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Mr. Richardson had been considering whether to give the Kid a pardon based on sketchy, but plausible, historical evidence that the gun-slinging, cattle-rustling, sheriff-shooting outlaw had been promised clemency by the territorial governor in the 1880s, Lew Wallace.
Old West Outlaw Billy the Kid Fails to Win a Pardon Stephanie Simon 2010
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It was like a cattle-rustling scene in Red River, with waterfowl.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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It was like a cattle-rustling scene in Red River, with waterfowl.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Well, back in the cattle-rustling days, everybody branded their herds EXCEPT the Mavericks.
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What we do know is that people in the music business react to bootlegging the way movie cowboys react to cattle-rustling.
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Fifteen people were killed in northern Kenya over the weekend when cattle-rustling raids erupted into gunfights between rival clans near the Somali border, police said Tuesday.
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Despite reports of abuses, including summary executions, arbitrary arrests, torture and rape, Uganda says forceful disarmament is needed to restore order in the lawless area, which is rife with banditry and cattle-rustling.
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Relations between Angolan and Namibian soldiers on the ground have reached a low point because of tribal loyalties and incidents of cattle-rustling, NSHR director Phil ya Nangoloh said.
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DURBAN, South Africa - Police in South Africa and Lesotho decided on Tuesday to work together to stop cross-border cattle-rustling raids that have resulted in several killings.
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A meeting between the two leaders would have "psychological impact" and would add to other measures already employed to combat cattle-rustling.
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