CRUELTY TO HORSES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 162, 6 July 1918, Page 1

CRUELTY TO HORSES.

In lln« i*c\in Magistrate's Court yes- • terdav. Lawi ence Mudgway was charged with liaviig driven two horses uibtit lor work, and William Winter was charged that, being the owner he allowed the horse* to be worked. -Uiptain Kenrv. Inspector for the Society for the Pre\entioii oT 'Cruelty to Am-i-naU "ave exidence that on 7th Juno 'he impeded n team of > three in, a cart drawing metal fiom -a.fpit.-to ■;-,; tin- rmintiN roads. One o; the 'lead.in"- horse*..' a dark brown, had a large •swollen Mire on the near shoulder, also a lar<-e raw >nre on the off shoulder. Both "sores were under the collar, which was pressing on them. the horse was sweating and could not bear its collar to be shlft.d. It must have bi en in great pain from t ; he sores. The horse" in the shafts (a dark bay) had a large raw sore under the saddle on boith sides of the back, which, cspedallv considering the class of work it waio' doing, must have caused tho ana mal great paiiw. The driver saidl the owner. Winter, knew the horses had sores on them. Winter came along oiv a bicycle, and admitted knowing about the condition of the horses, and said ho had told the driver to be careful. Both horses were unfit for work, and it was otos's cruelty to woiik either horse in the condition they were in. Mudftway was fined £l. with »ostsi 7s, and' Whiter £2. with 17s costs. Messrs' Remington and Roe,, Justices, were on the Bench.