SHOOTING OF HORSES
STRANGE QUEENSLAND CASE. OWNERSHIP DISPUTE SETTLED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brisbane., March 2. The hearing of a dispute concerning the ownership of the racehorse Ferniemount, which was shot dead, together with another horse, in its stables, was continued in the Supreme Court to-day. Mr. Justice Macßossan found that the horse was the property of Sydney Byers. He further found that Frank Morris wilfully and maliciously destroyed the horse. Morris’ claim for ownership was dismissed with costs. Mr. Justice Macßossan said that if what he read in the newspapers regarding the shooting of the horse was correct, it might be well for the court to consider whether there had been “gross contempt of court,” but that was not being dealt with at present. f
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1935, Page 5
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