The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-31 00:00:00

PROSECUIION OF A LADY FOR GROSS

CRUELTY.

KINOSCLERII, HANTS, MAW' 30.
At the petty leak= held hare this day, iliac
Emelt' Frames 0 trdoa, • lady of property reeding at
Baeghurst, stated to be tie daughter of • Biota baronet
appeared marirer ea lahruratio• profaned et the iaetaat; '
of the Royal Seriety ter the Pomades of Cruelty to
galosh, eharglaghse with kerb, at. ill-trealed sad
tertared • pays lbe 3311 et Folinttry bat:

Thefts. we tae drool's, Meetly, and the otessea-
Sanas having boom grass* knows in the selghbesr-
bood, the obssne wee desseb erawded during dp hew
Ogaden. Mr. its i.gi. Fete/. presided ; &moms
the other neegistrases on ho Wash were Mr. W. Wore
sill, Mr. E. Currie, Mr. W. Mouse. sad Mr. .
Arbuthnot.
The intennation having bona read by the clerk,
Mies Gordo., who appeared in wart elegantly attired, la-
famed the beesh that although the charge against her bad
bees seek exaggerated, she had determined to plead guilty.
Tee booth would therefore only have to pronounce their
decision me the sue and she was prepared to pay any fine
Mat might be imposed upon her.
. For the presenters it was urged that the bench could not
properly apportion the restatement without knowiag soros-
this, of the eironmetances of the use, the hots of which
wets, that Miss Gordo. was a lady dimple means, residing
is the neighbouring village of Bsughant. Os the 23rd
ultimo, during a heavy fall of snow, she left her boom in a
posy phaeton for Kingston, and on the return journey,
is cosesquesos of some diMonlty in Fatties the salmi
along she alighted, and, with a thick stick, be-
laboured it about the head sad seek, sad sub...qn.:ntiy
formed the end of the stick up its nostrils sod into" it.
most with great violence. At another point of tliejosesey
she tied the posy up to a rail by the roaddda, sus Let it
etendiog simmered for two hours. Oa returning to !'",
teenage she was observed to take essetking from her polka%
and seethe the posy with it several tiara, the &shad plaep
telostly as the blows Mil upon it. Oa her arrival at
Basibuset she called a lad named Msyliog, her stable-
boy, and desired his to bold the pony's head while
she "served it out." The boy saw defendant bad an
open chap knife la her !sad, sad fearing what might
happen, ratted • few pets, spoil which Miss Gordon
tatted the reins with her Wt hand, and with her right
lobbed the kith We. the posy's nostrils, sad about is
mouth. The bleed lewd impiously upon tbe snow, and
after delsedant bad modest Maytag called the Moldiest at
his teases. Mr. Holden, to the state of the animal. Mr.
Mesas head Mesta sods is various parts of the
body, some dye or at Wise Is length, and upon the back,
use the tall, lees • deep slob. This gentlemen felt it his
duty to ripest the ease to timbal police, who bad, in torn,
asked the smitesse of the moiety, who felt that it was a
ism whisk demanded the Intent isvestlistlos, and, if
pros* Ohm miessel pienhiesest. Posher the leinesessebosto
ties el the witams's mathiseay would be as impeedes of the
posy, whisk ems sow, five weeks after the ille
presented a seloortie appearance, and gave evideneirenoof
the terms It bed seared. It had Nen brought he Kings-
elms by its pewat owner, to whom Miss Geodes hid sold
it es des7sd a Mani, when she acouunted fer the wounds
The` that they bad been caused by a nail ia thiselskls
hosed gestlessan who. conducted the ease lee the
misty somisiled by urging upon the bench that, If sea
thew/140km of the penal claws of the act of parliament
was 'died Ihr, the present ems demanded IR A peeasiory
tine west ready be no punishment at all for • person in
Miss Geodes% mita' ; and m well for the sake of 'sample
as foe the '-'stews of the enmity charged, he urged that
&treadmill shield be MemmitteL _ _ _

se al*Widths* slow' having been fully proved by the
ver witheloot,
Miss Gerdes, in entennation, dad ared Mat her pony being
a;sealemed aka bad both Mid of two cares ; the one
was to apply a het bon to the raisers hacks, and the other
to cat slightly the thinsl sear the Auk and apply • little
sloped'', to the wooed'. She admittod the had cut the
pony, sad that it was her intention to have applied some
turpontias seat day. If it was wrong she was sorry, sad
would undertake not to do so again. She conigaded by
rosarking that she was prepared to pay any fins that might
be inilleted upon her.
The 'magistrates having left the mart to examine the posy
romaised in deliberation some dam, mad es returning Lilo
mart,
Mr. raid said tits bona bads( talus great pain to
arrive at a comet esedesies upon the use, rftrettod
esedligly that a pen= In defendant's withn should have
boss dearly proved guilty of cruelty to a brute animal.
The bench wore willing to believe to Dome indent the story
d.f.ndsut bad told, mod they thought it protsblo that she
might have sated es bed advice glass to her by improper
parties. They mold net, however eon. to any other con-
clusion than that defeadsat bad bias guilty of groat cruelty
to the posy, and musiderlag that they should not be jar
tilled is passing trier the antes lightly, the sentence was
that she pay a Ilse of 6L, or in default be committed for one
month.

to as application for mete, the Wash declined to
!sake any other than the anal order for mete of the mutt,
but on ite being represented that is each an event the pay-
ment of the with/sass would fell spot the moiety, the
magistrates reconsidered their decision, mid ultimately or-
dered Kim Gordon to pey IL 9s. costs in oddities" to the
penalty.
The defendant threw down a 101. note, and receiviag the
change, walked out of court in the most meoncerned
Insimeer.