4. On September 25, before in, British Assessor, " mafoo ed Wong Ah-tien, in the employ of ch Keo K ry stables, 183 Range Road, was charged with cruelly illtreating " pony by beating it abbot the head and body with a leather thong tipped with twisted wire whilst in an exhausted condition between the hours of 2 p.m. and 6.15 p.m. io various parts of the Settlement on the 24th instant, thereby it unnecessary pain and suffering.
Captaia Collyer was the principal witness in this case, and stated "be engaged the mafoo about two o'clock that day, and bed been driving about for some time before he happened to catch a sight of the whip and saw how it was made up be at ones gave the mafoo into custody, and kindly attended the Mixed Ooart to give evidence, Defendant was fined $10.
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