RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, TE AWAMUTU. Thursday, June 10.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1241, 12 June 1880, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S CO URT, TE AWAMUTU. Thursday, June 10.

(Before H. \\ r. Xorth roft, Esq., R.M.) Horrible Cruelty to a Horse. Thomn Biker w.is charged on the inform 'tiou ot Constable Gillie*, wfth, on the 27th Af.iv, crucly beating ill-treating, over-riding, and abusing a certain grey hoise, contrary to he pro\iMons of the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1878. The s.uno defendant was further charged \\ ith having on the 28th May, ag.iin ill-treated the same animal. The evidence of several witnesses was t iken on the first charge, and went to show that on the day in question, the defendant was ndnig a horse.belonging to Mr Waters, on the swamp road between the Mting.ipiko Saw Mill, and the Rotoraniri Station. The road was in a very bad state and the horse could only go at a walking pace, but the defendant did his utmost by beating the animal with a stick to make it go faster. On the second charge the testimony of the witnea&es .showed that ou the following 1 day, on the same road, the defendant beat the unfortunate animal in a most brutal nnnuer while it was lying down unable to rise, being foundered, lockjawed, and blinded, owing to treatment received the previous day, and finally left it to die on the spot, which it did in great agony. The defendant called no evidence. The Magistrate in addressing the defendant said lie considered the charges to have been fully proved and commented in very severe terms on the extreme cruelty of which he had been guilty. The .sentence he would inflict would be more lenient than the defendant deserved, on account of his family. He would have to pay a fine of fc'o and costs £3 10s in each case, together with the value of the horse £10; or £2d in all.

Civil cases. J. Trisatham v. J.Nichols claim £1 9s 6d foi^ work and goods. Judgment for plaintiff with full amount and costs. "W. Corboy v. James Kellet claim £7 193 lOd. Judgment for plaintiff with costs; same v, H. Cooper claim £7 Is 7d. Judgment for plaintiff with costs ; same v. T. Page claim £2 10s 7d. Judgment for plaintiff with costs. E, D- L. Duffus v. T. Conroy claim £8 16s 4cl for goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff with costs W. Bluneen v. W. Pellew claim £1 5s 9d. Judgment for plaintiff with costs.

The Way to Health. — The only true way to health is that which common sense dictates to man. Live within t^e bounds of reason. Eat moderately, drink temperately, sleep regularly, avoid excess in anything-, Mid preserve a conscience •' void ot offence." Some men eat themselves to death, some drink themyelves to death, some wear out their lives by indolence, and some by over-exeition, while not a few sink into the grave through the effects of vicious practices All the medicines in creation are not worth a cent to a man who is constantly and habitually violating 1 the laws of his own nature. All the medical science in the world cannot save him from a premature grave. With a suicidal course of conduct, he is plant* ing the seeds of decay in his own constitution, and accelerating the destruction of his own life.