Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1919 — DOG IS WITNESS IN COURT [ARTICLE]

DOG IS WITNESS IN COURT

Convinces Jury in Philadelphia That He Is Not Vicious and Gets Verdict. 1 Philadelphia, Pa.—Trixie, a collie dog, was a witness for her mistress in Common Pleas Court No. 5 in the trial bfthe suit of Mrs. Helen Butkus, who claimed to have been bitten by the dog, against Mrs. Mary A. Chambers, the dog’s owner. According to Mrs. Butkus, she was attacked by Trixie on July 31, 1917, when she entered the vestibule of Mrs. Chambers’ home to' purchase some household effects, &he testified the dog bit her in the left thigh, Causing tears and abrasions of the skin and flesh. ' . Trixie’s owner denied the dog had been guilty of such a violent temper and questioned the truth of the plaintiff’s story. Mrs. Chambers admitted Trixie was a lively puppy, but goodtempered and a playfellow for the children of the neighborhood. To demonstrate the truth of this, Trixie was brought into court and scampered about among the jurors, who later returned a verdict for the dog’s owner.