SHOCKING CRUELTY
FOUR MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT.
PRESS ASSOCIATION Wanganui, last night. At the Police Court this morning a young man named Carruthers was sentenced to four months’ for wilfully damag-
ing a marc. The evidence showed that accused, losing his temper when trying to make a jibbing animal pull a load, broke a shovel handle over its head, and put a lighted fuse under its belly. As a result the udder was destroyed, and tho mare’s legs and thighs toasted.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1937, 20 November 1906, Page 2
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79SHOCKING CRUELTY Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1937, 20 November 1906, Page 2
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