Dehoening. 137 



on the horns of young calves and also by cutting out the embryo 

 horn, with a view to ascertaining whether these methods are more 

 desirable than sawing off the horns when they have attained their full 



growth. . 



Charlbs Dbuby, Chairman, 



Richard Gibson, 



Henry Glendinning, 



D. M. McPherson, 



Andrew Smith, 



J. J. Kelso, Secretary. 



In Great Britain. 



The practice of dehorning seems to have been in vogue consider- 

 ably earlier than in this country and there are decisions in regard to 

 its legality going back as early as 1884. The English law is similar 

 to the ones in force in this State and in Canada, and is as follows : " If 

 any person shall cruelly beat, ill treat, over drive, abuse or torture, or 

 cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill treated, over driven, abused 

 or tortured any animal, such offender shall be subjected to such punish- 

 ment as is prescribed by that statute." 



A summary of the British decisions is given below : 



Summary of British Trials. 



Ireland, 1884 — Brady v. McArgyle. Magistrate refused to convict. 

 Exchequer division held that conviction should have been entered. 

 (Baron Dowse and Mr, Justice Andrews.) 



Ireland, 1885 — Callaghan and McAvoy V. the S. P. C. A. Three 

 magistrates at the petty sessions held that they were bound to con- 

 vict in accordance with the above decision. Common pleas division 

 of the High Court of Justice overruled this, and held that the opera- 

 tion, skillfully performed, did not come within the meaning of the 

 act. (Chief Justice Morris, Mr. Justice Harrison and Mr. Justice 



Murphy.) 



Scotland, 1888 —Penton V. Wilson. Acquitted by the sheriff-sub- 

 stitute. Case appealed to a higher court, and the sheriff-substitute sus- 

 tained. (Lords Young, McLaren and Rutherford Clark.) 



England, 1888 — Ford v. Wiley. Acquitted by a board of five 

 magistrates. Higher court held that conviction should have been 

 entered. (Lord Chief Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Hawkins.) 



Scotland, 1891 — Penton v. Wilson. Appealed to a higher court, 



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