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elm* food wee mot to the farm, but was notgiven
0 Mock, but defendant admitted they bad bee b sof-
jog a long time for want of food, lie said " goat a
etb ago I stopped them from having anynhp i4g but
riled faros sod stew, with what they could oh up
tithe mesdowe—the animals ware stopofrom
natural food, end he eLpeeted them to * sell-
rting. The diem said he thoaght the *ewer
not be astiodectery to the munsity., wheiupon
.an field we mm
d stop a moment, audit% VII* a atter.
be had had sotto to proclaim, ani would here.
sod it :
Dorchester, lot April, intl.
it
—The MSC id my stock being out of cienditioh arose
havii. Ind the foot and mouth disease am the
.., cows, .Imep, end pip, very severely In the a tumn,
ic watch time .bey ham not reeervered their ngth,
atularly the tomes and move. 10 Portishissi iso Wire
hods M winter, laid the mow drifted there, arid t y felt
much.
i psve been mort at keep at Porkier= for the bot month,
all Burton I have plenty of food, and more roots tIMe ree
.aesumed while they an good,—
Here was an admission at once that they felt t ‘
Jll very much, and were short of food.
Ames settle required more food when exposed to t.
' and the severity of the part moon was en ad-
..aloaal ration wl., tam, should to be Mer fa., Time
again the tba allegation that they had had tlie foot
had mouth dials& was a further reason whY they
should be supplied with more nutriment.
I have bought 20 tons at rice, I tone dates, and £2i4 worth
A eLks—
Ho could sot disprove that, but it wool& be for the
lefendant to 'how which animal' bad Lad that food,
old at what time.
And am vite willing to buy more and to manega the stock
,'nn maenquire, so I wish to keep them he seam the
'aeon will MUSS. I ant,
William llasiegat.D.
t ' .ne seeing the cows yesterday at Porteehara, I came bores
nn /ought some hay and ordered some locturtiEd, pollard
or them, and this they will have at once, The vo plenty
if cake there. I give orders to my men, Dodge, log, and
Waimea to the Issitng at the stock. I stepped the hay for all
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nit the weakest on Friday, PM March, as it was wares, and
lay were doing well. I Wee surprised to And Y they
mid gone back in coalition. Wiles Adana tells th caul.,
tee sot doing well, I fis an early day to me them. tiger
Meals are those that calved earlier. The weak lot Mom
recently calved, for some time after which they look w roe for
some days I ordered one to be kited, and thinylkth others
we be right with proper feeding Ind dose; this ap aloe to 1
Barton hem, e here I have ordered the hones n Mae orkod '
till quits M. .m. I
I was at Burton on Tuesday, 28th March.
The °Boer told him the letter wes anti:slat volume
with his statement, but, if be liked, he wo cV trmismit
It to the society. Oa the lit April Taylor saw defend.
ant again, and told him very like proceedings would
be taken, for the *Hie at both forma were oettainlY
to a Asti of starvation. A good deal of conversation
wee detailed, whleh will appear in the wane's',
Prklenee. In consequence of the allegation that the
aplinals had not 'offered from want of food, hairy.
In that eondition through the foot and mouth ,
he (Mr. Casio) wrote to Win from Londclipli7rn
when the animals were attested and bo git vas
Mem they had recovered. Mr. ILandeld cowered es
follows :

Cedar Park, Dorset, 7th April, 1871.
B,a.—ln reta..., to yours el rlaisrday, ill writa to sty that
twelve of my had lootemstenouth Messes, but many of
them were wan agaln before 1 knew what was the matter; as
It ws• believed hen that this disease did not affect horses.
BOUM have not recovered their strength yet, and hire not
worked sine., ezoept a little now and thee. (2) Lin James
Rows, veterinary anent, attended from the tith July till the
214 October. (3) 1 mean by keeping animals as well at the
season will penult, that In Line MISOIIs the food i. ler
nutritious than in others ; for instance, this year there was no
berbeem among the straw, the root, were hot and dry' and
bay was roasted before it was eat; ootwequently, stoek with
plenty of such food have thiamine:o dose wane than in others.
1 have for many years sold the South Western Ballw4y Cons-
piny from lee to 700 tone of hay, but this and the 1.4 year.!
hare not sold • single too. I here bought for my Mock, during
this trying time, 20 toos of rice, so tons of rim meal. S tons of
dates, 290 sects of Indian corn, 19 tons of locust beans, and
many tons of pollard, and not one particle of either el thee,
lots was consumesi by sheep or Lambe, 1 meuti oi this, as my
sheep being in high remain*o it may be said that the dies* or
iambs got the bulk of the artificial food. This is not, so, as
cake was the only food that was used prembcOotl47. of *hid,
I hare bought some hundreds of pounds worth. Hasty fanners
In Dorset have loin from 10 to 30 per cent, of their stock during
the last twelve months, bet 1 have been more fortunate, and
have lost eonsiderably less than 3 per cent, during the earns
period. I shall he happy to ativwer any further coquinas, sad
remain. Yours truly,
WithiAn ilairrivt.e.
John Calms, Em.
is support of the charge he Aosta e4l Mr. Fleming,
VS., of the Royal Engineers, • gentleman who stood
at the head of his profession, and the author of several
books including " Animal plague& their history, nature,
and prevention," which he proposed to hand to the
Bench.
Mr. Andrews objected. Mr. Oolam had some doubt
about his witness, sad wanted to pat is. a took to
bolster up his character.
Mr. Oolam submitted it was oompetent for him to
show the book to the magistrates.
' Mr. Coombs : You may say be erotic book, bat it
Ii not oonspetent for you to put it in to strengthen his
OTidannia YOU had better pet the book down.
Mr. Oolam, laying down the volume, "Oh well, We
mistimed my purpose."
Mr. Andrews i May Ileek silt?
Mr. Coma: Oh, nol it's soatrary to the lee of
evidense—Daughter). ,Be proceeded—De shoe show
I coin Mr. Fleng's evidence that the animals not
O Ulan* of foolsonhinautis dilseage, but tha their
eondltion Irmo from nothing less than do right
starvation. If be established that state of t gs be
.meld ask them reepeeffelly lb esselder t 18th
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mosias of the Lek B the 2ad emotion a One ot en.
inediag Lb mild be , bet by4be 18th tb Bona
if they chose weld send the defendant.° prison About
the option of • pecuniary penalty. JI the,Bsin narna
to the eonolasion the locietf did—that MAO a per.
'detest piece of cruelty, musing to those' els en
ansoaut of waning it was impassible to °pate,
and that the defendant was a wealthy mos —b t who
knowingly and wilfully Indicted this cruelty, aviag
es
the means if preventing it hi his pocket, be thought
of magistrates weed think this was a aue tha ought
to be dealt with under the 18sh section.
Henry Tailor, °Blear of the Royal Widely for the Pre-
vention if alias, to Anises'', cold: Oa thili 29th ,
Mardi I visited Pertesham farm, in the °coup ion of
the dedendaat, atioompanied by Sept. Hare. la a
meadow called Ward's close I saw nine heifers.. They
were very poor sad weak and could scarcely walk.
They appeared to be stoned. They were et@ tering
and the whole were in an esseelated cas Alen,
their bones coming through the akin, stsggslng MI
they did get along from sheer weelenesi • essay OMR
were scareely sole to move at all. Theis was little Cr
no food in the meadow, There were no troughi of any
description. Want to • meadow never the i,ouge,
where I saw 16 or 17 sows and heifers in • similar eon.
dition. These mild sanely walk many of them., There
were two standing leaning egainst • wall apparently to I
support themselves. They were aothing but skin and
bone—in a fearful stets. There was no grass. But a few
hadas sif straw lying Ara. Some of them were lyieg
dews and made two or three altsimnts fe Ilee u# as we
walked along before they could dose, In ether parts
of the farm I saw many head of cattle, some In fair
and others in lean condition. h Sahli adjoinivig there
were a great number of animals—sone in fall Goodie
Mon and others lean, but not nearly so bad as deists I
dent's. lathe farm yard I saw the bones of a cow 1
lying and being burled in a dunghill. Saw several pigs
around tits bones, ea though they had been *king the
Seib off. There was a dead ova lying in the yard,
waing bet skin end bone, * more skeleton. Saw •
live oosAying in a shod, suffering from a very bed knee
/Ant mehthymem took hold of the cows toil, and
miter ens or two attempts It eseemged to stand. tottering
end trembling. The dairyman Atkins made a long
slawswawt- I produce some food I found in • manger,
and mos animals were eatiag from it. It wes unbruised .
LTbs stuff seemed to be refuse mesterei root, Arlie, and
shopped furze, yWent to Mr. Mitofirld, told hire who I
was. end Ile,* him the nasal 004$1011. Told him I bad
. ee, Porerliam *so, fad ' • -to say I bad
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found • IrmotoM of settle in • state of starve-
P 24.4 nu very sorry indeed, but
well 0"7 in_17,26.6,..••raff. and the cattle were teen
itals ver! •••••r, ••d • wake day. Xbey have
of rood over then, but I'll ao over fin Friday if
n't mesS ne there. Ow the Rai 1 again via ted the
jam this tine
_srovaipanin by M. Coeur, veterinary
e::from Load whelk we found the own and
• fn at. ow state 411110, Me Wednesday preced-
The delatees evade the is.. anainaieett as pre-
already Defendant mined aes hies alter the
stoonevitit. I maw Madan ou 1 *pal. Twd him
that very Illuely'amt.llll4 be Ulm Iby the
losino, for the fangs were In • state of
etarration. Heinden mina .1 An Warr army, bet
kit thin len math so sonde hove hese ebort'of food
el Perteshan. Qat* sere be. man ON Re lead pre_
vtotuily rid they had pleaty of food over Users. He
edit that Wen the len neon die addle had plaav
of toed; bet Ibis I rondo you shall never ;happen
s II ow e.u.will overlook the natter W. WIN.
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Ibis man,l nu am it porwaharn retards% and
inn admit the AOC. Simla injossails Ii being a mid
agy likke Shads Ibis look ions, don't emu to
slil the vit°l•2l looked- lint-, but shoal 21 of
ohs weaken. Ini 1 trzths to see tbiak IN-
tarkTi"Wil Ma. to and bought sone
lay 4111. lessik list %In I get to-days lan
wavy II hIS kirpeee& but the fan la last a ninth ado
seooold *la frail bamboo • bas shopped
hu sad hal sod straw, mid wtul solid piek
Opts Me twoMerfs I knoll thlrfel lellalleit for them
Is link up, but the weaken have bola bet nearest
the beau tad have in a M 3. alkalis d.lljhji, go
did an aylsibaw less. I asked dialeadsn how it
wee thee Iwo wewe is meek wow
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AlWeis atVortreham farm, for I understand
that you .44 thee orders to feed the settle. Wen-
• dant replied r• I do MY 80, a1t10,411 it lii quite trUe I
do give mien toitr as to the uantlty of the iocd.!
C2l.4aleit OX lITARVINO ANIMALS. I mid they 't more bort an joon simplY. He
Afce Wili:Orri Allanfleil was summoned to the said I know hey n't giver f if tey haven't gek
Dordlcartscr- Divisional Petty 13esaista, last &ties It, bet by feedleof them up a bit ve dolibt they'll
day. before It. 0. F. Steward, Esq., .iia F. -- L. como rratede-1 asked defendant why he didn't seed
Kindersley, Maq., for cruelty to anima., at Po ham. some from Barton to Parentless farm. He answered
Sir. ',Coleus, secretary of the Society for the Ten- I see what a long way it teeter the hille, and the road!
rtie
Th
Mon of Cruelty to Animals, prosecuted, an Irtr. , e ton of hay I bought last Frlds* way thes,first I
Aiiiirews defended. • i biseoonght this season, I said your Moe is
Mr. Critelli said the charge was one of a most serio I not likely to be satisfactory, and he then sat dwn
character. Defendant occupied • very large par . j wrote a letter which he wished me to b to
Porteaham, and was a wealthy man. In ernsequen ' seen". Letter produced, es lincted in Mr. Cols
of of information given to the Gaiety by 'Swlllia openi•g eddies. Upon leolueg at it I laid thle
officer Taylor and the superintendent visited a deep toet &Ili with flue statist, %Mr M
on the 29th Sarah with Supt. Hare sad o yolueeen NAL ill .In. ken
to 50 head of cattle—their bang elacittt 90 there alto- a glass of beer. I went away. -tieesttle
gather. A.II were In very poor condition, many could yesterday at Per farm, in company with Mr.
hardly walk from sheer weakness, being little belt. r Fleming, veterinary surgeon. of London. I pointed
than living frames ;they looked dejected, miserable, and them out to hint. They are in better condition.
starved animals. In an adjoining meadow were ten Mr. Andrew,: Look at your book and tell us bow
- arrant," enewscoseirealdoes-an&_unahle to V far down you wrote in Mr. Manfield's present*?
orithtiet two or three attempts, and then scarcely --WiTnies Indlosted a plans, and, been closely quer
lib lasU. Near the bogie wove gam mairoals b• •OW Sionecp Keened part was written on Wednesday,more
-mosso state, The bailiff and dairymen, who lied been on F day, and the end on Saturday.
nukiesnared, woald prove that the stook bad been 'err. -The leek oestained • *omelet* narrative of the case,
tor la considerable time, that defendant bad been and narpotted tu be written, questian and answer, as
ally told of their sondition, and that he replied the conversation between Taylor and deleted** pr°.
will do for • Male while—leave theta slow for metal, and in Mr. Manfield's presence. Mr. Manes
le present. The caner saw the defendant, tilnicieg elicited, however, that pad ai ic was written 6a the
railway rtation, lie he

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oilier On his way to the ..... u
.way Kno.. _._, dh.
wrote the words
"shopped furze" from Mr. M
lip,. He believed be sat "chopped" and not "bralsed"
an
forge. Did not dictate to defendant the greater part
of the letter. Defendant said I should like to am Mr.
Colom, for I think if I explained the matter perwraill
it would probably outgo Into wart. He got writing
materials and I said if you wish to make an explain-
ton to lfr. Colom you hod better write • letter. Was
t.lking over the matter jest now with Supt. hltre.._ .
Showed him my book. He Urged over the leave", '
I don't think be read the statement.
Mr. Andrews: Didn't you ehow it him that he inight
read It ? 1
Witness: I woe reading my book outside the urt,
and Hare said what have you got there Taylor? said
nty evidence from begining to end, what you kite. He
said, well, what's it like 1 I banded him the boo ,and
he just turned over the leaves, and he said it'snulte
true,
Is it not false then that he only tuned over the
leaves I—No.
Then what did he mean by saying "it's quite true ?'
It had nothing to do with that.
After Hare had said it's grate true, did you have any
oonvereation with him? coY. .r. o•--- eraur-• ---
avast SIM DustOn OM& (
Neither Dr. Cherry nor Mr. Fleming had
iEn his
book. He mule eat appointment to meet Mr. field
at Ponseham Marsh BIA, and got there seen after six
in the evening. Should have got there before but he
wits ampured all day. Saw Doke and Anna. Didn't
know whether he took down whet Dodge saki. I
Are not your directions from the satiety to take down
everything stated to you?
Generally we do; it depends whether • man's • de-
fendant or a witness.
Are not your general direetione to take down all
statements both of defendants and persons employed
by them?
It depends on eirenmetaDoes.
Are they your general direetions?
We generally do it
Why didn't you do it in the use of Dodge? Some-
times we do, and sometimes we don't: we put down
often after leaving a man.
Don't you get general instructions? Not positive in-
structions, but we do it more often than not to make
sure.
What instruction, do you get? I've not got them ,
I
with me. . .
How long have you sated for the society! 'Four or 1
five years.
How man y times have you read your lustruotions ?
Perhaps half • dosen times.
And you osn't recollect whether you are to take
down all statements?
I un't recollect. ,
But, as a feet, you do invariably take down state.
aunts 1 Generally.
Did you take down the statement of Dodge? Witness
(seistehing his head) t I was thinking.
It's not • fortnight ago, you can surely toil! I might
have put some notes on paper.
Mr. Colant : He says he san't remember.
Mr. Andrew,: You let Dm alone, he's • witness of
five 704 re standing. Did you take say note.?
I can't swear whether I did or not.
Then if you have ever reseed you made any none that
ill untrue?
Yes, as to Dodge. •
Amd as to Atkins ? I took that down.
You selected one and did not take the other? Yes.
Dodge showed you the caws in the orchard, and you
won't swear whether you took any notes with reference
to Dodge, but you did of what Atkins WI?
YIN, alter,' Wt thest.
Whet have you done with the nodes? I sent up the
minutes to London.
Arc you prepared to swearrthst in those minutes you
did not note what Dodge said?
I really can't ewer, as for as that goes.
You won't my? I may have done so.
Do you recollect bodice saying in answer to Uri
Cherry, in reference biome of the *ow., looked at, that
they were chilled?
I believe he did my something about it.
Did Dodge say they were weak and of bad consiite.
Mon and be was feeding them with pollard?
Dodge said he had nothing at all to do with Unsettle,
and that was the reason I didn't take much notice of
his statement.
Didn't Dodge say they picked out those rattle because
they were very week and were givieg them pollard?
Wouldn't be sure as to the wont pollard.
Did you hear anything shout meal or bran?
I didn't hear, for I was looking at the besets most of
the time.
Did you have any oonvergetion with Dodge about the
Portland ease? No.
Will you swear that? I have no recollection oa
at
point.
o y tell Dodge Mnl Lano had been fined £5 sad
had given Rollie of appeal? No.
Did Mr. Cherry? I don't know. You were together ?
But I was not supposed to heir everything, I was away
with the cattle.
But Mr. Cherry is to speak about the cattle, it is
your businou to get up the one and make notes. Did
you ask Dodge whether bet would rather beimoned
as • witoses or a defendant?
I Uri defendant perhaps he would be
Answer my quesMon; did you asked DR wiimit
teZet
he would be summoned am • witness era Simian 1
I might have made the remark. And d not zee
toll him that if • defendant, end wink' at hung
• manager be would be sent to gaol for th months'
heed labour?
. I have no recollection, but I won't owner IC's%
Went to • field celled the Folly. Atisj did not
ask them to look over the hedge and see thri tof the
dairy cows. He thought all went to look over without
asking. Had no recollection of saying they were strong
enough they didn't want to see than:. At the Fountain
might hove said they didn't want to Imitiodget or
Atkins- Asked there to drink because I' Mid •
good deal of trouble in showing them the as
Re-exonalood: The an • fume was plead before
a cow which was feeding. All the bay he saw was
about 1 cwt. Atkins admitted that he had nothing
hu,t chopped furze and straw and a mouthful of olleake
a day to give the cattle, and that be told ilefendant
several time' they bad nothing to eat. Atkins saki he
expected some of theoattle would die, and that he hell
never had so much lif ting of abide in lam life before.
I Dr. Andrews objected to this Mr. Manfield not being
present.
Mr. Colon :The magistrates will dime:anat., taking
only what his evidence.
Mr. Andrews would not allow what could net be
received to be stated:
Witness continued that Dodge said U the cattle
had plenty of food they would be all right, because they
were healthy.
Mr. Andrews objected, and Mr. Colam proceeded as
further in that direction.
He made daily reports to Lesion, and was instructed
that when a defenUnt made a statement he was to
take down what he said word by word accurately. That
did not apply to statements of witnesses.
Kr. Andrews said the rules being printed, they mast
be produoed.
The Chairman was of opinion the reoexamineDon
was regular.
Witness: He transmitted an exact copy of that Wok
to the society.
By the Bench: Atoll report on the whole mailer
was sent by me on April lit.
Superintendent Hare, inspector of rattle for ibis
division said: On the 29th I accompanied Taylor to
rortesham farm, having beea there on the 27th, In
Ward's close were 9 heifers, some very poor indeed, and
seareely able to get up from want of food. There has
been no footendonoutla Assam reported to me there.
Several were Aunty able to reel about the field. The
field was quite bare. Sow no sign of food having been
brought there. In another meadow saw 15 or 16 cows
very poor Weed, in a starving state. There was no gnus
tbereouty more than in the other field. They were not at
all Afar as sondition is concerned like the cattle on the
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men euml,lMilOdt tfirf tutml, %thrived with,
mon did noir toWtagrWraceo fbr tin
allowed cnough.—Flued th. the allude rehae erie-eni;"'
total 4; Ir lid.--,llr Auks gave a eaution th.d&t
.Theiggflinritnite cnolivided ihirtheitietur ieoty,
for the iiien to be raftilu their ,ituAti,b., h,,t
e‘ery .inuggler c •—Tbe Mare rimundoi '
that it would have been a peat deal more Ar.‘414,1
be bad answered the uglier truthfully elite
Nr Nostrum said bu did nut balk, thgt
' loaners, be thought It had been c,ineralol WI his a,
someone else when he wag drunk. —Mr C.,thacn
hate the reepetuibility T—Mr Newman : 011
toren : Then we bad bettor eay nothing %boat '1
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