SHOCKING CRUELTY
A particularly shocking case of cruelty to a. horse was disclosed at the Magistrate's Court this morning before Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M. Action was taken by the S.P.C.A., represented by Mr. H. R. Wobb, against a youth named Norman Hicks, who was defended by Mr. J. Scott. Corroborative evidence wont to show that Hicks was discovered in Rid-diford-street cruelly beating a horse, which he had been riding, with a piece of fencing wire. Blood was dripping to the ground from the wive having drawn blood in four or five places, leaving nasty cuts. Hicks 'a explanation was that the '■ horse was a " dirty brute," and the wire : was the;'only thing to make him go, as he had no whip. "If tho horse was a '^ dirty brute the defendant was a dirtier, was the Magistrate's comment. lie added that it would not serve any _ good purpose to fiend Hicks to gaol, although he could be sent there. Hicks was fined $5, with costs amoo^g-.iajSfcSg^S*,-:
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 111, 10 May 1918, Page 8
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166SHOCKING CRUELTY Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 111, 10 May 1918, Page 8
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