CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Sir,—ln your issue of the 23th inst., under the heading "Alleged Cruelty to a Horso," it appears that Mr; Seed, Inspector for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to • AnMftals, some time, since warned a- certain carter Hot to work a horse that was totally unfit' to work.' As, however, the carter ignored this warning prior to -bringing the case into: Court, Mr. Seed obtained the opinion of two (folly qualified veterinary surgeons, ' who, after careful examination, certified that the horse was quite unfit to work, Mr. E. W; Burton, S.M., however, before whom the case ,was : heard, dismissed tho charge,' stating that he considered the-cose not sufficiently strong to satisfy him that there had been, guilty knowledge on the part' of' dcfend'aiii. 1 trust that the society, in question will net allow the matter to drop bore, \tmt that they will obtain full particulars'of the evidence, ,as taken down in tho Magistrate's'. Court,'' and submit the same to the. Minister of .Justine.—l am, etc., ■' . . ' UNBIASED READER,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1994, 27 February 1914, Page 4
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171CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1994, 27 February 1914, Page 4
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