ABOUT A BULLDOG
STOLEN. LOST. AND RECOVERED* STORY OP ITS ADVENTURES. . The adventures of a bulldog as related xn the Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr L. G. Reid. S.M.. made an interesting story. William Nicholas Marsh, a soldier, was charged with the theft of tiie dog in question, but as he had failed to answer his summons Inspector Marsack asked permission to proceed with the case ex rarte. It was stated that Marsh had since deserted from the forces. Daphne Caroline George, from whom the dog was stolen, had just begun hex evidence when Inspector Marsack asked that the dog be produced. A constable came in shortly afterward* to say the dog had disappeared. The witness looked alarmed but regained her composure when the truant was brought into the court a few foinutes later. Here another interruption took place. The bulldog—a particularly large type of canine—made a dash up the steps loading to the magisterial desk. His Worship looked a trifle concerned, but the bulldog was captured at the critical moment.
The hearin<T of evidence proceeded. the bulldog sniffing familiarly at the witnesses as they went into the bos in turn. It appeared that some time previously the bulldog had been left by its owner in charge of a Person in Wellington. Later the dog was found in the possession of one named Jones, who said that his son had purchased the animal from the accused Marsh for -SiMarsh in turn stated that the dog had been given to him, His Worship decided that Marsh had bapn guilty of theft, and imposed a sentence of seven days' imprisonment. Jones inquired after the £5 his eon had expended on the doff, but His Worship replied that his remedy was to take action against Marsh when that person had been arrested. .Tones looked at the bulldog regretfully, and going up to it patted its head end murmured word* of farewell inaudible to the court. The canse of all the trouble appeared to divine that it was a rate of good-bye. hut nevertheless teemed quite content to stay with his old. owner*
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9621, 29 March 1917, Page 6
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349ABOUT A BULLDOG New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9621, 29 March 1917, Page 6
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