The Telegram. — 1895-08-20 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

ALLEGED CRUEL TO A HORSE. Thomas Pile, son of a fanner, of Abbey Farm, Cenie Alibas, and Aij red Itelt, a lad, were suiumoned for illtreating a horse.- Inspector Warr, H.S.P.C.A., prosecuted, and Mt. T. Coomlw tiefended.—The inspector said the case was not an ordinary one of a nail working a horse in an unfit state, but he Was charged with causing the animal to travel when lame unharnessed. At the last Horse Fair, on the 6th August, Mr. James Horniblow, butcher, of St. Mary Street, Weymouth, puts horse in the auction for sale. It was ultimately bought in and then Pile went to Hornihlow to negothite about this animal and they agreed to exchange horses. Defendants horse was not then tit the town. Horn iblow allowed the defendant to rile the horse home to Cerne, and arrangements were made for the defendant to send his horse frotn Cerne Abbas to Dorchester the next morning. The horse was then sent in to Dorehester, and it was then found to be excessively lame on both hind legs and was "literally being hauled along by a donkey ;" and it had difficulty in travelling.—James Horitiblow. of Weymouth, gave eVideTICC as to the lameness of the horse, and saki there were sores on the back. It was not in a fit state to travel from I 'erne to Dorehester.—Cross-examined his Mr. Coombs 1 The horse had a shoe offi and that might have partly caused the mischief. Wttneas thought that some of the sores on the legs might have been caused by barbed wire. —Henry Bascombe, a draper. of Cove Road. Weymouth ; John Willr.ott, shoe, smith, of London Bowl, Dorchester ; Inspector Warr, and P.C. Miller gave evidence for the prosecution.— Warr thought that sonic of the lacerations were caused by. the horse being " staked" whilst atrempting jump a fence.—Mr. Coombs stated that the case into been grossly els:were:A:J. snit talicd stveral witnesses who corroborsted.—The Bench fined Pile £2, including costs. The rase sgaMat Belt was dismissed.  M.. Krir H..id:e oarted n torday for the United States, where he is about to nuke a lecturing tour.  Dr. George John Bennett, of the Royal Academy of Music, has accepted the post of organist at Lincoln Cathedral.  Advice s from Liberia, per West African steamer, state that Mrd. Brierley, the olditst missionary there, has died after thirty-five years' labour. It is rumoured that Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley will be appointed to the command of the Atinv ft a period of Ave years, dating from October let, 1895.  A large watch factory has been started in Japan, and several workinen have left Coventry for that country.  During the celebration of the relief of Derry, on Monday, an apprentice buy named Holland wee struck by an axplodirg mortar and killed. Three cases of suicide occurred at Leicester on Monday, two women and a luau having taken their lives within a couple of hours of each other.  A swarm of bees took tmeeession of Newton Ferrer e parish church, near Plymouth, on Sunday evening, and the service had to almndoned.  Earl Spencer, since he has left the Admiralty, has taken to cycling, And now frequently indulges in a spin in Althorn Pink on • pneumatic safety. Mabel Stanley, elms Mille ti, an actress, was remanded on Monday charged ,smith mtealiog jewellery valued at nearly £6OO, the property of Lilian  A milk carrier, named liinxii•an. of Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, wi -. seizi,d wish giddiness, and fell under his cart, the wheel passing over his back, causing his death.  Lord Norton is rentoring Cord North (Attach, Warwickshme, at it cool of £15,000, "at a thankoffering au God on entering the ninth decade of hie life in 'width and strength."  The Duke of Norfolk isconsidering An invitation to become Mayor of Sheffield during the coming year, when a Royal volt for the opiming of the new municipal bulding e anticipated.  Wm. Font agricultural latiourer, wail killed by lightaing a Alftiatuti, sear f....•wittaiiirne, on Saturday nigbt. His wife, who we, walktug arm-in-arm with ban, wee knocked down,but recovered.  At Dover, on Monday, tile borough coroner severely censured the parents of a child named Itlarikell, which the jury found was suffocated by being rive, lain by It* mother while in a 'tote of intoxication.  A day or two ago William Hyde, aged 72, was fouud lying in a serious o.ndition on the Einscote Road, Warwick, and was conveyed to the workhouse. He died on Sunday, but before dying admitted having swallowed 4s 61 in money. . _ .  .• A Boys