THRASHED HIS COW

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1023, 14 July 1930, Page 10

THRASHED HIS COW

BAD-TEMPERED FARl£| “SELF-WILLED MAN” When Anton Sorich lost his he could be heard from yards away beating his cow 1 * Sorich. a Serbian farmer whn not appear, was charged at the PM?? Court today, with being cruel me cow and calf by beating Yh** Sorich's wife, admitting the rhf** made an eloquent plea for him*' “A neighbour saw Sorich w mering his cow about the bodv w a stick and could hear the blow. or 60 yards away,” said Sub-InsiJL*' Shanahan. ‘ Sorich, who has a farm at Henderson, was also sees . swing the calf of the cow off its and ill-treat it generally.” Constable Rushton said that is. cow- had been cut over an eye as. showed signs of having wj thrashed. The calf was in a sonr plight. Its mouth and nostrils swollen and bleeding and it was r • on the ear and the tail. Sorich a Serbian, with five children. ” “He wouldn’t stop,” sa id Ur, Sorich to the magistrate. "He is a very self-willed man aid loses his temper with the Hock.”* “Well, he'll lose his liberty tf not careful,” said Mr. F. K Hun* S.M. ” Mrs. Sorich said her husband had a position in view and asked that oalt a light fine be inflicted as she had five children. Mr. Hunt: Well, it’s difficult t* know what to do. and he doesn't de serve consideration. However. I'fi fine him £2 and costs, or 14 days. “Now. you tell him that next time he does that he'll go to gaol for it days.” was Mr. Hunt's parting war*, ing.