The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-04 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

ASSAULT UPON AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOIL—Mr. Tho-
mas Pritchard. who deecribed himself as a gentleman, re-
siding at No. 3, Canterbury•villas, Maida-vale. Paddington,
TM charged before Mr. Broughton with haying ciramittsd
violent assaults upon Charles Hay, conductor of ore of the
Atlas omnibuses, running from St. John's Wood to Camber-
weld gate.
Complainant stated that seeing defendant resting his foot
on the cushion of the omnibus, be asked him to remove it ;
defendant refused ; end when complainant laid bolt et his
boot, for tee purpo-• of teking it off the seat, defendant gave
him several blows of a most violent description upon the face
and chest : and on the vehicle reaching the corer, of Little
Earl-street, the defendant was given into eus:ody, and con-
veyed to the station-house.
The statement of complainant having been corroborea d,
The defendant's answer to the charge was that Lis boot
was made of patent loather, and could not have caused any
soil to the seat. He was spoken rudely to by complaisant,
who caught hold of his leg and gave it a twist. He (defend-
ant) should not have strusk had be not been first assaulted
by complainant. On arriving at the end of his journey he
of. red his cud and wished to make any amends if he had
done what was wrong.
Mr. Blare. man-ger of the Atlas Company's omnibuses,
said, in reply .o we sindistrate, thstoomplathant would have
Ingle:nil hie out, ..m: he not desired defendant to take his
foot from the seAt.
Mr. Brought,m, after remarking that the assault charged
bad been fully rstebl shed by evidence, fined defendant 605.,
or in default of payment one month in the House of Correa-
tion.—The penalty was paid.
LAMBETH.
SHAM ANIMALS' Eileen SOCIZTISS -.r. P. Henning,
who asserted himself to be secretary to the Animals' Friend
Society, alleged to have offices at 18, Strand, and 11. Roberts,
his collector, were brought up for further ezenrnatioa,
=with obtaining money from numerous ladies and
en in the metropolis under film end fraudulent pre
tenths, there never having been such a society in existence.
Capt. Woed, RN., secretary to the htendicity Society, with
Mr. Ferguson, their chief clerk, were in attendance to con-
duct the prosecution.
Mr. John Fret r, surgeon, said that on the 4th of June,
1848, Roberts called upon him, and solicited subscriptions in
aid of the Animals' Friend Society, at 18, Strand. Ile pro
duced a book contsining reports of eases before the magis-
trates, sad perceiving the names of several gentlemen he
knew on the supposed committee, he gave him five shillings,
when he received the receipt new produced. Henning called
upon him a month ago, and suspecting that the society was
not all right, he told him to call again.
Mr. Thomas Allen was th- n esled, and said he resided
at 18 Strand. The Animals' Friend Sleety was held there
by Mr. Gomperta in 1846. bat that gentleman left in the
latter part of that tear. On the 21st of May last the pri-
m suer Henning and another called on him, and maid that as
Mr. Gnmperts bad given up his swine they intended carp
log it on, at the same time asking him to receive subsea's-
tions for them as he had heretofore done. He agre.d to do
so at a nt.mintil pries of a pound a quarter, but he never a-
calved any money. In fact, it was such a nuisance to him
that he would have mane to do with them.
John Murray, 403, Strand, was next called, and said that
he knew Henning some time last year, as calling at tie shop,
and remaining himself as secretary to the "
Friend Society." lie had offices in his house for seven
week, in the early part of the present year. He had no
tams there in June and July, 1848.
Honford informed the magistrate that be had called on
Mr. Obbernon, of 21, South Audley-street, whose name we-
not only down in the prisoner's book as vice-patron, but as a
liberal supporter of the society. That gentleman ds nied all
knowledge of it.
Mr. Sorton.—l have no doubt that the whole cone wn is a
fiction, and that the prisoner Henning has been duping the
public for a length of time. There appear to be a number
of cases, and as I intend to send them for trial, I shall give
the ninon every opportunity of obtaining all the evidence he
can. Under these circumstances, I shall remand the pri-
soner until Thursday next.