CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
MAGISTRATE'S STRONG VIEWS.
"I have very strong opinions regardino- cases of cruelty to animals," said Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., at the Christchurch Magistrate's "Court, when inflicting fines on William Bigwood and Joseph Whiteside for working horses With sore shoulders. '' I have read quite a number of English journals on the question, and I would point out that they take a far more serious view of cruelty than we do in New Zealand," continued the Magistrate. "Repeatedly men and women are sent to gaol in England for such offences, and £25 is quite a common fine. I have only once had occasion to send a man to gaol for crueltv, and he got three months, "I am satisfied that both defendants have been guilty of cruelty, and the cruelty was inflicted knowingly. The horses should not have been worked at all."
Inspector White said that the draughts concerned were engaged pulling very heavy loads. The horses were in poor condition and were not worth 30s.
Fines of £3 and costs were inflicted on each defendant.
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Shannon News, 9 March 1928, Page 2
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178CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Shannon News, 9 March 1928, Page 2
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