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DALLAS (CBSDFW) - Testimony in a cringe worthy animal cruelty case resumes in Dallas Thursday morning.

Bradley Boley, 61, is accused of putting his two month old Chihuahua puppy on top of a hot stove. "Buddy" was so severely burned that he had to be euthanized.

"Buddy had no voice," testified Jerrod Foote, who identified himself as a casual friend, "and I wanted the truth to be known."

Foote wiped away tears and was openly emotional as he talked about the injuries inflicted on the puppy. Jurors watched surveillance video of Foote accompanying Boley as they hurried into a veterinary clinic to try and get help for Buddy in February of last year. Foote told jurors that Boley seemed more concerned about the potential cost of Buddy's care, rather than trying to save him.

"I told the vet that I didn't think it was an accident because Brad had said that Buddy nipped him," testified Foote, "and he spanked him hard and put him on the stove top." Foote told jurors that he was so upset that he asked a neighbor to phone police.

Meanwhile, his testimony so upset Boley that the defendant called him a "liar" loud enough for jurors to hear. Judge Stephanie Mitchell dismissed the jury to scold the defendant, while warning him against further outbursts.

In a setback for prosecutors, Judge Mitchell ruled that the burned kennel could not be admitted into evidence because the Dallas police officer that initially investigated the case failed to give a Miranda warning to the defendant.

If prosecutors convince jurors that Boley used his stove as a deadly weapon, he could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Testimony resumes at 9:00 AM Thursday with the case expected to go to the jury by week's end.

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