Joseph Byrnes​The San Francisco musician accused of hacking his beloved pit bull to death with an axe while nude in a Catholic church was yesterday denied in his bid to dismiss all charges and could face a jury of his peers perhaps as soon as December. Joseph Byrnes was arrested in August after witnesses saw him take a hatchet to his dog, Nickel, outside Bernal Heights' Immaculate Conception Church. When police followed him inside, they discovered Byrnes' blood-soaked clothes strewn about the
Joseph Byrnes​We've been following the sad tale of Joseph Byrnes, a San Francisco musician accused of hacking his pit bull to death in a Bernal Heights church. Back on Aug. 9, witnesses saw Byrnes striking his dog, Nickel, with a hatchet outside the Immaculate Conception Church. When police entered the building, they found Byrnes' blood-soaked clothes and discovered the man nude and soaked with blood, crouching over his mortally wounded dog. Police claim he told them he killed the dog because