CONSTABLE ATTACKED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 120, 7 June 1937, Page 6

CONSTABLE ATTACKED

■ mm Dog Protectiiig Drunken Master magistrate's comment "I'm doing this for the sake of the i dog and not for you," Baid Mr J- 1 MiHer, S.M., in the Napier Magietrate S Colirt this morning when he t'Ofbofe to make an ordfer for the destructiofi df a fox-terrier dog, the pro•Jefty of James Wiiliam Spicer, of Vapier, labourer, Which was stated td iaV^ bittfen a constable In order to ■aVe the dog, Whidh th© police aaid would atthck ohly persofis Who tnfed to l tduch its master when he was drunk j -picer tdoli OUt a jpfbhibitieil ofdef. Senior-Sergeant W, Pender said that ; m Friday the deferidaUt, While druiik, Had wandefed intd a pfopfefty in Vigol Brown street and gone to sleep. When the occlipifer tlied to femoVO hiin he was attacked by the dog, and latei Constable J-. Cumiilgs Visited the jplaee. Wheh he tfifed to move SpiCer, he was attacked by the dog and his uniform trousers were torn. The dog had pre viously bitten a constable in similai circunistailcfesi "Anyone who goes neai the defendant when hd is unddf the iiilluence of liqUor is attacked by the dog," be added. "This is rather hard on the dog who protects a drunken master," said the Magistrate. "The dog deserves someoiie more worthy of it." Defendaht; He is not vicioUs Uhless Hbuieone puts n hand on "tUe. fbe BeUch : How uften are you in this condition P Defendant s Seldoin, sir. Are you willing to take out a pfolnljition order for the sake of the dos? — "Yes, Sif." Defendant was convicted and ordercu to come up for seutence if ealled upon. a condition being that he should take out a prohibition order and pay tho £2 damage to the constalde's trousers "I don't cafe aboUt the destluctioi oi the dog if it protects a man whe he is drunk," concluded the Magis tfate. "I'm uot tloing this for you but for the dog."