Sheep-stealing.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 196, 23 August 1904, Page 4

Sheep-stealing.

VERY PREVALENT' IN THE SOUTH.

SUGGESTED REMEDIES

At the annual meeting of the Cn* terbury Sheep Owners" Vnion£e -ha,rm an reported ttat among tho ■natters that na d toeen confided by the executive was the prevaW gestcd tihat inspectors should be ao Pointed, b„t they would required s"t of the expenditure necessarv fhore was . larew „„,„„„. Ji stp«linn- „ j a amount of sheephow Lt -T lKa they wmtmbweJ In Itv ?a" WaS to catcll '^se difficult tt eO,) T tealing ' "ow difficult ,t was to get juries to coiJunes usually took the stand that one sheep was so much lik,' say of tlhc accused, "p oor f „ Bivo hiin another chanpe." In umw ;n. ; t»nc ra judges gave inadequate * tt-necs, and ho referred t' a„ I vercargil case, where a ma vvas mouths. Not three months' imprisonment, 1 M explained, but X months on potion. -- uthat is not sufficient to promot' Inn, ■ ° lon ' e as J U( 'ges look way they do this crime will*,<. „ he ascendant. Three months-' rotation is perfectly ridiculous l Subsequently a letter was reuo year, between 1500 a „d !mo\Z hed In°V- W 'r shcwto « -as m ' 'Shed m December. In, March lan ;™"' aS « !unh ">- shortage of 400 "these, probably W0 were kille.l 'oi use on the station, showing n net shortage of .'IOO since last shear " a special rangier, a ,„i the oifa-in* »t a reward of £IOO or £2OO for i n . ormaHon leading to the conviction of t,e thiol or thieves. After discussion, it was agreed to recommend to the incoming committee ,hat £IOO bo offered a a a reward for information that will lend to the conviction and imprisonment of any jierson or persons found stealing sheep ■belonging, to any member oi the union, and that £IOO be | provided by a levv from t)]o molti _ bers of the union. It was decided to request the Stock Department t 0 publish a list of registered brands and earmarks in each sheep district and sell a t cost price.