McGregor and asked for an adjournment of the case.
His Worship adjourned the hearing until Tuesday next.
25th ¢ august.
Robert Macgregor, broker, was summioned by the Municipal Police for allowing four dogs, his property, to be xt large unmuzzled i+ the Jessfield Road on the 17th inst. in contravention of Municipal notification 1613.
Mr. Loftus Jones appeared on behalf of the Council, and Mr. F, Ellis appeared for the defendant.
There was a somewhat lengthy argument. between Mr. Ellis and Mr. Jones about the framing of the summons. "Mr. Ellis tended that the notice quoted was simply a notification, and not a by-law or regula tion, inasmuch as it referred to a previous regulation about the muzzling of dogs, The notification in question says "the dog: muzzling regulation will henceforward be rigorously enforced, both within the roads, Mr. Ellis wanted {9 see the dog Settlement and on the outlying Municipal
muzzling regulations.
Mr. Jones said that he was prepared to hand all the regulations in.
Mr. Ellis "aid that he was not conv' that the regulations applied the Jessfield Road.
His Worship said that a most liberal construction must be put on the rules for muzzling dogs in order to help the Council. Mr. Ellis's client must be aware that there were some rules governing the muzzling of dogs in the Settlements.
Mr. Ellis asked how the regulation was worded, that the summons did not throw any light on the m:
His Worship said that if the ssu was so worded that aman what he was being sued for, i wrong. Persons were bound by some reation lit was impossible to sup-that the M rates had inflicted penalties for allowing dogs to be unmuzzled without having some rule to by. Did not the question of the license arise at all Mr. Jones said that it might arise Macgregor had taken out licenses for of his dogs.
His Worship suggested an adj for the will worship sud that Mr, Ellis more or less raised the whole question whether people could be compelld to obey certain Municipal law Ellis argued that the ovder was not all. It simply states as a consequence of something that all unmuzzled dogs found will be Wo the the one pro: caution for to be unmuzzled on the roads, Miss Fanny Fuller, oxan Jones, said that she o on the 17th on the Jessfield Road between 5.30 and 6 p.m. Her t dogs were following the trap and were muzzled. Witness saw four unmuzzled dogs and one muzzled dog led by a cool coming towards They were coming from the opposite direction. They attacked her dogs and witness yot out of her carriage and tried to drive them off with whip. At the sune time she called to the coolie to stop as she wanted the nine of the man who owned the animals, The coolie ran away, but a Sikh constable came up and took witness's name. Witness it him and drove The four 7 were unmuzzled and running loos Cros: united by Mr. Ellis—She was certain these dogs attacked hers altho there did not seem to be any marks on her dogs afterwards. Witness could noth struck the cov the face with the whip as he ran away.
The Sikh came up from behind. Witness tried to oxy nth: these dogs were trying to attack h kh Constable 68 said that he was ov duty on the Jessfield Road at about 6.10 p.m, on the 17th inst. He ai about. 300 paces on the SI i side of the Inn. Witness heard a noise of doy: fighting about 20 paces away. He ran in the direction from which the noise came. When he got to the spot he saw a lady trying to separate the does and he assisted her." There were four dogs unmuzzled, and one with a muzzle. Only the muzzled wd. Witness. stopped the and got the lady to write her in his book (produced). He then took the dogs to the station. A coolie, two mofves anda boy worried hin while he was on his way. They came out of a house. attracted by the shouts of the dog coolie. They wanted to rescue the doge. and. cong t hold of witness by the sleeve and tried to take the dogs away. Witness blew his whistle and they ran away. He took the dogs to the Carter Read police station, and sassoon as he got there their mast
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