Dinwiddie v. State

Appellant was tried, convicted, and fined ten dollars upon a charge of having mischievously and maliciously killed a dog, owned by the prosecuting witness.

The prosecution is based upon the act of March 7th, 1883 (Acts 1883, p. 148), which is an act to provide for the taxation of dogs, to regulate matters connected therewith, providing penalties for a violation of its provisions, and repealing the act upon the same subject, approved April 13th, 1881. R. S. 1881, section 2647, et seq.

A reversal of the judgment is asked upon two grounds. The first is that the trial court erred in not allowing…