WALTERS, Chief Judge.
Lowell B. Joy pled guilty to mistreating an animal upon evidence that he maliciously had shot a dog. Joy contends that the magistrate's imposition of a six-month jail term was excessive under the circumstances and represents an abuse of the court's sentencing discretion. For the reasons below, we affirm.
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Carol Fitzgerald and Dennis Herwy lost their dog, a six-year old female registered
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