HORSE AND CATTLE STEALING.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 25, 7 December 1863, Page 126

HORSE AND CATTLE STEALING.

' - Stoic n about the beginning of August, 1863, from Kourow, one flea-bitten mare,' almost white, branded M (JML) . conjoined near shoulder, and her fill}’, rising 3 years’ ;old, same brand ; - the property of Mr.'Monteath.

■; Stolen on the 30th October, 1863, from Post Office Creek, Waipori, a black gelding, 5 years old, 15 hands high, branded MC on near shoulder, blaze down face, 'white spot under.' near eye, hind fetlocks white, the property of Carleton Parkinson, of Post Office Creek.

. Stolen on the 29th October, 1863, from the vicinity of the Surveyors’ Tent, Waikouaiti, a black horse, 6 years old, 15 hands high,' branded with a large blotch on near . shoulder, -girth galled on near side, short marie and tail, a lump oil off check bone, a few white hairs - on. forehead, £2 reward on recovery.

Stolen at 5 a.m. on the 3,lst of October, 1863, from near the Exhibition Boarding House, 6 miles from the Waipori, a light 1 ay horse, between .1,3 and 14 hands high, branded M on near shoulder, star ,on forehead, short , tail, appearance ■; stiff in - both. fore legs,' ’the property; of, Mr. Edward Keaton, of Wetherstones. - Suspicion attaches to .a man, about 27 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high,. wore a dark monkey jacket and a wide-a- fiat'. ;

' Stolen, on the 15th October, 1863, from the West Taieri Diggings,* a “bay horse, 'aged, 16 hands high, .star on forehead, branded ** near shoulder, had on a cover, marked A. D. •

the. property of Arthur Devery, storekeeper at.the Diggings. £5 reward on recovery.

Stolen Muring the month of July, 1863, from the west side of the Molyneux River, at the Dunstan, a dark iron grey mare, 14 hands high, bind feet white, saddle marked, branded JN; conjoined near shoulder; the property of Mr. t Sploindij - Cobb, Dunstan, who offers a reward of £5 on recovery of the mare.

Stolen" about the 20th of October, 1863, from a run on the Maori Reserve, Tokomairirb, a light draught grey mare, lof hands high, branded RW off shoulder, the property of Paoineri Tenrari, a Maori, ' ', ."-.

Stolen on the night of Saturday, the 20th, or .morning of Sunday, the 29th November, 1863, from the Lee Stream, a brown saddle mare, 5 years old, 15 bands high, branded horse shoe on near shoulder, in good condition, 2 hind fetlocks white, slight blemish on inside of. one of bind legs, long tail, the property ol Mr. Henry' Yend, who offers "a - reward off£lo on conviction, or £2 on recovery.

. Stolen on the 17th November, 1863, from, the vicinity of the Taieri Rush, a black cob, branded V near shoulder, H near neck; a scar resembling L -off shoulder, near fore foot white, hind do. do. to first joint, the property of David Clarke, who offers a reward of £3 on recovery. . . . .

Stolen on the 2nd December, 1862, from Brannockburn, near • Kawarau,. a brown draught horse, 6 years old, small star on forehead, collar marked, ’ branded JD over 'PC near ‘shoulder, ’in good condition, the property of Mr. John'S. Dodds, of Breadalbane, North Taieri, who has guaranteed a reward of £5 on conviction of the offender.