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Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1933, Page 6

Alsation dogs have figured in many “incidents,” but few as amusing as that caused when one decided to view Court proceedings from the solicitors’ bench in the Magistrate’s Court in Christchurch on Wednesday morning. The dog’s master, a well-known barrister and solicitor, was appearing as prosecutor in a case before Mr. H. P. Lawry and the argument on a legal point had been in progress for a considerable time when the dog—a fine specimen of the Alsation breed —looked in at the door. Tfee animal’s size and appearance did not encourage interference, as it calmly walked down the centre of the Court and nuzzled its master's coat. The argument was too keen to allow any of the officials concerned to notice the dog’s approach so it climbed on to the cushioned seat, and there it remained, apparently unnoticed by the magistrate, until the case ended.