Show I 1 A libel on r fair T town 0 wn I 1 down a at Sten stonington ington conn an enterprising justice of the peace has had himself appointed also dog officer which in connecticut legal terminology means the officer whose duty it is to collect the do dog tax the tha penalty for failing to pay the tax is seven dollars or thirty days in jail or both the stonington officer has adopted a peculiar method to facilitate justice every morning a carriage starts out it is the courtroom on wheels there are in it the grand juror the constable and the dog officer and justice of the peace A call is made upon one of the unfortunates he is summoned to appear at the carriage the writ is served and the case is tried result the defendant Is fined seven dollars and costs amounting to about fifteen dollars of this his amount the grand juror receives three dollars the constable two dollars and the dog officer three dollars in addi tion to this each man collects ten cents per mile for traveling expenses if the defendant makes a vigorous protest he is bound over to a future session of the court but the result is invariably the mm game e buffalo courier |