The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-10 00:00:00

CRUELTY TO A MARE.

Junes Cher lee Parker, s youth. pie.4.l guilty to
cruelly treating a mare belonging to William Walter
Pginm, of Duobeeter. on the 174. h Hwy.—Defendant
sold be bad rewired orders from Mr. Poach to drive
the bores, he knowing it wee not.fit for work.

There was Ida./ • argues what Mr. Peach. as the
owner of the mars, for causing it to be used cruelly.
—Mr. Perry S. &met appeared for the defence.—
Hr. Sopt. Coward said on Saturday afternoon laid be
saw defendant's van in High Wast•etreet, drawn by •
bay mare, in °huge of Parker. Witness notioal tim
animal was very lame, and he stopped the yea. On
examination he found under toe kne•-cape two large
wounds on the knee, about the size of • form. He
also found the oft-shoulder swollen, and very much
Inflamed and tender. The animal appeared unfit for
work. He sent for Mr. Veneer, and be examined the
horse in the defendant's presume. Kr. Vessey gave
lie opinion that the animal was unfit for work.
Defendant said be had rested the horse four or five
days, but he bad worked it the last week.
Cross-examined: It was a light spring van the
horse was drawing. He did not ask Parker to take
the animal out there and then, as Mr. Varney had
told him it would not hurt to take it home.
Mr. Vealey, R.0.V.5., said on Saturday last be
saw the mars in Alingt ...street. lie examined it In
the defendant's preeenet, and found both kesse
broken. There warn also extensive swelling from the
foot to the shoulder, and especially from the knee
upward. There was °molder/able inflammation of the
muscles of the arm, and they wet miry painful to the
touch. There were also ter) other wounds on the
arm, not quite healed. The aaimal was not fit to
work.
By Inspector Wan': Eternise would not be
beneficial to the mare, and it would cause pain.
Cross-examined by Mr. Street: Rest is absolutely
nemeany for infleminsuon. He saw the mare
mitered from string halt. He oho .1,1 not 'by it was
a gross case of cruelty, but the defendant must have
known Ms horse was suffering, as the inilammatioe
was so very visible.
Mr. Spooner, 11.1t.0.V.5., of the Royal Home
Artillyry, dsp amid he saw the animal on the 19:13.
She was than under treatment. She was unfit for
work °et-Misty, end Judging from the treatment she
was unfit for work on the 1711.

°rose-examined It would not be possible for • man
to have seat out the animal and not have known she
was suffering. String halt would not have the affect
of making the animal lamer than she really was.
String halt is not painful.
loepector Wert said that on the 19th of May he saw
Ile Poach. an I he admitted the animal was working
y hi, ,:rders. Witnem went and saw the mere. It
was ia bi. opiaion unfit for work, as any or Unary
obeirver oouli see,
Mr, W. B. Martin, IL 1i.C.V.5.,1d. aseigeat to
Mr. Lipscomb', said on the 17th he examlned the
mars. He found she bed fallen down cad injured
both knave and the off fore leg. In him opinion slow
work would not be an act of cruelty. The mare hod
string halt whiuh would OMNI it to appear Lerner than
she really wait
Mr. Street aubmitted there was• conflict of medical
testimony,
The Bench dismissed the summons against Porker
on paym-nt of cost.; with regard to Peach, the Moor
said they considered it • very proper o•ae t be
brought. As it wee not a grime Alsace, they could
inflict the penalty of 25.., including come.
There were several cruelty and other cases to be
disposed of as we wont to prom