Voice of Humanity: For the Communication and Discussion of All Subjects Relative to the Conduct of Man Towards the Inferior Animal Creation, Volume 1J. Nisbet, 1830 |
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... cattle as seen in our streets and public roads ; and it was on this point that legislation commenced in the year 1822 , by passing the 3rd George IV . c . 71 , to prevent the cruel treatment of cattle . The expe- rience of eight years ...
... cattle as seen in our streets and public roads ; and it was on this point that legislation commenced in the year 1822 , by passing the 3rd George IV . c . 71 , to prevent the cruel treatment of cattle . The expe- rience of eight years ...
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... cattle within the Bills of Mortality , and punishing the offenders by fine or imprisonment . A moiety of the penalty , under this Act , is very justly placed at the disposal of the prosecutor , to remunerate witnesses for loss of time ...
... cattle within the Bills of Mortality , and punishing the offenders by fine or imprisonment . A moiety of the penalty , under this Act , is very justly placed at the disposal of the prosecutor , to remunerate witnesses for loss of time ...
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... cattle , in suf- ficient numbers , and in such convenient situations as would supersede the use of Smithfield as the single market and general depôt for cattle for the consumption of more than a million of people ! -continued as such ...
... cattle , in suf- ficient numbers , and in such convenient situations as would supersede the use of Smithfield as the single market and general depôt for cattle for the consumption of more than a million of people ! -continued as such ...
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... cattle being driven through the principal and most crowded streets ; -- precisely the same evils of which our public has so long and so justly com- plained in vain . They are placed towards the suburbs of the town for the sake of easy ...
... cattle being driven through the principal and most crowded streets ; -- precisely the same evils of which our public has so long and so justly com- plained in vain . They are placed towards the suburbs of the town for the sake of easy ...
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... cattle should be in a healthy state when they are brought to the slaughter - house , that the meat should be prepared with great cleanliness and nicety , and that it should be ex- posed in a pure and proper state for sale . This cannot ...
... cattle should be in a healthy state when they are brought to the slaughter - house , that the meat should be prepared with great cleanliness and nicety , and that it should be ex- posed in a pure and proper state for sale . This cannot ...
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Page 149 - A man of kindness to his beast is kind; But brutal actions show a brutal mind. Remember, he who made thee, made the brute; Who gave thee speech and reason, formed him mute; He can't complain; but God's omniscient eye Beholds thy cruelty; he hears his cry. He was designed thy servant and thy drudge; But KNOW that HIS Creator is THY Judge.
Page 52 - And then will the glad sound be caught up and echoed by every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, saying, Blessing and honour and glory and power be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 45 - And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Action or Suit shall be commenced against any Person or Persons for...
Page 45 - Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act...
Page 86 - Justice of the Peace, before whom any Person or Persons shall be convicted of any Offence against this Act, shall and may cause the Conviction to be drawn up in the following Form of Words...