CRUELTY TO HORSES.
— ■ — * HEAVY FINES INFLICTED. [Per Press Association.! INVEECAEGILL, Oct. 5. Exceptionally heavy fines were imposed by the Magistrate, Mr Poynton to-day, in a cruelty to animals case. The defendants were a farmer named Alfred Tapper and his servant, John Fraser, who worked three horses suffering- f rom\sore shoulders. The defendant said he had, suffered by floods, and had to rush through the work ; aIBO, that in a few days the horses would be turned *out for a six niontjhs' spell. . The Magistrate, after - inspectmg the * horses,-, said it was the most disgusting case; he had seen, either in his capacity^as a lawyer or as a magistrate. He fined Tapper .£2O and Fraser £5.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5687, 5 October 1896, Page 3
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