CRUELTY TO A HORSE.
OFFENDER IMPRISONED
A salutary penalty was meted out by Mr W. G. Riddell, 5.M.,. at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court this week, in a case in which Samuel Br.ay, a carter, was charged with cruelly ill-treating a horse by working it whilst it was lame. Evidence was given by Constable Taylor that, on October 23rd, he saw the defendant driving a cart down Revans street, and the horse in question was practically being dragged behind. Afterwards he told Bray that theanimal should not be worked, and he had it kept in a paddock for a night. Defendant said that a veterinary surgeon had seen the horse previously, aud stated that it was all right. In the witness box Bray said that he had been working the horse on the morning of October 23rd, aud it suddenly developed lameness. He then proceeded to take it home. His Worship said that he did not regard the defendant’s explanation as satisfactory. Bray had been before the Court on a number of occasions for similar offences. He would be sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment, without the option ol a fine.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1023, 14 November 1912, Page 4
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189CRUELTY TO A HORSE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1023, 14 November 1912, Page 4
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