Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-28
LIST OF CONVICTIONS

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LIST OF CONVICTIONS.
! Oyerdr.vlng mule. hne s..
. Beating mule fine $ll.
2. striking steer with Il piece OF cord
wood. fine So.
I. beating and maltreating horse. one
day IN jail ,-
8. Driving horse across open trestle'
fine s.. ,.-.
{. Driving 10 exhaustion and maltfeat-
Ing horse. fine SO.
:. Running and Boating morse Io1 seven
hours fine 50.
g Driving horse to exhaustion. fine so.
9. Cruelty breaking dogs les, fine go.
10. Overlooking. fine 500.
u. Overlooking. fine 80.
T. Overlooking. fine SO
T.. Cruelty killing cat. fine -.
IT, Oycrdriyng. me s..
l.. Fast driving and whipping crueIy'
thirty DAYS in jail.
l5 sticking needles, for anus ament. MO
horses AMI mules, thirty DAYS IN jail
L. Overdriying horse. fine So
is Abandoning horse for seventeen
hours. nne g..
10 Abandoning horse for seventeen
hours. fine 81. .
bord forfeited.
y
Seventh Casc-This was a case in which
q horse attached to a buggy was com
pletely exhausted from Dinnins and beng
bcAtrn for seven consecutive hours.
Eighth Casc-Ncry timiiar 90 the above.
Horse was unable 10 b. worked for three
days.
Sixteenth Case--This was a case OF a
ncgro boy who. for amusement, was stick
Ing needles into horses and mules stand
4
lions ~ veterinary surgeons T. extract
these needles.
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Case-Thi3
was an instance where two mon ab1n-
douci a horse for seventeen hours. on
ono OF tn. hottest days OF last summer.
without food or water or shelter.
INSTANCES OF CRUELTY.
viii cite briefly few examples. which
are not given, as instances oi extreme
cruelty. though some Of them are 50.
hut rather as examples OF '.hc daily Work
Of the society.
An old horse had a wooden wedge driven
between his teeth, pressing the gum Go
prevent cr1bhing, II was s4iD. which
remained so long that II caused the bone
10 become diseased, making dreadful
running sore. The man left the city as
soon as he found We were after him.
\ horse lost the outer shell Of his
hoOf by Inflammation, and then w.encnei
on the inner part. or quick. while IN MS
stall. The owner lett the poor beast IN
this condition for ten days before he
would allow 1t to be killed.
A splendid mule, with a seVcrely-inJurei
back, was allowed 70 remain al night
in "a puddle Of water a few inches deep.
The next morning ice had formed on the
water
Cow. with crushed hook, bone sticking
through the skin incurable. owner sell
ing milk from her, who had 10 be taken
before the Police Court before he would
allow us TO end her suiferings.
Two mules TO delivery wagon, worked
from Saturday at \. NJ. 10 sunday at
3 T.. NJ. Cwenty hours only feeding one
quart OF oats in the interval.
4 team Of three mules. OF which the
leader had eleven whip-marks on head
and neck. five on his side, which had
drawn blood, had abcess on jaw as large
as a small orange caused by the bit,
and raw gall under harness three by four
inches The off mule had raw sores on
hook caused by sngletree. The saddle
mule besides having several large gals
under harness and collar had spur soreo
both sides four by eleven inches, full
Of pus and swollen dn inch from the
body.
THE SOCIETY'S FINANCES.
During the year the receipts from MEM
bershlp fees were S}9S; contributions,
yB33; making a total Of $5il.33. The ex-
penses for the same zine were Si0.Gl.
| consider the above sum of money en-
tireIy iradequate TO carry on the work OF
the society as IL should be. The impair
tial and successful work Of your board
has Induced the public TO regard the So
ciety as the main agent for the suppress
sion OF cruelty to animals In this city,
and / feel confident the public Will sus-
tain US when proper appeal is made 10
IL by our Finance Committee. The board
will not shrink from its onerous duties
so long as they receive the countenance
and support OF benevolent persons.
THE LEGISLATION SECURED.
The anti-cruelty bill which was passed
by the last Legislature is an enlargement
OF the existing law on the subject. and
defines in what cruelty to animals con-
sists. and provides that the officers or
agents Of the society. whose appointment
as such has been approved in writing by
the Mayor Of the city or Judge OF the