CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
CHAEiGE AGAINST WOMAN AND ' GIRL. ". : ,' / . > ~,„; By Telegraph.—Press Aasocutioa. Dunedin, Friday. At the Port Chahnera' Police Court to-day, a woman named Emily Duekmanton, and a girl aged 15 years, were charged with cruelly ill-treating two cows, the property of Kate Beatrice Johnstone, by applying some blistering preparation to their teats. A plea of not guilty was entered. The evidence for the prosecution showed that <;omplainant, who resides at 'Portobello, and whose husband is at the Dardanelles, had given Mrs Ducknranton permission to drive t,ho cows through her paddock, but the privilege was withdrawn owing to It being abused. On August 1(9 complainant found the teats of the cows blistered by some irritant which caused them severe suffering and seriously affected their value. The girl accused admitted putting some ointment on the eow'a teats for a lark at the instigation of the older accused, but Mrs. Duekmanton denied having taken any part in the incident. The case against Mrs. Duckmanton was dismissed, but the girl was convicted and remanded till Thursday for sentence.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1915, Page 2
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174CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1915, Page 2
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