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Show THE STORY OF A GOAT. On Tuesday, in the king's bench, before the lord chief baron-Mr. .lustier Johnson, and Mr. Justice Boyd, in an action of t'oughlan vs. O'Reilly. ' Mr. T. Sullivan (instructed by Mr. James Brady), Bra-dy), ou ihe part of the defendant, applied to have the case wmitted for trial to the recorder of Dublin. Plaintiff sought damages for injuries caused to her by the defendant's dog. Counsel mentioned that the dg attacked a goat belonging to Mrs. Cogh-I Cogh-I lan. She interfered, and was tripped up by the dug I and fell, which curbed the injury eomphnlvd of. j She wa- in delicate health at the time. The. !-J !-J fondant is the proprietor of the "Swan" iiccnvd 1 house in York street, and stated that ou the 22d oV j last .November the dog was being led by a sivap in j charge of a servant. In New street the goa sud-I sud-I denly ran out of a doorway and struck ::gainsr the j dog. which turned on iho goal. On the J'ith of j December the defendant was summoned to the po-; po-; lice court for suffering a ferocious dog to ho v. i large, but the magistrate. Mr. Drur.v. di'sini-d j the case. An affidavit by Mrs. Cogb.lau stated thar j t he dog ran into her .-hop. and the goat ran away, j upon which the dog caught it by the tail (lauirliter.). Mr. Justice Boyd Perhaps thnt was because the goat hud no horns. Mr. Sullivan said there was nothing about horns in the affidavits. The plaintiff's affidavit .said that lhe goat was worried by the dog. Defendant's servant ser-vant came in and tried to part the animals, but the dog held on to the goat's tail. Plaintiff tried to assist in separating them, aud the dog knocked her down. She fainted ami had io go to hospital. ! Mr. R. M. Todd (instructed by Mr. T. P. Coffey), ' on the part of the plaintiff, opposed the motion. j The court declined to remit the case. j ' I |