New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
CONSTABLE NARINO
 FREED OF CHARGES
Found Not Guilty Of Cruelty in
 Killing Dog
COURT ROOM IS JAMMEl
Verdict Applauded By Crowd of Spectators - Committee Looking Over School Propcrty-PIacc of Game shifted to Manchester.

|
 Game shifted to Manchester.
 Constable Philip Marine. local dog
 warden, was found not guilty of
 cruelty to animals when his case 1 was tried before Justice l.. S. Mills last night. A crowd estimated at
 800 persons damned the courtroom | and hall and created considerable i disturbance at times, forcing Justice Mills to warn them 10 be quiet or
 he would clear the room. The three ! charges against him were merged into one, which was pressed only in
 one instance, that of the killing of | the Feelan dog on June 9. No ef-
 fort was made to press the charge | that Marine had abandoned an anil nal near Plainville pond.
 Conflicting testimony was given by the witnesses of the opposing sides, but the story as finally sifted out showed that on the date men, toned a dog owned by F. J. Feelan
 had been struck by an automobile and broken it's back. Mr Fcelan
 did not want to shoot it himself
 and neighbor also declined. so he
 called Third Selcctman Edward P Prior, who in turn notified Dog
 Warden Marine. This roundabout
 notification brought Marine and his son Walter to the scene about half
 an hour later, and q large crowd
 had gathered.
 Marine had three cartridges in his
 revolver and fired two of them at
 the animal as it lay on bag near the house. Whether the shots were
 not properly aimed or the dog had
 much vitality left, the animal did
 not die and Marine removed if 10
 another spot. He did this. he said, because of the large crowd about him and the fear that he would hit someone if he fired again there. After moving the dog he fired third and last bullet. His son then went for monkey wrench while Marine despatched the dog with his nightstick. The testimony as to the use of the monkey wrench was con- nicting, the witnesses for the prose cution saying they saw it employed and Marine himself denying it. The dog was then put into bag which was held by George Mowray, who testified that the animal was dead when Marine placed it in the bag.
 Attorney CharlcssF. Conlou, who prosecuted for the humane society, pIaced on the stand MT Feelan and several witnesses of the killing. Ed ward Pnon, Paul R. Timothy, Sturgeon Taylor, Finley Drost and Almon Drost. Judge William J. Malone of Bristol, counsel for Mar inc. cross examined these and at tempted to tangle them up. He succeeded in this to a good extent and gave the spectators several good laughs by mixing the witnesses up on minor matters. One said that the incident occurred on July 9, which is today, while another was tan gled on his length of residence here and a third on whether the wrench or nightstick was used first.
 Judge Malone put George Mowray i on the stand and followed him with . John J. Skinner and Henry Mowray, these three saying \practically the 1 opposite of what the previous wit 1 nesses had testified. Walter Marine, | when questioned expressed an opin- | ion that the best way to kill a dog | wa, with a baseball bat, which an- l gered Attorney Conlon. The dog . warden himself took the stand and told his story, denying any cruelty | 10 the canine.
 Defense Springs Surprise
 The defense then sprang coup i )y calling Grand Juror $. P. Will 1. jams in spite of the protest of At orney Conlon. NIr. Williams was !. Isked who made the complaint i. against Marine and replied that Deputy Sheriff E. W. Furrey had |, lone so. He admitted issuing the | warrant without an investigation. 7urrey denied making the com- ,laint, claiming that Feelan had l akcn it up with him and he had zone to the humane society, which i, vas the complainant. Ii
 The lawyers engaged in frequent | its but Justice Mills overruled all k objections on the ground that he f wanted the facts and that they nigh be brought out as each side aw fit. Judge Malone was in a acetious mood and ridiculed the tories told by the witnesses for the 
 After the opposing attorneys had up, Justice Mills made his inding. He said that the dog war len was appointed under the law to .ill dogs when necessary and that 10 witness had contended the dog