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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4075, 29 March 1892, Page 3

. Cacoia's I said, " there were tv, fllrangecalvos on the roadjou haven pii'kod thorn up have yon ?" E said, " No I they have gono throug your fence," About half an hoi afterwards he returned and said, " am sevon short." We looked in tl bush and found five. I then said,' see one through tho fence," He turni round and looked at it and sail "that's one I brought down," am took it. I saw the two calves i question in the police paddock th morning. Cross-examined : On the 81 March I had two or three good 100 l at the two calves on the road. 1 was about 11 o'olock when 1 first sa them, It was about two o'clock i the afternoon when Marsh returne from Cacoia's saying tho other cattl would be down in about twent minutes, David Crewe, auctioneer, gav evidence of a number of calves bein; .entered by Marsh, a pen of fourtoui of them being bought by Herlihym the sth inst, Michael Herlihy deposed: bought a pen of fourteen calves a Crewe's sale yards on sth March . paid 29s ench for them, My frieni Mr Murphy was with me, Ho pur chased the other seven. Befon mixing tho two lots wa market Murphy's along tho back with mddlo Wo had not gono fir when wo had tt turn back with them as they brokf away. We put them all back in ont pen except one, which escaped down the road which I got possession ol next morning at 9,80. The young Qrevilles assisted me to drive them to Ballance. I branded and earmarked them on the 22nd inst, Constable Cooper, Mr Dick and his son came to Bal> lance and claimed two of the calves as Mr Dick's property. 1 handed them over to tho police. I saw them this morning at the polio; station, I could swear to the heifer, but was not positive as to the steer, At this stage (midnight) the Court adjourned until Monday next,