LEFT IN SALEYARDS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3324, 31 October 1919, Page 6

LEFT IN SALEYARDS.

LALLEGED‘ CRUE-LTY T 0 CALVES.

HAMILTON, Oct. 29.

A farmer named George Jamieson, of Hamilton Efast, appeared before Mr H.‘ A. Young, S_M., at Hamilton yes-rte;-flay, charged with leaving a number as young calves in the Hamilton saleyards witho-ut proper shelter during a coldwet night in August last. Constable Clausen said his attention was drawn to the saleyards by the noiee the calves were making. He visited the yards, and found about 45 calves. of ages that might have varied from one day to three weeks; V The)’ were in a pitiable condition. The night was one of the wildest of the year, as rain was falling heavily arid a cold, bleak wind was blowing. The floor of v the pens was lcovered _With about fwo inches of slime. Some of the animals‘ were weak from exhaustion and <-x~; posure, and prods failed to make 3 them I*ise_ - v Mr Gray, for defendant, -said it must be taken into consideration what the custom in New Zealand in regard to calves was.’ They were not usually Zhoused, but were left out in the open in a calf:paddock.‘ In the present case the sale ended very late, and fendant removed a lot of calves, but found it impossible to get those in question away that night. He therefore did what was best under the cir— \ cumstances, and sought out the bestl of the yards and placed them there.-i [Had the calves been taken away they 1 would have been put in an open pad- i dock in the ordinary way. i - Defendant said he ran a ~:boiling—l down works, and had purchased the, calves for destruction. " When he left the weather was fine, and there wu--s no wind in the pen. He removed them as early‘ as possible the following orningf . . His Worship dismissed the informa-‘ ion, remarking that the evidence bowed the defendant "could not have een reasonably expected to do more han he 'did_