The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-14

keeper at the outset, then a mechanic generally running behind on his con- tracts, a frequenter of saloons nightly, a man who got drunk and into fights Gin one of which the combatants rolled into the creek), who spent his sub stance in .'gambling hells,'' and was an altogether indifferent husband. Again, we would believe that Mrs. Morris was assaulted and beaten .'b1ack and b1ue' by plaintiffs fists. Contra, that she got ''whooping drunk" was making a spectacle of herself in the front yard, and when in that pickle plaintiff, with manly gem tleness tried to take her into the house to hide her shame. One anus ing incident which oceurured is re at- ed by the court as follows: .'The scy- thfans, it is said. ate their grand mothers when through with the old ladies, but Mrs. Meister would not even touch hers in extremis. She also hats (and heads). Vide the follow ing: After testifying that Grandfather O'ROurke called her pretty bad names, she said she picked up brick: threw this point the witness without leave, left the stand and courtroom appar- ently unseen by counsel, who, busy obJecting and saving exceptions, had other fish to fry than to watch her
 m ovements. We think so because we find that MT. Boyd. counsel for de- ation began a question as follows: I will ask the question: Thereat, in terrupting, the court said: Well, the witness is~gone now. MT. Boyd.' The decree of the court is that the ev1- dence fails to establish a resulting trust, and judgment for plaintiff is re- versed.
 CRUELTY TO ANIMALs.-Does cruelty to turtles fall within the stat ute prohibiting cruelty to animals? Downs. 1s6 New York Supplement, 40. Some time in March, 1911, six ty-fve. green turtles were shipped from Cuba on a steamship with their together on each side by means of rope passing through the perforation. Each of these turtles was placed on its back or shell on the deck of the mitted to remain until the ship reach ed New York. The captain of the steamship was then prosecuted under the penal law of New York for cruel ty to animals, the charge being that he had caused these turtles unneces- sary and unjustifiable pain and sllf- quiry is. Is a turtle an animal? The statute of New York defines an an- 1mal as not including the human race, but every other living creature. Not cies of reptile, the court holds that turtle is included in this definition. The next question taken up is, Was pain inflicted? The City
 
 have the nose perforated and ring placed in it; ears of calves are sirn1- larly treated; chickens are crowded into freight cars; codfish is taken out of the waters and thrown into barrels of ice, and sold on the market as live cod; eels have been known to squirm in the frying pan; and snails Holsters, and crabs are thrown into boiling water. Irrespective of the devious means that might be adopt ed to destroy life before these cruel ties nPrnPtratp no one has raised a voice in protest The Emperor Augustus nearly externinated peacocks to re- gale himself in Rome with their brains. To-day the world would hold their death unjustifable. Then again juries and magistrates of different To- ca1ities. race, or education with va rying ideas of taste and cuisine, may hold widely divergent ideas as to whether the improved flavor of lob sters boiled alive makes such torture 'justif1able.' The court concludes that the question was for the jury. It is ordered that the captain be committed to the warden and keeper of the city prison until he give bail.