On 22 April 1848, Corporal Lang from the Mount Remarkable Police Station and Captain Watts’s overseer from White’s Creek arrived in Burra with four Aboriginal men suspected of having stolen over one hundred sheep. The Resident Magistrate thought the evidence was inconclusive, but was informed by the Attorney General that the men should be tried at the Supreme Court Criminal Sittings in June. The bill against Toby, Tommy, Frying Pan and Rosy Wine was dismissed due to unsatisfactory evidence.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

14-year-old William Hart did not return with his flock of sheep on 23 June 1848. His body was found in a wombat hole in mid-July. A waddy with blood on it and a broken digging stick with blood and human hair were found near William’s body. The waddy and digging stick were thought to be the weapons used to kill him.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

On 28 January 1849, a Chinese shepherd employed by Mr Younghusband did not return with his flocks. Nothing was heard from him. Police searched for the body, but didn’t find it. The shepherd was presumed killed by Aboriginal people.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

Kudnutya was found guilty of stealing eighty sheep belonging to Messrs Burnett and Fotheringham, and under the charge of Robert Lee (‘Bob’), in the vicinity of Beautiful Valley. At the Police Commissioner’s Court on 28 June, Kudnutya, through Protector Moorhouse, said he partook of mutton but did not take the sheep. He was sentenced to two months with hard labour.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)