute, reports stolen, on the 23rd ultimo, a chestnut pony, rising three years, 14 hands high, branded K.I. on near shoulder and rump, clipped mane, small lump on nose the result of a kick, shod all round; value, £5.

Stratford. —Hugh Hocken reports stolen from a paddock, on the 10th or 11th instant, a thickset heavy draught gelding, rising four years old, about 16 hands high, very quiet, unbroken except to lead, long hair on fetlocks, black points, not shod ; value, £29 10s. Identifiable.

Gore. — John McKay (name probably fictitious) is charged on warrant with theft, on the 7th or Bth instant, of two horses, the property of Hugh McLean (recovered); value, £IOO. Description: Colonial, twenty-seven years of age, 5 ft. 9 in. in height, thickset, stout build, fair complexion, small reddish moustache, beard and whiskers of a few days’ growth, keen looking; dressed in dark suit, Dr. Jim brown hat, blue-and-white regatta shirt, no tie ; was riding a black hack 16 hands high.