RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. UNKNOWN Before W. N. Searancke, Esq., B.M., and Dr Waddington, J.P. Pig Stealing at Ohaupo.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 486, 1 July 1875, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. UNKNOWN Before W. N. Searancke, Esq., 8.M., and Dr Waddington, J.P. Pig Stealing at Ohaupo.

Oharles Dilly was brought up dn charge of stealing three pigs at -Ohaupo, the property of Samuel Fleming and Henry Kusab, on May 24th last. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. I The following evidence was adduced :—: — Samuel Fleming, settler. Oltoupo, Reposed : I had Borne pigs running v atvmaup^ lost' same lately ; one in particular I remember, abonjt^o JJds weight, a black and white pig ; I believe I lost it about 24th last month. I have not seen it since. At Ohaupo I saw prisonqr,*nd asked him what right he had to go and kUj, jSy.gig'b IJ* denied it at first, and a neighbour said <4 4>id ndk Ijfcell you at first this was Fleming's pig. Prisoner made the excuse that he was hard-up. To the prisoner : it was in Edward's room that I asked you the question. To the Bench : The pigs were running on my

and mine. Most of the pigs were marked. Prisoner had not worked for me. Working is not his business. I think it is loafing. I cautioned prisoner not to go on my land. Then he had a small pig on his shoulder. Henry Kusab, a farmer, residing at Ohaupo deposed that about May 24th he saw prisoner driving a neighbour's dray towards Cambridge or Hamilton. When prisoner came back he had a pig covered with sacks in the dray. Told him it was Mr Fleming's pig. Prisoner said he caught it miles away from Mr Fleming's place. Witness said it could not be far as prisoner nad not been long away. To the Bench : — Knew the breed of the pigs when they were bought from Capt. Rich, who got the breed from Captain Buckett. Prisoner was about twenty minutes or half an hour with the dray. To Mr Fleming : When yoij charged the prisoner with stealing the pig at Edward's hs admitted that he had taken it, but said he was hard up. Antony Tornwall deposed that prisoner got a horse from him fo^gn ">a pig. Hfo bought half the pig from pirisal|fii£ weighing tjVnit 25 lbs. Did not. know whOTte^^atwaK said he got it down on thejlas> amSngst ttheV^il^rigs.^ To prisoner : There was another person witb you, and I bought the half pig from you. This concluded the case. Tbe prisoner had nothing to say in defence. The Court convicted the prisoner of the larceny, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment in Mount Eden gaol with hard labor.

More .Poi^k. The same prisoner was- then qhatged *witk stealing another pig, of the value of £^, on May 22nd last, the property o* Samuel Delenny. Samuel Delenny deposed : On the day in question I received information that the prisoner was killing pigs in my paddock at Ohaupo ; I rode to t)ie place and ultimately discovered a pig belonging to me dead. Prisoner shortly afterwards came to the spot in rather a horribleVmanner, with a daggerknife in his hand. ,^e «l^d^fche uig* Belonged to his mate ; the land 1^ inftte^ Bk offered^ some rum which I declined and^oi'dered hinronV By the prisoner : You were conceal&i in the titree when I discovered the pig; you had a dog and a knife with you. There was no track where you were. To the Court : lat once identified the dead pig as my property; it had be"en a marked pig, but prisoner had cut the~sars ?jsf ft«*m tKfcsftttnp when I saw it. The pig waff fouritt*witßiii l^hain < of where I met the prisoner. v \ The evidence of the prosecutor was supported by the testimony of Joseph Carrollsun, Joseph Carl, and Henry Kusab who proved the slaughter of the pig by the <^risoofir. theidmitification of the animal by thettr^i&CTitor fm b^fiP^tertv. In answer to thV*ailual eiiayim. ra^ prisoner stated he had notnmgxo say. • The Court found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to three months' hard labour in Mount Eden gaol.

And Still More. The same prisoner wak further charged with stealing a pig vafifl^sW>n ffl^J^rAMay last, the property of Anth\iy\Ti»nwSLOT^lWlupo. The evidence taken in tEhjioiaUfcii waWiTnifilrtli" nearly every particular to* fcfye previous cases, save and except that the animal performed upon belonged to prosecutor. The prisoner stated that there were two other men concerned in these pig killing cases, but no action luid been taken against them. The fact was that some people had a down upon him, and wished to drive him from the settlement. Pig hunting v>*as a common practice at Ohaupo. The Court was of o\inion that\the other men ought to havß. D%n^rougW^ujiiand\ standing alongside the pri o onl|fc.b9tlfhat th^e^klence adduced was insufficient to co\vict.^ Case drsnnteecu^ A fourth charge* against the prisoner was withdrawn. This concluded the business, and the Court adjourned.

We understand,, t^fc tmfce i%^ili^&^ probability of Messrs Whiflnpa^pft-Soir^^lichaH^.Mr Innes brewery at Ngar^wal»a. \ J^ The recent Census returns shew chat a graduate of London is a laborer: two Edinburgh men are bushmen : one of Dublin, a drover ; another Dublin man a laborer ; and one Aberdeen, a sawyer. Six diggers are university men, and one butcher holds a degree from a foreign university. One livery stable-keeper is a graduate^^Melbourne, and two of Glasgow are station jpPBk. One Oxford man, with an unspecified degree, is a member of the General Assembly. One B.A. of Dublin is a Government officer, and one B.A. of Dublin a warder in a gaol, while another gr^uate of Dublin holds a similar position. 'fs^J.^'sSkolc^fAialt^fied Cambridge degrees, and '^7 dki^m^ lawyers, 55 doctors, and 54 schooimastGkrs are toaj^iattjjirof some one of the universities. \ Threff bantc offers and 14 commercial clerks have degrees. Two Cambridge M.A.'s are run-holders ; two B.A.s are farmers — altogether, 411 university graduates are returned, but few of theoi seem to have turned their education to any practical use.