The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

Charier Hapies,a young fellow with big, broad shoulders,
savage-looking, having dark hair grow* low upon hie fore-
head, aad Isis husky eyebrows meetisg over a broken noes,
• drovir, wearing the badge 1,079, was °barged with the
followiogsoaadalons acts of cruelty to a sow at the stile
station of the North Loadow Railway, York-road, BC
Pancras,

Mr. W. Lore, of the Royal Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, stated that in consequent's of the
continued compliable of the cruelties practised by drovers
upon the cattle placard is their charge at the cattle
&tattoos of the North London Railway, the railway autho-
rities, with a view to motet the society is patting dewy
the practice, had directed their @errant, to report all
mem coming under their ootioe. Oa the morning of
Monday, the 27th ult., three cows wise entrusted to the
ears of the defendant to be driven from the market to the
cattle station in question, .preparatory to their being
=4in the trucks to be tibia to their 40-
. On arriving at the platform one at
the cows separated dealt from the oasts, geberi
towards the lairs, when the defendant, who was argma
with • formidable stick, such as is usually carried by
drovers, rushed to the saimal and deliberately dealt it a I
Mow across the small part of one of its hied legs. The
blow was given with such violence that the cow, whilst
tanning • cry, fall heavily to the ground and stretched oat
the tainted leg, and dragged itself along the ground on its
belly several paces. The poor animal warn ultimately got
up and Reaped away on three legs, being unable to pot the
injured leg to the ground for several boon afterwards.
The defeedest was iedignantly remonstrated with at the
time by the witness, and he made use of a disgusting en.
prance, addle', " I only gave it just what it deserved."
As these asses were of mach frequent occurrence amongst
follows of the defendant's class, he (Mr. Love) asked that
the magistrate would indict rich • pusishment sa would be
• warning to him and others aommittlag each neaten mita
for the future.

Witeesees were eel:led who waved the above feria, avid
• former aonsiotio• far • similar offices wee she Droved
uriMst the defendant by Polacemergeset Robert Geoid,
40 N, who stated that the deludes Vs cruel aroduist ta She
market bad been the subject of comment &meg the butchers
sad °domes for • loos time put.

TM defeadset is reply to the dups. did het deny
'Whim the cow. bet attempted to Justify hie ermileet by
say*/ UM he had lied mesa tremble with it, shi that it
bad road his brumm, which he wee wry to iny
sway putout.
Tb. Msgiatrete odd I. the majority of mem Ines& be-
fore him lie found that tabs poses“ bedsritim dee per
rally perpetrstril by Meg fellows BM the deleminst. This
was a most arowerdly sod bruMi as sad so madam seas
hip had bsd ne effeot upse him he would row pe Cs the
Besse of Correction for 01111 011/0111/1 month with hard
labour. Be (tie detembint) was hot it to he astenstsd with
the earn al .attic, sad hie Mesons eschi te be reseed.
Mr. Lore mid all iseevietises wan reseeded. end the
seeresiury of the seriety would he deed esmameiselis wirh
M. Markets 'improvement °omnibus with • Mow to the
soon by out his worship's ,eidesi.
irifeedmit, who metes to ay. odd thud a am
might be imMeNd, bat the appliediss was mime&