Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1912 — $1.00 FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS [ARTICLE]

$1.00 FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Randolph Wright of Mt. Ayr Fined in Court Monday. A state case against Randolph Wright of Mt. Ayr was tried in court Monday before a jury. Mr. Wright was charged with cruelty to animals, and was convicted and assessed a fine of SI.OO and costs. Wright left his team standing to the hitch rack in Mt. Ayr one cold day during the past winter, and the team was put in the livery stable by the town marshal. When Wright called for his team words were pas-ed and a fight resulted. The ftiatter was laid before the grand jury and an indictment returned. Another case against Wright for assault, growing out ’of the same affair, was continued for the term.— Newton- -County Enterprise.