Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-20
ALL ABOUT DOCS.
A Dog Case in District Court
 Created Mirth
QUALITIES OF AN IRISH SETTER.

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 Judge Cowell Sustained Demurrer
 In Mitchell-Smi Case-Several
 Other Cases Wiped Off The Docket
 To-day completed the term in the district court and court adjourned until the first Tuesday in January, 1901. This morning Judge Cowell held special session of short calen- dar ill order to expedite few mat ters on the docket Judgment on a
 note for S:j0O was given John F. Gal lagher against Michael F. Woods, with interests and costs of course. and the plaintiff demurrer to defendant's answer ill the suit of John l.. Mitchell against Mrs Mary F. W. Smith was sustained thus the fair attorneys,
 susan |. O'Neill and isabella Pettus
 were turned down. This was the most
 ungallant thing Judge Cowell ever did and it is taken for granted that he would not have done so could he have
 got our of it and that he will not present himself q Christmas present
 as punishment. This constituted the
 business done at short calendar. a
 The dog case of Payeur vs Kelley
 was then resumed. William Kelley. q brother of the defendant was put
 on the stand and testified that he used the Irish setter. the bone of cOnten- tion, as an ";td' in the window of his fish store and that tAe animal was
 ''a little off color" He failed to tell the difference between off color and
 ''on' color. except to say that it was figure of speech. Charles A. Simpson, the eNpreSSman. was put on as an eX- pert witness and during his cross eX- animation. Attorney Pierce for the plaintiff displayed such q remarkable l knowledge of the Irish setter dog that | his opponent, Carmody. suspected he stayed up laSt night reading the sub 1 icct. Mir Simpson stated that the val I ue of q first class Irish male setter | puppy is about SIC and female S5. | while the best breed in the country i can be had for S23. AIr Carmody
 asked how much an Irish setter
 around here" was worth. Judge Root objected to the form of this question 1 as it included him as an Irish setter. 1 RoarS of laughter. AIr Carmody re-
 piled that he feared his learned brother misunderstood the question
 and that he said Irish sitter Tine | jury almost fell off their chairs at 1 this retort and the question was lost | in laughter. Police Officer James F. 1 Halpin also testified as an expert. He 1 appeared to have heard. read of or | known every Irish setter in the dog world. but Mra Pierce showed he had not heard that q dog of this species | named Patsy sold for S1O. and an- other named Graeco went for the same | sum in Pougnkeepsie last year. Officer | ILalpin and AIr Pierce differed also as 1 to the Irish setter'S performance in
 the field. AIr Pierce contended that
 the dog is one of the most intelligent 1 in field trails and bench shows where | as the officer claimed that in years 1 this species of canine flesh has not l been in the field nor on the bench.
 It is too headStrong for such perform
 ances he claimed and no matter if the
 famous Patsy and his companion
 Graeco were sold for Sl00O0 he clung | to his contention that the Irish setter
 was generally too headstrOng for the
 field c- the bench.
 Tine jury. after forty minutes de- | liberation. returned With verdict of
 $500 for the plaintiff. This sum being 1 $100 in excess of the amount Of dams
 ages claimed. the jury was sent back | to bring in a verdict to fit the damages l and they did so.