ALLEGED CRUELTY TO DOG.
INFORMATION DISMISSED.' ■ ... * ' '.: ' . -■-' Jl _ " A' Tamahere farmer, William Newell,' was charged • in - the ~ Ha®i)ilton. - Police, Coarfc to-day with. cruelly ill-treating a fox ■ terrier by - beating it to • death. * • ; y - Aftei* the evidence had bten ; -r heard, Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., said' thai. the defendant was quite within his rights in .; destroying the dog, /which had; vbeen/ . worrying sheep../,; It was dear that, after: /. the first blow, the dog must have been knocked senseless. • Defendant did quite right in striking the : dog again _to make certain that it was killed, and in taking' j this precaution he was redly adopting a . humane measure. J / y , The information'was | dismissed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 5
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111ALLEGED CRUELTY TO DOG. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 5
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