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Litigants gnaw at edges of Pederson cattle neglect case

Roger Pederson will have to wait a week to hear his lawyer make the case in Skagit County District Court for returning 135 Scottish Highland cattle to his farm. The cattle were seized from the Bay View farmer by county and state authorities based on complaints by neighbors in January.

At Monday’s hearing Judge Dianne Goddard gave Pederson attorney Emily Beschen a week, scheduling a March 12 (11 a.m.) follow-up session. Spectator rows in the Mount Vernon courtroom were filled for the briskly-paced 35-minute hearing

The one-week interim period will allow Pederson attorney Emily Beschen the oppor...

 

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