POLICE COUR.—This Day.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4963, 5 December 1884, Page 3

POLICE COUR.—This Day.

(Before H. Xenrick, Esq., E.M.) HOTJSL DISTUBBANC;.

Robt. Comer was charged with having permuted quarrelsome conduct in the Hauruki Ho el, Kirikiri, on the night of the 220 d November.

Mr Mi!?er apner.rcd for the f reused, and pleaded not guilty, sccep'ing the evidence given on Monday Jest in the case Knsor r. W. Comer, as applying to this action. He asked tbe Bench, however, to take as lenient a view of the case as possible, as his client hed hitherto borne a good character, and for the past 'wo years there bed been no complaints against tbe conduct of his house.

His Worship said the evidence bad disclosed a very unde?irable state of affairs on the night in question ; there hsd evidently been a lot of dripkiog," and though the evidence was rather contradictory, it was plain that a row bad taken place, and also that, by the hands of some person, a man had received severe injuries. He person* ally regretted that he had to deal with such a case as the one before him. Taking into consideration, however, the accused's previous character, and the fact that this was his first offence, be would not inflict the extreme penalty, but would impose a fine of £10 ai?d costs, and »rder the conviction to be endorsed on the license. CBUELTY TO ANIMALS. Charles Wright was charged, on the information of Constable O'Brien, with illtreating a horse on the 28th November. Constable O'Brien deposfd to seeing the horse referred to on the date in question. The animal had a large sore under tbe girths, which were tightly buckled. The aninlal was old, pnd in poor condition. There were also two raw sores on the fore legs. Defendant admitted that he had ridden the horse from the Kauaeranga bush, and was going to turn it out to grass. He also said it was impossible, owing to the rough country traversed, to work pack-h©rses without them getting sores. To defendant: The sore under the girths was larger than a crown-piece; it was evidently an old one, aDd was partly covered,by the girths, which so far as he could see had not been cut away so as not to touch the wounded place. Constable Christie gave corroborative evidence.

Defendant said the horse had not been worked for 10 days previous to the one mentioned ; and tbe wound looked almost well when he mounted it, but in riding •down the girths aggravated tbe wound, and made it look worse than it really was. The horse, otherwise than tbe wound, was in a thoroughly fit condition to be ridden. F. C. Dean deposed that he knew the horse, and had seen it on the day in question; the horse was well fed, and with the exception of the girth-gall was perfectly fit to be ridden. The girths had been cut away so as not to touch the wound more than possible. His Worship said the evidence showed that tbe animal was in a fit condition to be ridden with the exception of the girthgall, but the defendant had shown cruelty in not taking more care, as girth-galls could easily be prevented even in very rough'country by proper attention being paid to the girths. He would inflict a fine of 10s and costs, 17s.

This concluded the business.