State v. . Latham

The defendant is indicted for .malicious mischief, in killing a' dog, belonging to the prosecutor. The facts are as follows : In the morning of the day on which the dog was shot, a hog of the defendant, being at the premises of the prosecutor, was worried and injured by the dog in question; On the afternoon of the same day, the prosecutor being in the woods in pursuit of squirrels, the defendant came where he was, with his gun, and his dog following; very soon afterwards, the prosecutor’s dog attacked the hog, and while he was in pursuit, the defendant shot, and killed him.

The counsel of the…