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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
SHOCKING CASE OF BRUTALITY. 
Marylebone. — Isaac Hunt, 7 , Mansfield place, Kentish 
Town, was charged at the instance of Mr. Thomas, Secretary 
to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- 
mals, with torturing a horse by wrenching off part of its 
tongue. 
Mr. Thomas stated briefly, but explicitly, the nature of 
the case, and in support thereof he called his witnesses. 
Ezekiel Elliott, an officer in the employ of the Society, 
deposed, that on the 5th of February he saw defendant with a 
horse and cart in Kentish Town. The horse was evidently 
in a state of starvation, and scarcely able to stand, and, after 
defendant making an endeavour to get it along, but without 
success, he thrust his hand into the mouth of the poor 
animal, and wrenched off at least five inches of its tongue 
The portion of the tongue thus brutally torn away fell upon 
the ground, and defendant picked it up and put it into his 
pocket. 
Mr. Thomas : Was there any instrument in his hand with 
which he could have torn off the tongue ? 
Witness : There w r as not, Sir. 
Another w itness w 7 as called, and he corroborated, in all the 
material particulars, the evidence of the first witness. 
Defendant’s answer to the charge was, that the horse 
w ould not come along, and that he merely laid hold of its 
mouth to touch the bit ; he also laid hold of the tongue, and 
a part thereof dropped off. It was diseased before, and 
when part of the tongue fell into his (defendant’s) hand, he 
did nof, as alleged, put it into his pocket. He had not 
exercised any cruelty whatever. 
Defendant called some witnesses, and, after they had been 
examined, 
Mr. Broughton, considering the case of cruelty to have 
been clearly proved, fined defendant £3 and costs, or six 
weeks’ imprisonment. 
[There can be no doubt but that previous lesion of this 
horse’s tongue existed, otherwise, it could not have been 
“ wrenched off” in the manner described. — Ed. Yet.] 
