RESIDENT MAGISTATE'S COURT.
Saturday, January IS. (Before T. A. S. Kynncrsley, Esq.) STEALING FOWLS. John Cwrrcm was charged with vagrancy, and with having stolen a fowl, the property of John Connor, -who stated that he missed the fowl soon after prisoner left his tent, where he had come to ask him to have a drink. A pair of blankets was also said to have been lost by Dougal Kerr a day or two previously, and to have been stolen by prisoner, or some very like him. He was also proved to have offered a pair of blankets for sale, although be had no swag with him when he came from Charleston. After hearing some other evidence to the same time, his Worship said that he considered prisoner to be a person who had no lawful means of support, and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment, with hard labor.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WEST18680120.2.12
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Westport Times, Volume 1, Issue 147, 20 January 1868, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
148RESIDENT MAGISTATE'S COURT. Westport Times, Volume 1, Issue 147, 20 January 1868, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in