INFECTED SHEEP.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14050, 21 July 1916, Page 5

INFECTED SHEEP.

Another batch of cases for exposing for sale sheep infected with Rce,. at the Matawhero kaleyards, yfras dealt with At the Magistrate's' Court, before Mr W. A. Barton, S-M-, this- morning, all the. alleged otfencfes ihAving' been committed on June 14 last. Mr T. A. Coleman appeared on behalf of Frank Martin/ Hodge, aaid m entering a plea df "guilty; ' said that^Mr /Hodge had bought the sheen at the sale ai/Te Kanaka, and had driven them straight from there? to Matawhero. He" had! bought them m alllgood faith -as" being properly dipped, but : he admitted that they were badly affected.^The . Magistrate said defendant would be convicted and. fined £3 with costs 7s. ;Mr Nolan appeared on behalf of Messrs Judd Bros., and pleaded guilty. A similar fine was' imposed— £3 and costs 7s. ':' , • M*. Blair appeared for Alexander : Frederick Lawrie, and r ' m" entering a plea' of guilty stated' that the sheep were supposed to ha>'e been dipped when he bbug'ht' theip.— His Worship. '-'remarked that the responsibility was " defendant's: A similar fine, as m- the 'Other cases,, was imposed. : ; ■'■ , • Leonard Butler pleaded guilty to the charge., He said he had bought the sheep from a station, the very name of yhich should lie, a guarantee of the shegp .being, ric#t. The smaller men. looked to 'tli-a Taifgeiy stations to shotv; •thjem' ;t|ie- w^y 'id care. for ( -sfieep. „'H'd, expressed, tlie opinion tfiat the proper way far keep\ down t^irijfec|iop< of. sheep \vas h tp iiisp&t therivfat flipping "time:,, •before' they got to ': th? ysaleyaxds.— His Worship .said, that was outside his pi*prvihco. lie iinpSdsed a .fine of £3 and costs Ts.y,., i .... ,•.,,-• Alexander Mcintosh pleaded guilty. He said that he had s bought, the .sheep, at ISfetawai previously, and was assured they had' been faithfuly. ;Hini?stbn Vsaid that there had been ai previous coht4ctipn acjaiAst defendant. — Defendant was fined £4' and costs 7s. Mr L." JT. Burnard appeared 'oh behalf of Johnv Cain/ entering a, plea pi guilty.'— Mit Kingston' said the sheep were not badly affected iii x ,this case.— - His Worship iriiposed a fine of £2 and costs ,75." .-...;.. »' v • • -,- . J Arthur Mortleman did, hot appear td answer the chargd. Inspector Bihgston gave : evidence that m a pen of 39 hoggets four were 'examined and one was found to b.o infected. A fine of £3 and costs. 7s was. lmposed..'