ATTACKED BY DOGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19567, 21 February 1927, Page 13

ATTACKED BY DOGS.

CASE OF TWO CHILDREN. fine imposed on one owner. Two cases of dogs being allegedly not under proper control came before the Children's Court on Saturday. In one instance, owing to doubt about the identity of the animal, the case was dismissed, while tlie owner o/ the other dog was fined £l. A five-year-old boy gave evidence that a dog had bitten him on the right cheek, and a constable stated there were two distinct punch marks, undoubtedly, in his opinion, caused by the teeth of a dog, on the boy's face. The animal was described by the hoy as " a big black dog." The defendant denied that it was his animal which had attacked the boy. There were half-a-score of other black dogs in the same street, and his dog was always on the premises. It was " the most dorile dog in the whole of New Zealand." Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., who presided, Mid there was not sufficient evidence to convict upon, but the Court thought it fxtremeiy probable that it was defendant's dog which had caused the damage. The case was dismissed. In the other case a young girl gave evidence as to a dog having attacked her, and the owner was fined £1 and ordered to pay expenses. Addressing the owner Mr. Cutten said: "We will not order the destruction of the dog this time, but you will have to keep it tied up."