The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION•IIOtIit

A labouring maTt,.:;;;l•s;;•;elkertin, reedits' is
Amos-street, Miseries, was sonunesed by a neighbour,
named Thomas Mania, but no neaten of the defendant,
for unlawfully permitting end suffering • ferocious dog to
be at large, unmerited, to the danger of the pails.
It appeared from the statement of the complaleent that
the animal in queetlos was ...very mischievous one, sod bad
snapped at and bitten several persona, and among them his
own child, who was about 2 yeses old. The child was
bitten on the wrist, and it was found necessary to send him
so Bt. Bartholomew's Hospital, when the wooed was
cauterised. The complainant said that all he desired was
that the dog should be either destroyed, or at el *nuts
prevented from doing any further mischief.
The Lord Mayor asked the defendant what he bad to say
in answer to the oompleint.
He replied that he did not know that the deg wan in
any way =leakiness', sod besides the dog weenie his dog,
but belonged to some use else.
The eamplaient said that the dog bad been in the de-
fondant's hone for eights,. moraly and upon one occasion
he sallied out and bit • gentlernae who was paring, who
struck him with his cane far doing so, and the defendant
end his wife rushed oat and bleekparded the gentleman
for striking the dog.
The Lord Mayor said LI wee clear that the defendant was
answerable for the presseedings of
he the dog but ma Ikons
ins nine additiosie evidence te s forward, the
ore was adjourned for a sent time, and very soon after-
wards an announcement was made that the pasties had
settled the affair amongst themselves.
The Lord Mayor, however, said that the publio wen
comarned In such • pee as thin, sod he should sot allow it
to be settled, and he directed the complaisant and the de-
(meant to be sent for, and in • few ennetes they made
their appearance, and the ioqulry wee resumed.
The wife of the complainant wee examined, and she
proved that she sew the dog bite the child, and the the
wound was afterwards cauterised et the beepitaL
The Lord Mayor the. fined the defendant 90s, and at
the same time made as order that the dog should be de-
stroyed. The public, be said, were sot to rue the risk of
being bitten and attacked by hydrophobia, because men
like the defendant chased to keep • mischievous dog, and
if he did not comply with the order, and was brought there
again, he would be punished much more severely.
Mr. Henry Casey, genre manager of the Commercial
Clothing Company, Obseedde, stepped Into the witness-
box, and begged respectfully to ask what was intended to
be done reepeotifig the removal of the nuisance of Bee-
nett's clock from Cheeped*. He wished to know whether
the Lord Mayor would interfere end want the inhabi-
tants from bone further annoyed by the crowds of idle
persons who semembled every hour and quarter of se boor
in the day to see the figures Cog and Magog strike upon
the bells, or whether his Lordship would advise the inhabi-
tants living oite, and in the neighbourhood right and
left of the ous, to take the opinion of counsel as to
bow they could best and most speedily remove it out of
view.
The Lord Mayor—The oely %WM I can give to your
question. sir, is this—that the action in the matter must
net entirely with the neighbours. In other words it nets
with the public.
Mr. Ore (the chief clerk) - You had better consult with
your neighbours.
The Lord Mayor—Where Is your place of business
Mr. Casey—At No. 99, Cheered*, nearly opposite the
clock. I assure your lordship I often prefer going round
to our establishment by the roadway rather than by the
footway to avoid the crowds of teens and roughs who are
contently assembling there, The neighbours doe% really
know what to do. The mob is sometimes so great as
almost to resemble the sages to be witnessed at an execu-
tion at the Old Bailey. Again, I beg to ask what sive you
advise us to take?
Mr. Oke—We cannot Aden. When • case comes before
us in the proper way we shall deal with it. You bad
better take counsel among your neighbours as to what
course you should pursue.
The applicant thanked the caret for the courtesy with
which he bad been listened to, and withdrew.