“Fiendish Cruelty.”
MAORI ATTACKS BULL
INJURIES WITH SLASHER
C 1 ['] ” "(By Telegraph—Press Association) OPOTIKI, v June 2.
In the Police Court yesterday, a Maori,. Nepia Porikapa, was charged with striking a bull with a slasher. Sergeant. Miller, who prosecuted, said the accused was a farmer at Te Waiti. The bull had broken into a paddock belonging to the accused, and engaged in a fight with another bull. Accused drove the strange bull .out, and, while it was entangled in al fence, struck'it in several places with a slasher, which caused sharp razor-like wounds. The bull was,J.h the most shocking condition he had ever seen. Mr T. Urquhart, stock inspector, said he inspected the bull, and found that the tail would always be useless. The saleable value of the bull now was nil. He had never seen such terrible injuries before. He thought it might be possible to heal the wounds.
The Bench said the crime was a fiendish one, and sentenced accused to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Regret was expressed that corporal punishment could not bo inflicted.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 18512, 2 June 1932, Page 3
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