A DANGEROUS DOG.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13755, 6 August 1915, Page 5

A DANGEROUS DOG.

Harold Hocken, for whom Mr Etherlngjton appeared, was charged at the Police Court to-day with being the owne* of a dangerous dog. -He 'pleaded not guilty. Koiand Smith, aged 11 yeai*s, residing with , hia pareiits.^M^^gi jsto-eet,- said that while going away from his home a sheep dog rusJtted out and. bit him iu the calf of th© leg and necessitated his being) taken to a doctor. He had made a, noise, imitating a dog, and had thrown stones at the dog eight weeks' ago. His Worship : What for*— l don't know. , Hia'j Worship : A little 'amusement-? •. Witness said he did not do to the* 1 dog on .the day in question. • .To Air Etherington: He haft, seen other children playing with . the animal and had seen-, the dog rush out and p*ull his mother's dress. y'He had not seen the dog -bite any other person. Mrs Smith-said about an hour before her bpy was bitten the dog rushed out and pulled her dress. She had often gone round another road to avoid meeting the dog. , Mr . Etherington : Do you. thirik the dog knows that you are the mother of the boy? Witness : I don't think so. (Laughter.) Defendant stated that he was the owner of the dog which had bitten the boy. The dog was a good sheep dog, and waa half broken in. He had never had any complaints from other people. The boy had often teased the dog by running along the fence and imitating another dog. He intended taking the dog into the country. Mrs Scott, who lived in 'the same house. as the Hockens, said the dog was one of the quietest she had ever seen. , She had heard Mrs Hocken often warn the boy, and told him not to tease the dog. Mrs Hocken said she had called the boy in and told him not to .tease the dog. i She bound the boy'a leg up, and >when asked what he had done to the dog h,e said he had only barked at it and it bit him. An order was made to keep the dog on the chain until removed from towri, and defendant was ordered to pay 9s costs.