JERSEY BULL AT LARGE

Evening Star, Issue 22363, 12 June 1936, Page 3

JERSEY BULL AT LARGE

NEIGHBOURHOOD INTIMIDATED VOLUBLE DEFENCE "BULL IS A LAMB" [PrK United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 31. “ Within the next year there may be a terrible tragedy if the bull is allowed to be at large ” said Mr O. U. Powlos, counsel ior the Hntt County Council, m the Magistrate s Court when Archibald George Oledhill, ot “ Carnation Castle,” Point Howard, was charged before Mr It. D. Mosley, S.M., with permitting a bull to he at large on the Nikau road in Lowry Bay on May 19 and May 'id. “ Rats,'’ interrupted the defendant, who conducted his own case. (l Silence,” shouted the couit orderly / . , . . “ Rats again,” exclaimed the defendant. ... , , , , “Silence, Mr Gledhill,” shouted the orderly, advancing a pace. The defendant replied that the hull was only a lamb. He wanted to_cultivate a Jersey herd as Lord Bledisloe had said Mr Mosley: But you have only one heifer The' Defendant; Yes,' but the milk and cream are delicious, and 1 hope to have more. ... Mr Powles said that the defendant had a Jersey bull about four years old. He kept it at Point Howard. “ That is oratory, your Worship, not evidence, isn’t it?” interrupted the defendant. , . , , , Mr Mosley: Mr Powles is entitled to open his case. Mr Powles did not say anything further, but called Constable Squires, of Eastbourne. Constable Squires; On May 22 I received a complaint that a bull was at large at Point Howard, so I went there. The Defendant: Don't stutter, please. i want to hear. Constable Squires: The bull was on the roadside. 1 got close, but it got very threatening, and - put its head down, so I departed immediately. The bull was dangerous and savage. The Defendant: Were not your instructions first to investigate a complaint of breaking and entering into my property ? Constable Squires: No, they were to investigate the bull. The Defendant (interrupting) : Please stop stuttering. To the 'Magistrate: He has to stop, hasn’t he? His Worship: He’s all right. J. 13. Yaldwin in evidence* said that he was a solicitor living at Lowry Bay. Mr Powles: You live next to the defendant ? Witness nodded. The Defendant; Please stop nodding and speak up. please. I’m deaf Witness said that on May 22 he took two photographs of the bull at large. The Defendant: Most interesting for the bull. Mr Mosley: Most interesting for the court. Please keep quiet, Mr Gledhill. Mrs N. E. Perry said that the hull spent the whole of one day on the road, and then went hack through the fence. The Defendant .(interrupting) : Impossible. Witness; I’ve seen you teaching it to walk through the feme. William Leslie 'Wilson said _ lie had to make a detour into 3 aldwin’s property to get around the bull on the road. 1 ' The defendant', giving evidence, said that ho was a commission agent, and that he owned “ Carnation Castle ” and other properties at Lowry Bay. He had suffered tremendous damage from his neighbours. They did not like the “Castle,” and wanted to get £ s. d. from him. Mr Powles objected . He said that the residents of Lowry Bay had had legitimate cause fur complaint. A Jersey bull was known to be of a suspicious and uiuriistiug character. The Defendant: My bull's a lamb. ' Mr Powles: We would not object if the bull were disposed of. The Defendant (jumping up) : Fancy a studmaster disposing of his hull. The Court Orderly : Silence I Silence! The Defendant: It’s all rubbish. Mr Mosley: I’m afraid, Mr Gledhill. the evidence is unimpeachable. The bull was on the road when the photographs were taken. The Defendant: Who put it there? It may be there now. The neighbours were responsible. They don’t like the hull. I will get a hoy to look after him if you will keep these villains away. If you would come up and have a look at him you would be astounded. He’s like a kitten. This is no laughing matter. ' Mr Mosley; .T know it's not. T like cattle, but a Jersey bull makes my hair stand on end. Mr Powles said that the residents of Lowry Bay who had complained would withdraw their objection if the “Castle” grounds were more adequately fenced. The Defendant: I will make the “ Castle ’’ grounds impregnable. Mr Mosley: It is your duty as a citizen to keep your fence in order. The Defendant: If you will caution all of the neighbours at Lowry Bay not to get at the bull behind my back, 1 will put up an impregnable fence within a week. The case was adjourned for a fortnight, and the defendant was ordered to pay the costs.