HORSE ILL-TREATED

Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1930, Page 3

HORSE ILL-TREATED

t-'h- 'm';""' -gj, • V*». ■ p•! \ . \y*\ " sSaGTS'^IaTE’IsTRONGCOMiIIENT <«d.i :# * ■ ! " ' %. 1 . Strong comment was. made in .the. "EpHc.e Court - this morning by the ; Ajt/igistrate, Mr F. K. Hunt, when,-' V- a contra6t|)|, ■ agec| \ pleaded not guilty to a t||i?irgeJif ill-treating a horse in Parnell on August 23rd.' ! who prose-. .v-Atetdedjf sa'id the 'defendant was leading - Tipfibrse behind a lorry,in Parnell Road.' 'Tfie ‘ attention ot passers : by was drawn ’ whlcli seemed to Tie in" dpistressed condition;'-and ;fhe matter f reported to the police/. It was ged, said the 4 sub-insp,ectfl|r, that t|p ify an ' excessive for'theTiorse.'. 7; y rt .., .. ssii|r E.diff^|t|ttl^wfe , .|foi Gunning-. ItßSn) sai'd’had', been a race-’ awwas dir&tight across on a ■(J g-dg&icurar ferry and towed at a slow ' p#|e rfe’* nervousness would not be increased by seeing", r the traffic.- It was not dragged along quickly. Jt often overrode the vehicle. “I see. It just wanted to climb into the hack of tlie lorry,” said the Magistrate. Mr Matthews did not have all his witnesses present, and read their statements, bearing out that the. animal was not/ ill-treated.AT ■■ V.Tt’s funny not ’coine'lidfe to : hear out 'thejr statements. Mr Hunt: It’s! like being oil a ship. All’hands and the cook tell the same was liable Magistrate imposed a line of £5 and Costs,. _ . , Counsel objected to the amount of v jAlie! costs, and asked that they be, re- ' rtduced..;, Mr Hunt: I won’t do that. He’s lucky,,to get.off. with a fine. When this; v there/ did not give' 'him - ';.twelve, months or order him to have a jrope put round .his neck and to he. dragged, along behind a lorry like_ tb<B-fhdi*sie v; Wjiß. - ,