The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-06-24 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH,
GROSS CRUELTY TO A HORSE

At the Baroufh Polins-eourt en Monday, beton the
Mayor (Mr. G. Eliot.% Mr. J. E. Robin% and Mr T.
Abbott, two brothers. name I Joke and ti•bcri
was charged wan cruelly ill-keeluog • pony is I ergs,
the 17th ot June.
Ur. Ilowani, representing the S stets' for the Prevents
of Cr ueity to Aramaic appeared for the pr,mention In
openiug the case Mr. Howard said he did as wet In
strain It. cows but, at way all knew, amiable sell as
speak for themselves, and one of the best swats sew
Passed wee the Act of Parliament which was is swat
poor dumb arum de being served brutally end seedy. Ile
then tin, fly statel Lb. 'WU. which will be isenst frow
the foliowing evidence :
Supt. Vickery was Snit sworn. He deemed as Tat*
last from information he mceived he went le Gump
strew, and na a stable be found an old posy. lie. a s
very low condition, blind in the near eye. sad mUs hp
toots were several wounds, with blood isseseet
the shin. also irons the fetlock.% and the basal the Is_
The blood was quite Hush. The pony was yin ewe sod
tender, and evidently sell swing groat pain. Mt. Dfaa
the vetennsry surgeon, also examined the morsel. le tee
evening be went again tr the stable, and the deietslms
were tber. The 1•014.• i•g• had been washed. Ile uis
them he had been informed that it bad been beaus with
a heavy stack; but this they denied, nod mid they bed
only given it a stroke or two with the lash stow
because it jibbed. The pony wen one of two which led
been bought a." Purtsnionui.

--ITr. James Heed said be wan mama. He was working
at Greenhill on the day in question, and errand ma ere
&leo winking there at the some tune. lie mw the dela.
Janis with the pony in • I our•eheel ersekan. He saw the
pony stop, and John linrditch. who had • large fraud-
&eh suck with • knob on it. struck it three or tour Woo
on the robe with the butt end it the dick. He dealt the
blows as hard us he could. kthert held the reins the
whole or the time. The pony theu cent on till they got
out and beat the pony for don upn twenty minutes. from
Csalbsidges house down to the old toll-bar tons.
He knocked It down no Lem thin sax tins..! He would
strike one leg till the poor thing was obliged to held it sp.
and he would then strike it on the other, and it we thee
obliged to fall forward. Witness stoat on the hill sad
watched the whole affair. The pony Cu then tweed
round, and the degendant John Bowditch struck it down
again. He continued beating at, an,i witness then lelt and
wont to get a policeman to see it he could not bars the
cruelty stopped. Hie man also witnessed it. Robert
stayed in the *wow the whole of the nine sad held the
re!RL.

-.117-alter Kind and George Serer. both corroborated the
staktrum t of the last witness.
If.. Dying, veterinary surgeon, said os Tuteadar Mood
be examined the pony, and found on the Dear bass sad
the two fetlock jointa bleeding wounds, which meld be
caused by the animal falling to the droned There tray
also three other wounds which mum have been ceased by
blows or kicks. There was considerable swelling at Yr
back part of the leg which wee veep painful to the Meek
The pony held its head on one ode,. list had remind a
blow on it The blood was fresh cc all the wove The
Pony wee very aged, and blind in one eye. Hs had sem
the pony that morning, and it was cull soder* "ft
severely from the trimmest it had received It mete
not be fit to do any work for a fortnight, for a road
hardly move that morning. FrOCIA the state it me to
when he first saw Nit mum have been most unourcifsbY
served. The teaderness could not hare bees kam
blistering, aa the legs were more tender that der tb"
when be first saw
Tbe magistrate@ here inspected thraldom!, winch Wild
in a wretched condition. It was very nada sad
apparently unable to bear the slighted toatik
Upon resuming the case, Sergeant Ap.ry vr".
and mid on Tiseeday movelog, between stereo los wen%
In consequence of what Mr. Reed told him, 'ae vest "
Greenhiii. He saw the place' where a horse bad
struggling in the road, and marlu se if., "
ha I fallen down. lii the evening, in enem 11
y with „...
Bartlett, be went to the stable in Geourgndrest sad_,L`,
the pony there. Thom were marks on its lags ww" 7,
bed been beaten. He stated the e.acurostsame to de
SuPerintoadent, who sent for Mr. Dring tt__,""wlgtb;
"ponyhwjituhninsibee, buß°4lstiwtvirea'adilteadelheydbekWialuegrailiLotbldiridenPailL'ytoth;:ndb.""l".bstsa"bad ce.al bushel l-
not get it to move. He was obliged maks it CO
.tf,
beanie other vehicle wanted to sewlii did
cause the animal to fell down bat it inional 1101.41 OreW
man Hobert said be had no hand in the credith
but wad in the waggon Iles whole of the time habbal tat
reins.
The Mayor said the Hem+ had heard all OM "in!
say, but In their opinion they had not said • end
was in any shape or form a juatiflcatioa of as ww
horrible cruelty which they bed been tear of
the Poor. Aabosigubeweeonthellenchhe"—r-
aisers consider it his duty (and he ,ra4 ggri
"atm agreed with him in his determinatingl
very severely MI came of unwarrantabiscresitYls,..,,,„,-
Tbe animals could not defend themealves ; bat "TX:
to the good laws of this country it was in the eotrwo_l4=
meglatratee to defend them, and they WI! "Ml,
determined to do so In emery Clia. -
could. They were disposed to show no $OOll2O
to men who were accustomed to the wte__at
animate, because, dell men, they were tharA she ow_.
to understand how to Head them sad to les pearrideow
kinds,m in dealing with them. Tha difeedasee *lt
both men accustomed to animala. thinforelthddiattl
have known that such cruelty so thos hot bee
walla
had no mime or justificatio,. TM
take into consideration that kohord did iog Meilen&
deal the blows, and would Poem mob ooso digsrsedd..,
In the sentence. John wield be smitawtaa Id
labour for two month. cad &ben to boo labour 1w
month. The Bench einumended Hr. R•l4 the
tW
would aceor
men for their aglimi hi the dismod. ood *Nov expres"
dly ouoioot
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Thomas Ashford, of • oon. a a Kr.
June 51. et North Sonsre, Dorchester, the U. ^
J. Yarrin Lock, of • son.

MARRIAGE.
Junelo t th• village church. TowWeld* 13.6"
third dauichter of Mr. J Spicer. of Tasersirriiiin
A.rthor, sieond sun of Mr. Corbin, of Bournentouth.

DZATBIB.
Mi,Di. at L•lellEnow-street. Portsmouth. Mr. "1.0
'-"nbuDon. aged 55 years.
Jose 14. at Grooming's-yard Dorchester. ID. F. Dantr.
Mid 55 ream
Jung 184. at Lts!sad-street. roJe. mu a 1"1".
seed M.

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