HF147/8/1437

Occurrence Report of Inspector of Police Frederick Smith at Biggleswade. He was on duty in High Street Biggleswade when he saw John Jenkins of Shefford driving a horse in the mail cart. The horse had a wound about 4 inches long on the back part of the hind leg. Blood was running from it. Jenkins said he had told his master, John Charles Revis, Dealer of Shefford, about it several times. Inspector Smith took the horse to a stable at the Rose Public House and asked Owen Thomas, Vetinary Surgeon, to examine it and ordered the landlord to detain the horse until he was authorised to give it up. Evidence of John Jenkins. He had noticed the wound for 2 or 3 days and told Mr Revis about it. Jenkins said that the Biggleswade Post Master had said that the horse should not be worked. Mr Revis said the mare would have to be used because the others horses were all at work. Evidence of Owen Thomas, Veterinary Surgeon about the condition of the wound. Evidence of Robert Marsom, Market Gardener of Biggleswade that he had seen the damage to the horse's leg. Evidence of Stamp Hutton, Post Master at Biggleswade confirming that John Charles Revis was the Mail Cart Contractor between Biggleswade and Shefford. He too had seen the horse on several occasions and the wound was bleeding. Sergeant George Daniels, stationed at Shefford, went to see John Charles Revis after he had fetched the horse back from Biggleswade. He saw the wound and felt that the horse was half starved. Fine 4/-. Costs 36/-

6 April 1877

From: 1877 To: 1877

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Revis, John Charles,
Jenkins, John,
Thomas, Owen,
Marsom, Robert,
Hutton, Stamp,
Smith, Frederick,
Daniels, George

animal cruelty, BIGGLESWADE, SHEFFORD