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A HORSE RIDDEN TO DEATH. 
not obtained before that, a detainer might arrive, and the pri- 
soner continue imprisoned. 
It would be proved that Burnhall went to the house of Mar- 
garet Lewis about twelve o’clock, and hired the mare ; at half- 
past twelve he left Carmarthen, and proceeded to Llandillo, 
where he was detained somewhere about an hour. Having pro- 
cured the discharge, he started from Llandillo on his return, and 
witnesses would be called, who would describe the distressed 
condition of the animal, and the violent and wanton conduct of 
the defendant, who continued to urge on the mare until he 
reached Abergwilly-bridge, where the poor creature was utterly 
unable to proceed further, and as soon as the defendant had dis- 
mounted, dropped down, and shortly afterwards died on the 
spot. 
The hiring having been proved, David Evans deposed that he 
saw defendant on the mare, going in the direction of Carmarthen. 
The mare was galloping as fast as she could, and the defendant 
kept beating her unmercifully with a stick, though she was much 
distressed, foaming at the mouth, and the tail shaking violently, 
and at length she dropped. 
Charles Hughes said, he resided in the village and parish of 
Abergwilly, and remembered seeing the defendant on the 4th 
instant, about twenty yards on the Carmarthen side of Aber- 
gwilly Bridge. Witness was coming into Carmarthen, and his 
attention was attracted by hearing the sound of blows. On 
turning round, he saw the defendant riding a mare, and beating 
her with a rod. The mare appeared completely knocked up, 
and attempted to stop on the bridge, but the defendant beat her, 
and compelled her to go on. When the mare came abreast of 
witness, defendant jumped down, for the mare was evidently 
dropping. She did drop, and die on the road. 
John Weare, horse-dealer, stated that the mare did not require 
whip or spur. 
To Llandillo and back to Abergwilly Bridge is about thirty 
miles. 
The mayor said, that he and his brother magistrate considered 
the charge clearly made out, and their judgment was, that the 
defendant should pay £7 as the value of the mare, and the costs, 
and in default of payment, to undergo five weeks imprisonment 
in the House of Correction. The defendant was also fined a 
certain sum as costs, for cruelly ill-treating the mare. 
