From the November 18, 1889 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“John Snyder, a big, burly peddler, who on Saturday night bit the head off a turkey in a saloon at 38 Varet Street, was arraigned before Justice Kenna this morning on a charge of cruelty to animals. The details were published in yesterday’s Eagle. Snyder pleaded guilty.

‘It was on a wager,’ exclaimed the prisoner. ‘The owner of the turkey was satisfied.’

‘But I suppose the turkey had no say in the matter,’ remarked Justice Kenna.

Snyder was sent to jail for twenty-nine days.”