James Edward Kelton

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Charge:	Animal Trapping
Sentence:	"AUS$1,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	New South Wales
City of Crime:	Tumbarumba
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"James Edward Kelton was wrongly convicted in 2013 Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia of having a horse trapping device on government property he leased from the government and taking four wild horses ("brumbies") in a state forest in June 2012. During his two day trial in the Tumbarumba Local Court Kelton, 63, didn't deny he had the trap and took the horses ("brumbies"). He claimed in his defense that a forestry employee had given him permission after an audit to trap brumbies, and that he acted in accordance with the conditions of his lease and complying with the Foresty Act by removing feral animals. Kelton was convicted and fined AUS$1,000. Kelton appealed, and in January 2014 the District Court in Sydney quashed his convictions. After his convictions were quashed Kelton told reporters he was considering civil action against the police and the Forestry Corporation. He said he has intended to manage his leases effectively to protect a range of threatened species, ecological communities and populations known to occur within them."
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Innocence Proved By:	In January 2014 the District Court in Sydney quashed James Kelton's convictions.
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Age When Imprisoned:	63
Age When Released:	63
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Horse trap conviction quashed, By Staff writer, The Border Mail (Wodonga, NSW), February 22, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2106053/horse-trap-conviction-quashed/
Information Source 2:	"Trapping brumbies ends in $1000 fine, By Staff writer, The Border Mail (Wodonga, NSW), June 20, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1585475/trapping-brumbies-ends-in-1000-fine/
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James Edward Kelton

Charge:

Animal Trapping

Sentence:

"AUS$1,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

New South Wales

City of Crime:

Tumbarumba

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In January 2014 the District Court in Sydney quashed James Kelton's convictions.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

63

Age When Released:

63

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Horse trap conviction quashed, By Staff writer, The Border Mail (Wodonga, NSW), February 22, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2106053/horse-trap-conviction-quashed/

Information Source 2:

"Trapping brumbies ends in $1000 fine, By Staff writer, The Border Mail (Wodonga, NSW), June 20, 2013"

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http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1585475/trapping-brumbies-ends-in-1000-fine/

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