ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
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CAN A DOG LAWFULLY POACH? 
A curious case of poaching has been tried at Mehun, France, the 
question being whether the master of a dog allowed to run wild about the 
country is answerable for the said dog’s gaming propensities. A Mons. 
Castlebon went from Mormant to Ozoner-le-Rupos, where there was a 
fete ; he had his wife with him, and also his little children, and certainly 
as small an idea of sporting or poaching as could be imagined. Unfor¬ 
tunately he had also with him his dog, an animal that had blood in its 
veins, whose father or mother had been of the true pointer class, and 
who felt himself at liberty to look after a leveret, and to pursue 
it into a preserve belonging to M. Duval. A summons was taken 
out by the gamekeeper of the latter against M. Castlebon, who, it was 
declared, had not called his dog off, and had thus rendered himself 
partieeps criminis. The Court condemned the defendant to pay a fine 
of 50f. and lOf. damages, as well as the expenses. M. Castlebon 
appealed against this decision. He declared that the beast was not a 
sporting character, but a house-guardian, but that, in spite of 
all his efforts, the creature was determined to have a bit of game on 
the occasion referred to, and paid no attention to his voice, and 
that he had offered to pay M. Duval for whatever damage had 
been caused. The Court considered that M. Castlebon had not been 
proved to be an accomplice of his dog in the depredation complained of, 
and reversed the decision of the lower tribunal. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office, Pall Mall, Nov. 26, 1861. 
9th Lancers.-—Veterinary Surgeon George Longman, from 
the Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Frederick 
Bailey, permitted to retire from the service. 
Royal Artillery.—Acting Veterinary Surgeon George A. 
Oliphant to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Christopher Sander¬ 
son, deceased. Acting Veterinary Surgeon David Paley to 
be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Henry Dunsford, resigned. 
Cape Mounted Riflemen.— Acting Veterinary Surgeon 
Frederick Fitzhugh Marshall to be Veterinary Surgeon. 
To be Veterinary Surgeons of the 1^ Class. 
Veterinary Surgeon Francis Frederick Collins, 16 th Lancers. 
Veterinary Surgeon John Surtees Stockley, Royal Artillery. 
Veterinary Surgeon Alfred Job Owles, 6th Dragoon Guards. 
Veterinary Surgeon Stephen P. Constant, 5th Dragoon 
Guards. 
Veterinary Surgeon Hicks Withers, 3rd Hussars. 
