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At tho Police Court, Cambridge, yesterday, Te Ranapia was charged by John McCann with stealing a saddle and bridle from the Masonic Hotel in September last. Constable Brennan said he had just received a telegram from McCann who was at Kihikihi, saying there were too many witnesses, and ho would lot the case fall through. The Bench said it was a hard case that the Maori should be put to the trouble of attending and bring a number of witnesses, and then for it to be withdrawn. Ranapia said he should like the case to be heard, as he had got a bad name through the charge being brought against him. The Bench dismissed tho case, and told the Maori he could bring a civil action for damages against McCann. We learn this will be done.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2475, 22 May 1888, Page 2
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138ALLEGED LARCENY. Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2475, 22 May 1888, Page 2
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