Original Correspondence. THE CATTLE TRESPASS ACT.

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 104, 29 May 1847, Page 3

Original Correspondence. THE CATTLE TRESPASS ACT.

To the Editor of the New Zealawler. Sir,— Now, then, let all who would abrogate the present Trespnss Act rejoice exceedingly, for Agricola lias left liis plough, and taken to the sword, lie has stood forward in their defence, like another Goliah ; but, oh ! beware of the very small pebbles. Some, nud I dare say A— will say, "save me from my friends," for Agricola is so taken up with " posterity," that he has aadly neglected the present, presumed object of his epis tie. Vide — " Jiut I doubt all Ruricola's regard for posterity amounts to this, viz., it saves him a tnille weekly." You doubt it 1 Thank you, for not believing such a scandal. But the correct taste of Agricola is offended "at those unsightly stone walls." Does he think them so unsightly as his cabbage stumps, gnawed by cattle, in consequence of his having no fence at all? Agricola appears to have some dilliculty in understanding ihe word "sans." We will kindly explain it for him. It means without / as " sans" sense, without sense ; " sans" argument, without argument. Surely Agricola will, by referring lo last week's paper, now understand its proper meaning. To your fiibt correspondent A— «, I wish to say that, after all, the fault of the old Trespass Law was as much perhaps in the unjust way in which it was administered at the Police Court, as in the act itself. The defendants appear to have been looked on as felons ; and the decisions of the Court were invariably against them, and given with heavy damages in the most oiF-hand manner. Whereas, in most cases, the defendant was the real party to be pitied ; as his own cow or horse was often entrapped on a patch of something green, expressly cultivated for the purpose of getting money from others, in the shape of imposition or damages. 1 am, &c, RtmicoLA. May 28th, 1847.