THE LATE SHEEP CASE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1210, 23 October 1882, Page 2

THE LATE SHEEP CASE.

* TO THE EDITOK. . Sin,—Will you kindly inform mo why it is that you fully reported tha eviiience for the prosecution in the case Sutton v Donald, and almost entirely omitted that for the defence.. According to your 'report I think the Court should have inflicted the highest penalty as none of the | accusations were apparently refuted. Whereas the ruling, of the Court clearly showed that I had taken all reasonable steps for cleaning my sheep and. tliat whatever I htjd doiip the result woujd l)avo been the if fhe Inspector cjiopp to swear that hp was not satisJ}ed. J cor): sider the case as it BijqiJa p.nd tl)e curtailed report which appeared in yogr paper are so damaging to my as a sheep farmer among njy neighbors that it is impossibje for me now to lgt thp matter rgst lyhpre if is, Mffli&r. D. PONALIt, P.B.—The Court clearly undpratoqd that it was impossible for me to bring evidonqo in support of my own statement wB as the case was brought on during thg middle of my shearing, which I should ' have been superintending instead of waiting on Mr Sutton. D.D. |We should be sorry to do Mr Donald any injustice by our report, and he is quite welcome to make use of our space in giving such explanation as he may desire. Cases are sometimes spun out to such a length in our R.M. Court that the reports of the concluding portions of them Jjaye to be very much con-deused.-El). W.Di] "'-I < ..