CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
MILCH COWS SHOT. _— OAOI NOT .ÜBTAIHID. CHIEF WITNESS‘ ADMISSION. 1 At the S..'\t. Court. 'l'e Arena, on Friday before Mr F. H. Levien. S..\t.. a charge of cruelty to animals was heard against Frederlck \Vallace \Valker. a young tlrm ‘asslstant. nl‘ \\'alorongomai. who was represented by Mr J. C. Carroll. Constable )lonson deposed that following the discovery of shotgun pellets in the hindqunrtt‘rs and udders or four cows. accused had subsequently admitted to an independent wltness that he had been responslble for the, shooting. . Joseph ucruvlch. \\'ho leased a section ot‘hlll country at. \Valorougomal. some}tlmes allowed his cows to graze on the treads ir feed was short. On February ‘l4 he mum in the eveninw that four were 'sulrerlm: irom shutgnn wounds. The pnl:ice were notified. and in their present-e lpellets were extracted. In one cow there .\rere 35 \\'ounllS. in another 9: and in twu ‘others llvc and six resportirely. Reports from a Run had been heard in the neighbourhood. and a neighhnnr‘s sorr alleged that \V'alker had threatened to shoot the cows. Accused had denied all knowledka or the matter. but later had allegedly made a statement w a fellow employee admittinw the art. Joseph Bexovlrh gave evidence to the eitect that the wound; were caused by I shotgun. The animals were in milk. but owing to the wounds and loss ol’ conditlnn had not hren‘ pmntahlo ilnce. He went clown to sec ““211er mu lhe evening of the orrnrrenro. hut hurl lwnn ordered out. “'alkcr :icrlarmp lu- that not been responsible for the shnunne. Cross-examined In Mr Carroll. wltness admitted ht‘ had always been on good terms with \\'alker. and had spent a gourl portlnn or the “10”]an of February H ‘\\'lth thL l E. B. smith stated that the day before the incident when driving a mixed herd of rattle, Includinz Fisher's and Begovich‘s. anti [\\'o llelongmg to bls t‘amtly. \\'alker had told him he would shoot the lot 11‘ they wandered on to Fisher's place again. .\l. Black. the prim-ma] wltness. employed at Fisher‘s. stated \\’alker wal go'zng to ~~hout Begmirnk cows 1! they came run in I‘liher'a un'i he afterwards said \\Valker had dom- so. ‘ fir.)<:—n\-annrl-=1 hx .\lr LRH'O", witness lftrr\\'aril< nllreetl ll \\ .1~ 1| made-up story. ‘He tlmnml in.” “Walker lul threatened him :mr gmnzr information: lw Ihe pullue, who he had tnlnl nlwnt \\‘ullu-r‘n Iln-eat~. ‘ Olli‘rllulll‘d ln' tIH- \I:Illl.~lt‘.’llt!, tlu‘ \\'lt—- “(~- math- l'nr:h»|~ mmrmlwtory state~ nu-nh‘. \\lnrll :wi \lr l"\‘|"l‘. t‘ sm- he. mum nut plnre any Hl‘vztl rl'hrnu‘p 0‘“ m 3 Univ-numb ni' \\llnv~~. and he \\unlnl dl3‘nnv tltv case. l _‘fi
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19882, 11 May 1936, Page 10
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434CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19882, 11 May 1936, Page 10
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