French Police v PLE. Vincent Action was brought against Mr.: F. FE, Vincent of 34 Rue Corngille,! alleging that his bull dog Bfster, had been allowed to run at large' unmuzzled and had attacked black Shantung dog, the property, of Mr. i. Thellefsen, which was! being taken for a walk muzzled and! on leash, and had bitten the latter' so that it died. Mr. R. S. Haskell, wha appeared for the defence, stated that Buster was of a gentle' disposition, that it had not been; proven that he was the dog which. had attacked Mr. Thellefsen's dog, and that, even if he had been the' aggressor in the fight, he was not, allowed at large but must have' got out of the garden through a gate leit open by some one not} Mir, Vincent. IE appeared subsequently that the french Mu-; nicipal! by-laws provide no penal for such an offence, so the case was Alismissed.
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