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Issue 75 West Derby & Croxteth Park September 2012
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ONE MAN AND HIS DOG by Stephen Guy, West Derby Society
The policeman was on his beat outside the mansion when he spotted a dog running about on the road outside. Pc 269 took immediate action, picked up the dog in Moss Lane (now Queens Drive) and knocked on the door of the
imposing residence to enquire about the stray animal. It was Sunday 12 September 1875 and the officer doubtless knew who lived at Basil Grange, Sandfield Park – prominent magistrate James Lister, who gave his name to nearby Lister Drive. The JP was the
biggest fish caught in a police swoop that netted 100 people who allowed their dogs to be at large without a lead. Lister was summonsed to appear at L i v e r p o o l Magistrates’ Court along with all the others. At first he tried to bluster it out, telling
the court: “I have two dogs and they are never allowed to go at large without somebody being with
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them. “I was in church at the time. I have two little dogs and they are in the habit of going from my grounds to the coachman’s lodge but to get there they must go into the high road. The animals are quite harmless.” Lister puffed out his chest and declared: “A little discrimination would have told the police that there was really nothing in it. There has been too much zeal shown.” However, his fellow magistrate trying the case, Lt Col Bidwill, had done his homework and upon closer questioning Lister admitted that his dog did not have to cross the road to get to the lodge.
There is a short private drive from Basil Grange (pictured) to the lodge. Lister still insisted the dog was under his control even though it was not on a lead and he was in church! He was fined 2s 6d (12.5p) and ordered to pay 5s 6d (27.5p) costs.
A repentant Lister told the court: “Quite right and I am happy to pay it.” Another defendant, Charles Nye of Edge Lane, produced his little dog in court, denying it had been at large because he was nearby at the time. He was told the law required that
dogs must be on a lead. Nye and all the other 98 defendants paid the same penalty. • Join the West Derby Society at the West Derby Courthouse (built 1586) in the Village - open 2 pm to 4 pm every Sunday, April to October.
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