Show HARD ARD FOUGHT SUIT SI SIV V OVER WEBER WEBE hOG DOG hOGa a Neighborhood Row at Length Reach Beaches s District Court t liMOR AND AND PATHOS 1 I L A THAT TT AF AP A J FC LISTENERS V Special l to The Herald V Ogden Sept 11 The evil e 1 that men inert mendo mendo do lives after them th m The good Is oft of Interred with wih their bones bonesSO I Iso So it is Is with dogs At least it lt proved true of an unfortunate white and buick black bl ck canine can ne the te property of Ezra Potter Poter of oJ West Weber which departed this life nCe July 17 last last The dog was vas dead There Th re was no rio question queston about that that He was wasas as u dead as a a door nail nai a coffin nail nan or any other piece of ironmongers of ot the nail flail hal variety But the te meaner manner maner of hs death The he deep damnation of his taking oU on onas as the bard o or of Avon would woud say was wasP what has vexed veed the community of West Vest Weber ever since sinca the te dire event and the august augst majesty of the law also its It July and September majesty maje ty has hs been engaged In giving due consideration consideration ton tion to the circumstances of the ca canines canines Canines nines decease and the responsibilities of or various parties partes therewith In official verbiage the affair was known as the state state of Utah vs Ed Edwid Edward ward wid Frank William Vii am Douglas and Da David David vid Fowers Fower and ad the charge malicious mischief rhe The papers in the case originated in the justices court of West Vest Weber where here Ezra Eza Potter charged the boys with wih killing his spotted dog on July 17 with wih malice malce etc tc and a 8 gun gunThe gunThe The case was then transferred by change of venue to the of Jus Justice tice Parker J I Hall Hal In Ogden where after aCter due hearing the defendants were convicted of f They promptly appealed the case to the dis din district distrct court court where Judge and the court attaches a a jury jur and a score or so 5 of witnesses from West Weber the district attorney A B Hayes with Mr Lessenger representing the defend defendants defendants ants were busy buy most of the day on onte the te case casc Wa Was It Self Defense As S has bas been said the te fact of the dogs dogs death had been b n established before the case reached the district court court The claim of the defendants defendant was that the deed was committed in while the state claimed that the kill killing killIng ing tag was as c and malicious mischief Some difficulty was experienced In getting a jury one of the tal Ed Auth admitting that he thought half halt the dogs ought to be killed klied any anyhow anyhow anyhow how Mr Potter testified to the killing kUling of oC his dog by the boys the act appearing as without justification or cause His evidence was corroborated by that of Mrs Potter and several sev ral neighbors On cros Mr Lessenger sought to establish that the dog was vicious and dangerous and In support of this went deeply into the question of the th dogs pedigree asking the own owner owner owner er kind of dog It was wasA wasA wasA A black and white dog more black than white But what kind what breed 7 per persisted er slated Lessenger V Well as near as I baler bain able to tell solemnly answered the witness ss E Ewar Ewar war for the tho most part jest dog This reply created something of a sensation in court the being un unto unable able to quell the uproar for several minutes and on numerous other occa occasions sloan the threat of clearing the court courtroom courtroom room had to be made After the states case was In Frank admitted to killing the animal and the I charge was dismissed against the other i two boys The statement of ot the boys was that the dog ran out to attack lt i ithem them frightening their horse causing i him to plunge and break a buggy wheel I Hayes Rayes ayes Bich Rich Rhetoric I In summing up the case District At Attorney At Attorney I torney Hayes thundered against hood hoodlums hoodlums lums hums in general and West Weber hoodlums In particular and of how an I example should be made for the bene benefit benefit benefit fit of the rising generation He dwelt dwelton on the beauty of a dogs love for his master on the great service rendered by the canine animal to the farmers in inthe Inthe inthe the neighborhood He decried against the efforts of the at attorneys for the defense to keep the humorous phases of the case In the minds of the jury and closed with a apathetic apathetic apathetic pathetic picture of the home in West Vest Weber rendered by the illegal megal and wanton act of the prisoner at the bar Mr lIr Lessenger dwelt on the rights of boy bo as superior to the rights of dos dox do dwelt on the hankering of canines of the just dog variety for trouser cloth and for trouble generally and besought the acquittal of his client in the interest of fair fall play and justice The judge charged the jury jut and In Ina ina a few minutes a verdict of oC not guil guilty guilty guilty ty was returned The accused was released but a good sized neighborhood nei schism has developed In West Weber that may last long after the grasses are again green over the forgotten grave of the little dog that died dieda f a |