SPORTSMEN FINED

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1933, Page 4

SPORTSMEN FINED

■ ' J FOR SHOOTING PIGEON (Per Press Association —Copyright), "WAIHI, June 19, For taking pheasants out of segsbn Francis Henry Hope and William ; Putan, who were met by the police after a shooting expedition on the property of Daniel Andrew Bustard at . Owharoa on April 29, two days before, the opening of the season, were each, fined £lO and costs by Messrs H. D, M. Haszard and A. T. Maunder, J.P.’s in the Waihi Magitrate’s Court this morning. “Both men are well-known sportsmen and know the law,” said the Bench in imposing the penalty. “Their conduct is not fair to others.”

Hope also pleaded guilty to shooting native pigeon and for this offence he was fined £ls and costs.

Defendants were each allowed three months in which to pay the fines. Before the penalties were imposed Mr F. C. V. Clark, for the defendants, asked the justices to take into consideration, beng.to Hope, and one wrot sideration the fact that a gun worth £2O, belonging to Putan, had been seized and it was questionable whether the authorities would return them. Charges aginst both men of having trespassed on Bustard’s property, in search for game was dismissed, it being admitted that they had been given permission to shoot over the area.

Bustard was fined £1 and costs for aiding and abetting the offences, Xh© Bench stating that although he had acted out of good nature in giving , defendants permission to shoot over his property he must have known that they were not confining their activities to hares and rabbits.

A charge against Bustard of permitting gamt to be shot without a permit from the Minister was dismissed. It was alleged that birds had '-been destroying corn on the property.

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