Day 217 - 09 02 96 - Page 33

 
 

                                                                  DAY 217
 
                                                     MRS. HOVI, Examined:
 
 
 
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     2   MR. MORRIS:  It looks like on at that day, page 3, they were
     3        actually slaughters lambs during the rest of the period
     4        when they were not slaughtering.  So what was the case?
     5        Was it the case when lambs were slaughtered, that the same
     6        people would ---
     7        A.  Yes.
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     9   Q.  -- move on to another part?
    10        A.  Yes.  The two lines never worked at the same time.  It
    11        would have been impossible.  There was not enough space for
    12        that.
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    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We are sticking to cattle, for the purposes
    15        of this.
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    17   MR. MORRIS:  I am just trying to show that there is an
    18        indication there that they had no choice, they had to cram
    19        the slaughtering in the periods they had for the cattle,
    20        set aside for cattle.
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    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I thought you said there were two lines?
    23        A.  Yes, but they could not operate the two lines
    24        together.  They would have -----
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    26   MR. MORRIS:  And the same people would -----
    27        A.  The same people operated on the two lines, yes.
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    29   Q.   Same job.
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    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It looks as if they did the lambs in the
    32        break between 12.20 and 2.35, does it not?
    33        A.  That is right.
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    35   Q.   They did lambs in the middle of the day?
    36        A.  Yes.  That was often the case if we were short of
    37        cattle.  They usually had a reserve stock of lambs on the
    38        grounds outside the abattoir that they could slaughter.
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    40   Q.    Yes.  I think you had said, before Mr. Morris asked you to
    41        go back to the documents; were you saying that that was it
    42        on Mr. Bone's statement?
    43        A.  Yes.
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    45   MR. MORRIS:  Have you anything else to say about -- have you
    46        finished with that paragraph, yes?
    47        A.  Yes.
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    49   Q.   Oh, that is the whole statement?
    50        A.  Yes. 
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    52   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  She has finished with Mr. Bone's statement. 
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    54   MR. MORRIS:  Hold on a second.  Mr. Bone says at the bottom of
    55        paragraph 42:  "The line speed was neither stopped nor
    56        reduced at Jarrets while Ms. Hovi was there."
    57        A.  Well, as I said earlier, I often regulated the line
    58        speed by regulating the stunning of the animals.  I did
    59        that almost on a daily basis.  But, as I said earlier,
    60        I found that the situation was not something we could
 
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