Gay v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by Judge Rees

Reversing.

On December 4, 1927, a number of sheep owned by J. P. Young, a resident of Montgomery county, were killed by a dog. On the same day J. C. Tipton made an affidavit before the county judge that the sheep had been killed by a German police dog, the property of Henry Gay, and that the dog was then concealed by its owner at his home in Montgomery county. The county judge issued a warrant in which he directed the sheriff to take possession of the dog and to present him before the county judge for trial and to summon the owner to appear. The sheriff made…