BY-LAW CASES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 162, 2 April 1908, Page 4

BY-LAW CASES.

.: (Before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M.) v; ' ALLEGED. DIRTY MILK . CANS , CASE : FOR THE PROSECUTION- FAILS. ~ -Henry Stephen Lake, dairyman, pleaded not gujlty. .to'. a Tcharge,. laid . by. the.Stock Department ,of using /a,,can for distributing milk,/such, can not being, cleaned within four hours .of. using the same. Mr. D. M. Findlay appeared, for the Department, niuV Mr. Clair for, the defence. , Henry Ward; dairy inspector, deposed that he was'at, Mungaroa on March ,3; where ho found h i milk can with two brass labels on. One label 'bore,-the namo "E. Burre'll, Mungaroa," and the other the name "Orsborno and Lake, Wellington." The can was in a very dirty condition,and .had apparently contained milk. It cculd not have,got into such a condition in one day. Ernest E.. Uurroll, farmer, Wallacevilie. stated that lie . used to supply Orsborno. and Lako with milk some .months ago, and was still supplying Lake. .The .can. .in. question belonged .to witness. He had sent, it to Orsborne arid . Lake about four months] ago, and had not seen it since. In cross-exaimn;

■' ' 1 ation, witness stated that: the can' was •' ' - labelled " Mungaroa through mistake j on tho part of tho tinsmith, who placed that label on instoad of Wallaceville. Witness had no idea who had been using the .can in the interval. . - Evidence v.-as also given that : milk cans often . went astray, and were. sometimes used by,-parties other than thAse to. whom they belonged. For. instance, a can labelled'. "Woodville" had been known'to travel'to ' Fc'atherstoii. • ' ' Henry S. Lake stated that he-carried on business under the title, of -Orsborne and:Lnke. Ho had-not received milk -from Mungaroa for six.'years. .Witness'knew the can .in question particularlyi because'it was a' .short-measure ! can, holding' half a- gallon less than it was supposed to hold. He; had not seen! the can for -four or five months,.: and had no idea who had been, using it. At this stage it was intimated' that no further evidence would he called, the i ipartment being satisfied- on: the .-evidence tendered-that defendant :was nit. guilty ■of r the offenco.with which he had bcen-charged.., :The -information ■ was dismissed ..without -costs. , V , . , ■ . ' A similar charge against G. Edwards, was; •-, dismissed on. practically the, same grounds. , OTHER CASES. ' "For-.allowing their ..chimneys to ; catch on :firer George Kempton and .Alfred-Smith were . each; flned-.. 205., with. costs: 7s.",':in default, 24.hours' imprisonment,. and. Win.' M'Cartie, was. fined , fls.j and. costs ;'default 24 . hours' imprisonment., -' .' .; John Bonge was convicted.'and ordered'- to/ pay costs 75., for failing to-keep ,a drain' , in proper.Working..order. ■!. . Jas. Esau Miles,'",for .repairing, a ;watgr-! »: closet without having a license to work as. a. plumber, was'. fined„£2 and costs , Ts.j, in default' threo. days' inprison.mcnt: 1 : _r" .'. For, allowiiigi horses:'to wander John. Rob- , inson was fined 55., and costs ,£lßs., Valid " j James "Walter Braithwaite' was ''convicted. :; ; and ordered,-to pay costs £1' 8s. A j CRUELTY TO,A PONY / - ( : Sydney Stidolph, for ill-treating , a pony by allowing it.t-o .be ridden Aylxilp rt was in an uulit'condition, was fined £3 and costs 305.,' in default .three' .days'" imprisonment. ■ ' Defendant, manager of t-lib Gear Meat Co.'s shops, stated that the- 'boj''. who - had ridden the pony had been paid to look'aft-ci , s it,"but he ha'd'failed to. report to defendant- ' ,< .. : that the animal w f as suffering;.-Mr." Mer& ! dith appeared for 'tho Socioty tor'the-Preven-timi' of 'Cruelty ,toAnimals,which ;prbsecntcd. .''v t : :--