WANDERING CATTLE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1908, Page 2

WANDERING CATTLE.

„ . , COURT CASES -v "In the Magistrate's 'Court y^t^dir 'afternoon, before Mr. - TV. 'G. „ Itiddgjl, fi.M.,'tbe Hutt County Coaadl chkreed J. Watt, A. Whitehouse, William, O'Connor, and Alick Lee with having^ permitted horses and chttle"' to wander ' in Porirua rilling. Mr. Jphnstpri appeared > for the counciljn each close. In Wall-find Whitehouse's case the' information. " was laid .under sub-se'ct'iqn 9 a,ud 's'ebfiibh '4 of the Police Offences • Act' 1897, Vl which makes it an offence where ' a • ¦jj&rsou '¦'permits any cattle to be' at iatgei' or without proper guidance, or to 'wander, or -to be v herded or graced in a jpuVic placed Mr. > Johnston argued that'*'to permit" mea"nt "to suffer" and was" to •bo interpreted in its passive ' selnse^ and therefore if was not necessary' to "^How tliat- the 'offenders had knowledge 'tjiat the cattle were on the road. Mi. •Morison, who appeared for both defendants, argued 'that "permit" was 'to be irffcerpreted as active, and "that a jjersoii coiild not be held guilty of an offence of this nature unless he was aware*' the "cattle were wandering and suffered them 'W do so. Judgment Mas reserved. In the'q'ther two cases, O'Connor "pleaded gu'ilty'and was ordered to pay court costy '^nljr } l Lee failed to appear and waa fined 5% .-with, £1 8s costs. ¦ lV $ . r~ >. „• I-