State v. Wallace

MARTIN (Harry C.), Judge.

This is a case about dogs. As dogs do not often appear in the courts, it is perhaps not inappropriate to write a few words about them. The dog, a carnivorous mammal, has been kept in a *476domesticated state by man since prehistoric time. “The memory of man runneth not to the contrary.”

Diana, the Roman counterpart to Artemis, was the goddess of hunting. She was the twin sister of Apollo and was usually pictured with her hunting dogs, given to her by the wind-god, Pan. Cerberus, the three-headed dog, served as the watchdog at the gates of Hades. In the sky we find Sirius,…