The Counsel (a Scotch Terrier)details

The Indictment set forth that the prisoner Growler, being instigated by the “spirit of game,” and by his own ferocious nature, appetite, and abominable propensity of slaying, did, on the night of January 17th, in and upon a heath, or under-wood, or bank, or hill, or lane, or turnpike, or some other similar place, wilfully and maliciously way-lay and murder the said hare, against the Game Act, the peace of Our Lady the Queen, and the comfort, and enjoyment, and recreation, of the said John Brushwood Esq.

The Indictment having been read, the prisoner was called upon by the Court to hold up his paw; but instead of which , he only pricked up his ears and wagged his tail. He was thereupon set upon the bar of the Court; whereupon the Counsel for the prisoner (a Scotch Terrier) inquired if he were to put in his plea as a bar-rister, or in propria persona.