The question -whether < a sheep-dog which had chased and caught rabbits wasentitled to license exemption camo boforo the Divisional Court oil an appeal from adecision by certain Devonshire- justices. The dog in question had caught a num-' ber of rabbits in the harvest field in the owner's presence, but as the owner didnot himself urge the dog on the justices had dismissed an information preferred' against him of using the dog for sporting. purposes. The Lord Chief Justice, in dismissing the.-appeal, said it was not suggested that in ordinary circumstances the dog was not used solely for tending sheep and c&ttle. But if in any other; case it was found that the owner hack used, the dog for catching rabbits ho (the-, judge) would come to a very different' conclusion. '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 837, 8 June 1910, Page 7
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130Untitled Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 837, 8 June 1910, Page 7
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