The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-02 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL

A brutal looking fellow, aged 21, who give the name of
John Car, and described himself as a drover, residing at
inpbury-place, Heiberg, was charged before Mr. lYEyn-
court with brutally and torturing a sheep at the
Metropolitan Cattle Market, • o.
Police-constable Richard Flaws, 424 A, said he was on
duty in the cattle market, wheal be ow a sheep lying down
and three persons beating it. It was the most wanton
cruelty he had ever witeeened in the market. When they
saw him approaching the @hasp was lifted and carried a shoat
distence,when it was thrown withgreat formon tothe stones,
anti then the prisoner, who was the eldest, again began beat-
ing the sheep for no apparent reason. The poor animal was
net able to steed through their beating it. He examined it,
End found that it was bleeding from the head and the
swath, end appeared to be suffering great pain from the M-
erge it had received. The prisoner and his companions ran
away, bet he followed and captured the prisoner, who at
lit mid it was not him, but afterwards said if he would let
him gohe would tell him who the other two were. He took
from the • • heavy stick, such as is used by drover',
and for' the end of it oovered with blood. The prisoner
acted as a drover, but had not paid his license for two years.
From inquiries that he made he ascertained that the pri-
soner had nothing to do with the sheep, and that it had by
some means got from a drove, the master of which fancied
that be had either lost the sheep or that some one had
stolen it.
Frieoner—l am very sorry, and will never do so any more.
Mr. D'Eyncourt inquired if there was any reason why the
prisoner should have behaved in such a brutal and unmanly
way towards an unoffending dumb animal.
Police-sergeant Robsrt,Gould, 40 N, said that a number of
fellows like the primmer frequent the market and endeavour
to get one or two sheep away from the drove, and then de-
liberately break their legs for the purpose of getting the
job to take them to the slaughter-houses in the market.
Sometimessheep were killed and dressed before the owner
eseertained where they were, and if the sheep were not owned,
then the person who took them to the slaughterer got the
whole of the money.
The prisoner, wbo pretended to cry, in defence said
that he was not so had as the other fellows, for he only
lit the sheep once, and did not hurt it. He did Dot
knew what he did it for, but he would never do it any
mom.
Mr. D'Eyncoint said that, according to the prisoner's
own statement, he had been guilty of most cruel and
cowardly conduct. He had beaten the sheep from sheer
brutality, and apparently from the love of torture. A dog
would scarcely do as the prisoner had dame. He should send
the prisoner to the House of Correction with bud lobour
for two calendar months. He now only sent the prisoner
to gaol for the cruelty, but when he came out be
might be again taken into custody and dealt with for the
felony, as he must have known that the sheep did not
belong to him.
NeiTbuiriaoner,

r, who kept up a howling noise, was then

DEATH OF A CHILD FROM VIOLENCE.

Last evening Mr. Carter ooncluded an inquiry,
which had been five times adjourned, at The Chequers Inn,
Eltham, on the body of Augusta Coastlines Engleheart,
aced four years and else months, who, it was alleged, bad
dud from ill treatment. The evideor taken was of a rev
cioallicting character. It appeared that on the evening of
Friday, the 31st July, Dr. King, of Eltbam, was called to
the house of the parents of the deceased, who was suffering
from injuries to the bead, and in a dying condition. Death
mem don the following morning. Lequilles were mods es
to the cause of death, which was alle‘ed to have re-
sulted from injuries sustained in the head by the child
Laing over the bannisters of • Eight of stairs, owing
to the dress of the mother catching in a bolt
of • gab at the top of the stain, she being in the act
of carryieg the deceased down to put her in • warm bath.
Or of the wieners examioed, Jams Maynard, serest to
Mn. Eaglet:mit, steed that the child had been put lab
• cold bath on the day preceding its death because of its
dirty habits, and that when taken oat of the bath some
cod liver oil was administered, some of which fell over the
shoulder of the child. This was mulled off by the mother
holding the dressed under a pump in the kitchen and
primping upon it. The servant also stated that the mother
had, about a fortnight previously, compelled the deceased
to swallow four chillies, and that two or three days before
bel• drab the child had stated that a tooth bad been
knocked down her throat by bee mother, who, it
was said, was in the constant habit of beating her with a
thick cane, used as a walking-stick, and that this moth she
(the servant) subsequietly found the deceased bad pared.
Mrs. Eugleheart, on being swore, said that the deceased
was naturally very weak, of • peevish disposition, and of
dirty habits. A former medical attendant had advised that
a cold bath, with salt, should be used, and on the child
beteg taken from the bath, and some of the cod-liver oil
falling on her shoulder, she held it under the pump whilst
the servant pumped the water to wash the oil away, not more
thane tumbler full of water being used ; that she then carried
the child upstairs, but seeing it shiver she wee about taking
it downstairs, when, as above stated, her dress caught in the
bolt of the gate at the top of the stairs, and caused her to
let the deceased fall over the bannisters oo to the stairs,
when she rolled nearly to the bottom. She denied that she
had ever beaten the deceased with the cane, and explained
the accusation of causing the child to swallow chillies by
rye.' that whilst emptying some pickles the deceased took
one and swallowed it, and put a second chilly in its mouth,
but after holding it in It. mouth the spat it out. She also
i said that on picking the child up after the fall she immadi•
I ately rent to a neighbour's for amiatessee and fora medie-I
man. The medical evidence was to the effect that deem
had resulted from concussion to the brain, caused either by
• blow or a fall. On the conclusion of the evidence yeater-
, Telzutrrejury, alley an shrine of three.quartera of as hour.
an anemone verdict of "Manslaughter" against
• Helen Hariath Margaret Enhleheart, the mother, who was
thereupon committed oe the coroner's warrant to take bar
trial at the next Old Bailey serious. [Substantial ls,il wee
Madera' sad accepted for her appearance.

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