THEFT OF GUN
MAORI’S UNCONVINCING TALE BOUGHT FROM UNKNOWN MAN (From Our Own Correspondent) PUKEKOHE, Wednesday. The theft of a shotgun was the subject of a charge against an elderly Maori, Moana Mateha, and his son, Bob Moana, in the Pukekohe court to-day. Evidence was given by a farmer, K. J. B. McCardle, of Maramarua. that a shotgun was stolen from a shed. The youth hod been employed at his farm about May of last year, when the weapon disappeared. He identified the gun as liis own. Mateha said he purchased the gun in 1918 from an unknown sportsman residing on the Hauraki Plains. The weapon was seldom used, hence he overlooked registering it. Mr. F. PI. Levien. S.M.. regarded Mateha as the culprit and lined him £3, with £1 14s 9d costs. The charge against tlie youth was dismissed. j
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19290321.2.167
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 618, 21 March 1929, Page 16
Word count
Tapeke kupu
141THEFT OF GUN Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 618, 21 March 1929, Page 16
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in