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Show Death Sentence for Dog That Killed Sheep Mount Sterling, Ky. The law requiring re-quiring that a dog accused of killing or wounding sheep be put on trial for bis life the same as a man accused of murder wns carried out to the letter In Couuty Judge K. W. Senff's court here. Kaiser -'Bill, a German police dog, property of Mrs. Henry Gay, was the defendant, charged with killing some and wounding others of a flock of 30 pheep belonging to J. Prewitt Youne. The trial consumed the greater part of the day. and after ten witnesses had been heard and the case given to Judge Senff for a decision. Kaiser Bill was held guilty and sentenced to death. Mrs. Gay entered an appeal and the dog-was placed under $300 bond, but the court ruled that the dog must be chained at his ovvuer's home until the January terra of court. Kaiser Bill was in the courtroom during the trial. He was defended by Attorney W. B. White. County Attorney II. W. Sullivan conducted the prosecution. Mr. Young, owner of the sheep, told how he had shot at the dog and woundtd.blm In a front foot This j wound was the means of Identifying the dog, which was formally placed I under arrest by Sheriff W. B. Robin- j son on a warrant sworn to by Young. Wood stains also had a part in thf j Identification. |