A hearing scheduled Tuesday for a 61-year-old Hutchinson woman convicted in two animal cruelty cases was continued again because of a problem with a states witness. That according to Assistant District Attorney Andrew Davidson.

The hearing for Linda Sue Adams was over restitution for the care of horses the county seized from her.

Adams was sentenced to 12-months probation, on a 12-month sentence involving the lack of care of horses in what the state called “on going” conduct since 2009.

They have rescheduled the hearing for October 30.

The case came to a head back in April when three dead horses were found on the property and 10 others were said to be starving. The three dead horses were found in various stages of decomposition and others where you could see their rib bones. Once seized and given food, they immediately started to gain weight.

The other cases against Adams occurred in 2009 and 2011. The state had dropped the 2009 case, then refiled it, but with the plea, dropped it again. She’s also on community corrections for an aggravated burglary conviction from 2009.