Show dog takes witness stand in death case pooch wont talk but wags tail and bares teeth NEW YORK A dog was called as a defense witness in a man slaughter laughter case in bronx county court judge harry had in strutted ted defense counsel samuel segal to call his next witness in the trial of svend 0 charged with second degree manslaughter as the owner of a pack of bull ter ners accused of 01 causing the death last july 1 of stanley balaban 11 the boy assert edly was attacked by in a segal explained he wanted to prove that bull terriers are gentle and to exhibit the formation of so that the jury could compare their arrangement with marks the medi cal examiner examiners s report said were on the boy s body segal then placed on the stand wonder a three year old bull terrier relative ot of one of s dogs which were destroyed after stanley died wonder owner by mrs platt ben nett of dallas pa wagged his tail and looked around the courtroom but he declined to cooperate when segal tried to open his mouth how ever mrs bennett opened the ant an mal s mouth and the jurors leaned leane d forward to gaze at the teeth have you anything to say the court asked abst dist atty maram M ar vin lechtman no questions lechtman re plied the witness was excused |