Show TO ANIMALS alie principle we were pleased to note thai the grand jurys attention was called to alic great crime of cruelty to animals jn our treatise of aliis subject we do not wish to be l as canting any upon mr J F bokon who has recently been indicted of this because we know nothing of the merits so far as we arc concerned wo him or any other man innocent until proven guilty but the principle inaugurated by the last grand jury is a good one and we hoc for alic sako of the poor dumb brute it will be followed up is altogether too much of aliis kind of crime existing among the people and now that our teamsters are aware of the fact that it is an indictable perhaps abo creatures of their mercy hilj enjoy a better life we have heard of numerous instances of animals and often times unjustly inflicted now we do liopo that fur the sake of decency and the of the creation that mr case is but a criterion and eliat grand juries will hunt out nil of tin s law within their jurisdiction and treat them as the case merit do men make an example of one case and allow all othora to go free terrible and severe havo many poor horses and cattle had to under the of their masters and it hag often been thought quite time for a slop to be put to it perhaps the action taken by the jury will be effectual in this matter it is toa be hoped eo the law on this subject lias to the present seemed to be a dead letter aud every few days cases have been acard of which were punishable by the baat etc |