The vulgar phrase, " Who stole the donkey," has almost fallen into desuetude, but within the past week a question of a somewhat similar, but infinitely more interesting nature,' has been repeatedly asked, viz., " Who starved the horse?" and on Saturday a large number of the more " anxious inquirers" flocked to the Resident Magistrate's Court in the* hope of getting information on the subject. • However, they were disappointed. Mr. W. H. Warren attended to say he did not starve ! a horse, nor was it proved that he did; on the contrary, he had treated his quadruped visitor with the utmost kindness and hospitality. There was a paddock 100 ft. by 40ft., in which it roamed, doubtless, without a sigh for pastures new, seeing there was plenty of food in the shape of <'a high growth"' and lots of water. True, three witnesses said the growth was dry docks, but then ono said he had seen grass, so that difficulty was satisfactorily cleared up. This large paddock, too, did not supply the whole of the food, for on the thirteenth day, at the instance of the "help," the moke was indulged in a change of diet, and three feeds of chaff were given to him. This should have been sufficient for any horse, and seemed to be more than sufficient for Mr. Wan-en's charge, as upon tho strength of this chaff he became quite uncontrollable, clearing three fences (a jump a feed), and wound up with a swinging gallop, in consequence of which intractableness he was posted off to pound, a fatter and merrier animal than when he entered the land. CJearly Mr. Warren had been more than merely humane, he had been indulgent, and it is surprising that Mr. Allan could have been so forgetful of the feelings of his client as to raise a technical objection fatal to the case for the prosecution.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4447, 21 June 1875, Page 2
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