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suppose, must be, that the notice of appeal must be 

 made within four days after the cause of complaint. 

 In order to elucidate the present subject, and show 

 in what manner a lost dog may be recovered, I shall 

 insert the following case : 



M. 7 Ceo. III. On an action of trover and con- 

 version for a setting dog, the plaintiff proved the dog 

 to be his property, and that it was found at the de- 

 fendant's house twelve months after it had been lost. 

 The defendant said, the dog strayed there casually ; 

 and demanded twenty shillings for its keep for twenty 

 weeks, before he would deliver it up. A verdict was 

 given for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the 

 court, whether this refusal amounted to a conversion 

 of the dog. The counsel for the defendant declined 

 arguing the question, and the plaintiff had judgment. 

 BL Rep. 111/. 



Hence it would appear, that, if a dog strays into 

 the habitation of any person, without a collar, he has 

 no right to detain him, unless he does it (knowing the 

 dog) with the intention of restoring him to his ownef. 

 But, notwithstanding, dog-stealers frequently con- 

 trive to elude the vigilance of the law, by conveying 

 dogs to distant parts of the kingdom. 



With respect to mischievous or dangerous dogs 

 it is a public nuisance to suffer such to be at large ancj 

 unmuzzled, to the danger or annoyance of the neigh- 

 bours or passengers; and the owner thereof may be 

 indicted; and an action for damage will, in such 



