THEFT OF BRIDLE
YOUNG MAORI'S OFFENCE INCIDENT AT TE TEKO In the. Whakatane Court last Friday, before Messrs G. Brabant and T. J. Cummings, a young Maori of Waiohau, Nohe Rikiriki, pleaded guilty to the theft of a bridle valu-i ed at 26s the property of Rangi Riki. A second charge of unlawfully converting a horse to his own use was also preferred. Sergeant Farrell said that on May 5 last the accused whilst at Te Teko, had taken a tethered horse and ridden it home to Waiohau. The horse and saddle had been recovered but the bridle was missing. The. accused who had apparently made a practice of this sort, of thing had mad'e full restitution in the meanwhile. Accused was sentenced to one month's gaol.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 83, 20 June 1944, Page 5
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127THEFT OF BRIDLE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 83, 20 June 1944, Page 5
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