| Description | Summary conviction of Bielby Spavin of Troutsdale farm servant for ill-treating a dog, the property of Thomas Avison, by tying a cord and tin utensil to its tail and afterwards pouring spirits of turpentine into its fundament, from which treatment the dog became furious and had to be destroyed, causing its owner two-poundsworth of damage
Offence committed at the township of Troutsdale on 10 September 1876
Case heard at Scarborough |