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POLICE COURTS.
CITY COURT.
Tuesday, 26th January.
ALLEGED FURIOUS DRIVING.
WELL-KNOWN HORSE DEALER
CHARGED.
Before Messrs W. Dickson, P.M., and
D. Cooke and W. Hurdsfield, J’s.P.
Constable Clugston yesterday pro
ceeded against Frank Ferber, the well
known horse dealer, for furiously driv
ing a pony attached to a vehicle. Mr
D. Clarke appeared for the defendant,
and said that his client had gone to
Melbourne, but would not ask for an ad
journment, as he had a couple of wit
nesses present.
Constable Clugston stated that short
ly before 5 o’clock on tho 11th inst., the
defendant drove a cream-colored pany,
attached to a phaeton, along Drummond
street, in tho direction of Dana street,
until the animal became exhausted and
fell down on the road. Tho defendant
then got down and kicked it, and suc
ceeded in getting it on its feet again,
and it staggered away to a hotel yard.
Witness asked the defendant if the nony
had bolted, and ho replied that it was
only a bit fresh.
To Sub-Inspector Steel—Tho animal
was travelling at the rate of from 15 to
17 miles an hour, when it fell.
Mr Clarke—Have you had any ex
perience with horses?—Yos, a lot, for
I put in my time amongst them before
joining the police force.
What kind of a pony was this; a
very old thing, wasn’t it?—lt appeared
to be a bit old, but was-in good condi
tion.
Do you know it was shot last night?
—I was told so this morning.
Do you know why it was destroyed?
—Well, I knew the horse was injured
when it fell.
The P.M. Was the defendant
drunk?—He did not appear to be un
der the Influence of drink.
Sergeant Ryan stated that last night
he shot tho_ pony after being asked to do
so b.v the defendant. The pony was an
old one, and had recently fallen down.
When ho saw it it was stagering about
the yard.
Albert Fisliwick, a young man em
ployed at Coles and Pulium’s yards,,
said -that Ferber had gone to Mel
bourne. On the day the horse fell he
was driving in the phaeton with Fer
bor, and no matter how the animal was
flogged it could not go more than five
miles an hour. Ferber had no whip
with him, therefore he could not havo
beaten the beast. The horso fell go
ing along Drummond street, quite acci
dentlv.
Sub-Inspector Steel Was Ferber
slashing the animal with the end of the
roins?
Defendant—No, I don’t think so.
The P.M.—Was the mare galloping?
—No, she could only canter.
Sub-Inspector Steel—What is the dif
ference between a cantor and a gallop?
—When a horse is going at 10 or 11
miles an hour it is a canter, after that
it is a gallop.
Another witness named MTnerney
also gave evidence bearing out Fish
wick’s statement.
Sub-Inspector Steel—You are very
fond of apnearing on tho Police Courts
are you not?—No, I have been brought
here, or rather dragged here by the
police, when I should not havo been
hero at all.
Are you not a standing witness for
Ferber?—l am a standing witness for
nobody.
You heard the constable’s evidence to
day. Do you think he told lies?—
(Sarcastically)—They never do tell
stories as a rule.
Sub-Inspector Steel then asked for
an adjournment to Tuesday, 23rd Feb
ruary, to call another witness for the
prosecution. Mr Clarke offered no
objection, and the adjournment was
granted.
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