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Waupaca Record
RECIEVES FINE FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Fine of $5.00 and Costs; Amounting in All to $45.00
The case of L.H. Brainerd,, charged with cruelty to animals, was heard before Justice Heaney at his office on Tuesday afternoon before a jury composed of Chas. Larson, Chas. Yorkson, Chas. Chesley and Jones.
A fine of $5.00 and costs, amounting to about $45.00 was imposed. It is rumored that other arrests on the same charge will follow.
Waupaca Post
Convicted On a Charge of Cruelty to Animals
On Tuesday, L.H. Brainerd, mail carrier on route No. 1, was tried before a jury in Justice Heaney’s court and convicted on a charge of mistreating his team, used on the mail route. A complaint was filed some days ago charging cruelty and the case attracted a large crowd, which consumed nearly the entire day Tuesday.
The amount assessed Mr. Brainard was $31.79 for fine and costs, or a sixty days jail sentence from which he took an appeal and filed bond accordingly which was approved.