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  • Horse stealing was like taking a sports car for a spin today. The sport of young men who w ...[[Kelly Home|Kelly family]] was accused by the police of living largely by stealing horses and cattle.
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  • ...lyGang''' found fame and fortune and where their friends indulged in horse stealing and tried to make a life against the challenges of the squatters and banks.
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  • ...ngers and a record of their most eventful career of highway robbery, horse stealing, romance and murder
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  • ...known in the township that they were in search of the Kellys, whose horse stealing exploits, and the alleged attempted murder of a certain Constable [[Fitzpat
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  • ...Morgan were the men whose deeds were most flagrant in the district, cattle stealing and other minor crimes were common there, and the police were kept constant
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  • ...le comparatively very little of the country was fenced, [[Horse and Cattle stealing|cattle and horses]] belonging to different individuals were allowed to run
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  • ...mson, Brickey|Williamson]], he received four years imprisonment for cattle stealing. Other members of what were known to the police as the ‘Kelly mob’, wer
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  • ...ho happened to be in trouble at the time, were wanted on a charge of horse stealing. The warrant was not in his possession, but that circumstance was of no con ‘Dan’, said Fitzpatrick, ‘I am going to arrest you on a charge of horse stealing.’
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  • ...the [[Murray Flats|Murray Flats]]. Baumgarten had been convicted of horse stealing, and was a known associate of the bushrangers, who had often visited his ho
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  • ...e Byrne, and had been engaged in several [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horse stealing]] exploits with him and the Kellys, besides which it was pretty certain tha
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  • ...alone - and the Kellys, having soared above such small annoying tricks as stealing their neighbours’ stock, were unlikely to harm them - a large number of p
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  • ...od mares to breed first class horses, he still would find more pleasure in stealing than in breeding them. One of the best dodges for altering brands, he expla
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  • ...noying for the police to have their most valued agent imprisoned for horse-stealing, and accordingly when he was arrested at a later date it was contrived that
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  • ...s a most promising one. It was that the New South Wales [[Horse and Cattle stealing|robbers]] should steal in their own State and the Kellys confine their thef
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  • ...be overlooked. Jack Lloyd, who was implicated in the alleged case of horse stealing for which Fitzpatrick sought to arrest Dan Kelly, was subsequently taken in
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  • ...e proud of, usually. In [[Gippsland|Gippsland]], today, [[Horse and Cattle stealing|cattle duffing]] is extremely common. There are farmers there who have buil
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  • ...y. There were intermittent reports of isolated cases of bailing up, cattle-stealing, &c., but though a very strong force of police was employed in the hunt
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  • ...ion concerning Ned Kelly's whereabouts. He was wanted on a charge of horse-stealing. It was believed that he was at a shearing shed in New South Wales, and Str
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  • ...g, as he had nothing but his prison dress. This difficulty was overcome by stealing a suit of clothes from a farm-house. His next trouble was to procure arms.
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  • ...ection with him; but he served two or three sentences for horse and cattle stealing. When with Power, Ned Kelly was a flash, ill-looking young blackguard. He t
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  • ...il courses, and received a sentence of six months in Beechworth for cattle-stealing. He was educated at the Eldorado school, where he and Aaron Sherritt were m ...g fellow, and associated him-self with the Kellys and Byrne in their horse-stealing raids, giving himself up entirely to a disreputable life.
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  • ...d the police. They were always great friends and companions in their horse stealing raids, and Sherritt said they had no idea of shooting the police the mornin
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  • ...ounted policemen in plain clothes, and held up handcuffs and accused us of stealing the trap we were driving, we at first thought they were troopers, and Mr. D
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  • ...Byrne and Ned Kelly had been connected with each other in no end of horse stealing cases, and that after the murders he had befriended the gang before they we
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  • ...telling; it is as impossible to prevent these men from lying as it is from stealing.
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  • ...ed. He told me how he, Joe Byrne, and Ned Kelly used to [[Horse and Cattle stealing|steal horses wholesale]], and how they used to dispose of them, and the way
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  • ...er conduct towards me is so cool that I could not resist the temptation of stealing her horse”
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  • ...d Byrne's greatest friend. I was asked why I did not have him arrested for stealing the horse he was riding, as he never could afford to come honestly by such
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  • ...rs Byrne, was in the camp. I sat up in my cave and looked out, and saw her stealing up. She stood for a moment, saw articles lying about the camp, then came a
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  • ...tenced to only six months. Now, if John Kelly had been charged with cattle stealing as frequently stated by the enemies of Honor, Truth and Justice, he would h
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  • Wild Wright was also arrested and charged with "horse stealing"; Ned Kelly was charged with "receiving," knowing the horse Wild Wright was sentenced to 18 months for deliberately stealing the horse. The Loaded Dice was not used against him.
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  • ...e of Dan Kelly's cousins was joined with him in this case of alleged horse stealing.
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  • ...at the time." This clearly proves that the police knew that the horse stealing in the Kelly Country was not done by the Kellys.
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  • ...one at Chiltern had taken out a warrant for him and one of his cousins for stealing a horse. Dan replied that he had nothing to do with the horse stolen from a
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  • ...fork in his hand. I said, 'I' am going to arrest you on a charge of horse stealing, Dan.' 'Very well, you will let me have something to cat before you take me
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  • ...the force, and this was the cause of me and my step- father, George King, stealing Whitty's horses and selling them to Baumgarten and those other men. The pic
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  • ...ns or a mother, or must have forgot them. ''1 was never convicted of horse-stealing.'' ...and Gunn. Wright and Gunn were potted, and Hall could not pot me for horse stealing, but with the, subscription money he gave £20 to James Murdock, who has re
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  • ...for himself, and frankly admits how he got even with Whitty and others by stealing and selling their horses. Another feature of the letter is the charitable o
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  • ...ly.  Of course, the New South Wales police department were not accused of stealing them.  The Kellys brought the horses back to Greta, and turned them out at
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  • ...ad been losing sheep, and that he suspected some of the Sherritt family of stealing and killing them.  Constable [[Const Daniel Barry|Barry]] caught John Sher
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  • ...force.  Was it not your duty to make inquiries about this matter of sheep stealing?—All the inquiry was made that could be.  Constable Barry saw Sherritt s ...on—Would not the possession of this sheep be prima-facie evidence of his stealing it?—No. ([[Royal Commission report day 48 page 18|RC16616]])
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  • ...to very serious quarrels among the heads, and, as the Kellys were not then stealing horses and were not injuring their neighbours, there was no local demand fo
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  • ...was neither revived not its duration extended, no person was justified in stealing or looting any of their personal possessions.  It is very evident that amo
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  • ...Kelly's to arrest her son, Dan Kelly, who was away at the time, for horse stealing. The constable attempted familiarity with Kate Kelly, but Mrs Kelly, Willia
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  • ...s in, some way or other instrumental in procuring his conviction for horse stealing. The most of the police stationed at Beechworth, under the leadership of Se
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  • "[[Wild Wright|Isaiah Wright]], who was lately committed for horse-stealing at Wangaratta, has volunteered," says the [[Newspapers|Ovens Spectator
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  • ((Before Mr Sharpe) Jane Graham surrendered to her bail to answer a charge of stealing a saddle. [[Ellen (King) Kelly|Mrs Ellen Kelly]] also been charged with the
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  • [[James Kelly|James Kelly]] and Thomas Williams were charged with cattle stealing. ...at the Post Office Hotel, [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] on a charge of cattle stealing. The prisoners who reserved their defence were committed for trial.
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  • ...pleaded not guilty except Patrick Murphy, he had been indicted for cattle stealing. Thomas Williams, 17, and [[James Kelly|James Kelly]], 14, were indicted for stealing two heifers, the property of George Chandler of [[Winton|Winton]]. The pris
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  • Cattle Stealing ...Creek (2)|Thomas Mason]], a lad of about 17 years of age, was charged with stealing cattle from his father (Robert Mason), a squatter at Fifteen-mile Creek. Mr
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  • The following case of stealing a cow and calf, which was heard at the court on Monday last, having created Thomas Lewis was brought up in custody; charged with stealing a cow and calf no or about the 12th March last, the property of Margaret Ja
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  • ...ice Hargrave. Mr Salamons Crown Prosecutor. James Baker, pleaded guilty to stealing a horse from Francis Gardiner, at Hay. Sentence, three months' imprisonment
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  • Oakley Rorden, one of three men committed for trial for stealing tobacco, died in Deniliquin Gaol. He had been at tended by Dr Noyes, but th
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  • The great [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horse-stealing]] case was continued on Saturday. At mid-day the prisoner [[William Cooke|C
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  • ...|Kellys' house]] for the purpose of apprehending one of the sons for horse stealing. He found the accused at home and placed him under arrest, but allowed him
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  • ...s that when endeavounng to arrest a man named '''Daniel Kelly''' for horse stealing, the arresting constable, mounted constable [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]], re
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  • ...noon. A fourth prisoner was also brought in, arrested on warrant for horse-stealing, named John Lloyd, who is also known to be one of the gang.
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  • ...s|John Studders]], and [[Samuel Kennedy|Samuel Kennedy]] were charged with stealing eight horses, the property of [[Whitty|James Whitty]], Hugh [[Tatonga|Jeffr ...s concluded. The case is an important one, as bearing on a number of horse-stealing cases in the district, and is likely to last till tomorrow. There are seven
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  • ...d him I would have to arrest him under a warrant out against him for horse stealing. He said, "Very well, but let me get some thing to eat, as I have been
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  • ...d for the Crown. The following sentences were passed -Emile Villars, horse stealing, Beechworth, three years imprisonment; [[William Williamson, Brickey|Willia
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  • ...dumb man. Isaiah Wright underwent imprisonment about a year ago for horse-stealing. He stated in the hotel bars that he meant to go out and join Kelly, and so
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  • ...between Winton and Greta, and there can be no doubt made a living by horse-stealing and theft generally. They were surrounded by neighbours of the same bad rep The scoundrels were principally engaged in horse-stealing, a work that, owing to the poor police protection afforded in the district
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  • ...they will probably be found staying; and unless the desperadoes succeed in stealing other animals after crossing of the Murray, which they have probably forded
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  • ...d, was almost impossible. The scoundrels were principally engaged in horse stealing-a work that, owing to the poor police protection afforded in the district b
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  • ...hat the wanted men had actually passed through. All the [[Horse and Cattle stealing|police horses]] show a crown on the off shoulder, and underneath the crown
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  • ...e authorities in town suppose that the former is a man who is charged with stealing four horses in the King River district, and who was seen with them in compa
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  • ...and held up handcuffs in their left hands, and as they also accused us of stealing our own trap, we at first thought they were troopers, and Mr Dudley cried o
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  • ...l acquainted with the tactics of the Kellys in the bygone horse and cattle stealing days, predicted that something would be heard of the gang in a day or two.
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  • ...the other on foot, stopped M'Dougall and the other man and accused them of stealing the spring-cart they were driving. Then, when remonstrated with, they said
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  • ...ed about convenient fastnesses, and living principally by horse and cattle stealing, terrorsing the neighbourhood, and making a boast of their depredations, an
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  • ...l acquainted with the tactics of the Kellys in the bygone horse and cattle-stealing days, predicted that something would be heard of the gang in a day or Iwo.
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  • ...into houses and robbed drunken men. As it is, they have [[Horse and Cattle stealing|stolen horses]] and "planted" cattle, and have driven off sheep s
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  • ...m the time   he went to live at Greta, and details various cases of horse stealing in which, he alleges, he was wrongfully accused by the police. In giving hi
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  • ...many rural districts cattle, sheep, and horse [[Horse and Cattle stealing|stealing]] has been pursued as a regular occupation by persons well known to those i
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  • ...ble Fitzpatrick took place, however, Edward Kelly was engaged in the horse stealing business, and he says he had stolen 200 horses. His narrative of what took
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  • At this Court on Wednesday last, 2nd April, Henry Wyse was charged with stealing £7 from the till of John Costello, the landlord of the [[Howlong (2)|Mill
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  • ...aron Sherritt]], of Sheep Station Creek, near Beechworth, was charged with stealing a horse, the property of [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne]], of the same plac
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  • ...two hundred persons attended at the above court to hear the case of horse stealing, preferred against [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] by [[Mrs Margaret Byrn
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  • ...HORSESTEALING CASE''' .—[[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]], on remand for stealing a horse, the property of Mrs [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Byrne]], of the Woolshed,
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  • HORSE STEALING [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] was charged with stealing a horse the property of [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Margaret Byrne]] of Sebast
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  • Three men diggers at Dry Creek, have been brought in, charged with sheep stealing, from Wilson's station. They were caught in the act of skinning one of the
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  • ...ght up on habeas corpus and received one years additional imprisonment for stealing the gun which he used in the robbery in question. It may be mentioned that
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  • ...ble '''Monks''' had been shot while atempting to arrest a man chained with stealing saddles and grass seeds at Clunes. Monks had been looking for the man since
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  • ...it is satisfactory to be able to state that the crimes of cattle and horse stealing have been almost stamped out. Two years ago horses and bullocks were every
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  • ...Creek|Wombat ranges]], near Mansfield, to arrest them on charges of horse-stealing. ...e year warrants were issued against the brothers, charging them with horse stealing. Knowing by experience the desperate character of the men, it was decided t
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  • ...een several times in gaol, and on one occasion was convicted with Byrne of stealing a quantity of meat. His father, [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|John Sherritt]
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  • ...ld satisfactorily account, which led to their arrest on a charge of cattle-stealing, conviction, and subsequent sentence of six months’ imprisonment—the pe
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  • ...ht days ago the police heard that a suspicious-looking individual had been stealing down a retired valley towards a settlement occupied by the parents of the o
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  • ...trick, at Greta, while he was arresting her son, Ned, on a charge of horse-stealing. That occurrence was the commencement of all the Kelly troubles, which have
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  • ...at the time, was arrested and taken to Beechworth on two charges of cattle stealing. The offences were proved, and the youthful cattle stealer was convicted, a ...elly and John Lloyd on six separate charges of [[Horse and Cattle stealing|stealing horses]] from JG Farrell, James Farrell, James Whitty, and Robert Jeffery.
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  • ...or. Byrne said “There is a man outside the door who wanted to lag me for stealing a horse (meaning Weekes); but I don’t want to shoot him.”
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  • ...|Fitzpatrick]] occurred. James Kelly was convicted and sentenced for horse-stealing in a neighbouring colony. He served his time, and is now at large. He has v ...roceeded to Greta to arrest Dan Kelly, for whom he had a warrant for horse-stealing. The document he did not carry with him, as he afterwards confessed, but kn
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  • ...its assailants. At this moment I noticed a man in a small round tweed hat stealing up on the left of the figure, and when within about 30 paces of it firing l
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  • ...by Constable [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] to arrest Daniel Kelly for horse-stealing, when that officer was overpowered at the house of the Kellys by the outlaw
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  • ...g.  He and Byrne were once arrested by Detective [[Ward|Ward]] for cattle-stealing, and on being convicted of having stolen cattle in their possession they we
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  • ...‘Oh,’ said Fitzpatrick, ‘there is a warrant against you for horse stealing.’ ‘Very well,’ said Dan; ‘if that is the case I will go with you, b
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  • ...ret of the outbreak of the Kelly gang is [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horse-stealing]]. Kelly and his friends made that their business, and they entered into it
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  • ...rse and trap/ I was irritated and said “How dare you accuse gentlemen of stealing any horse and trap?” I told him I would report him to his superior office
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  • ...t he was a policeman. I said, “How dare you charge honest gentlemen with stealing any horse and cart? It was not my cart, but I said so I said so, “I will
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  • ...ake the cart from?” and said to him, “How dare you accuse gentleman of stealing a horse and trap?” and I told him I would report him to his superior offi
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  • ...istrict and the people well declare that there will not be any more cattle stealing on an extensive scale, not any more bushranging. Cattle duffing, it is poin
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