The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-10 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

Md.NSION-HOUSE.

Walter Houston, a respectable looking young man, was
brought before Alderman Finnic, who presided in the
absence of the Lord Mayor, by Hancock, the detective
officer, charged with robbing his employers, Messes. Cope-
stake, Moore, and Co., warehousemen, Bow Church-yard,
This is the third case of the same description in which
the same prosecutors have been robbed by persons in their
employ, that has been investigated ,at this court, within a
very short period. The present charge involved some
aggravated circumstances. The prisoner had been 10
years in the service of the prosecutors, and he was em-
ployed as a manager in the country department, where
parcels were made up to be sent to customers in different
places. It appeared that he took advantage of the poeition
of confidence in which he was placed to remove goods from
different parcels, which he made up into a large
parcel addressed to some person in Scotland, with whom
it appeared he was connected, and who kept a draper's
shop where the goods were disposed of. When the
prisoner was questioned by Hancock, he aimitted that he
had taken the property, but said that be intended to
restore it. When the officer searched the lodging of the
prisoner, who, it appeared, was a married man, several
other articles were found, which were identified as the pro-
perty of the prosecutors.
' The prisoner, who made no defence, was committed to
Newgate for trial.

John Long, a very disorderly and dissipated ruffian, who
was declared by all the police officers in court to have been
in custody " times out of number," was brought before
Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting two police-
constables, named Kenny and Shead, of the K division.
The prisoner was intoxicated and making a disturbance
at the Lord Exmouth public-house, in Catherine-street,
Limebouse, and was forcibly ejected! from the house,
and given into custody by Mr. Ipple, the landlord, who
had refused to serve bins. The prisoner was given into
the custody of Kenny, and he made a most determined
and vigorous resistance. He swore, cursed, and blas-
phemed loudly, and kicked and plunged on the ground.
The police-constable received several kicks and blows from
the ruffian, and he was obliged to call for the assistance of
Shead, on whom the prisoner turned his violence, and
with a most horrid and filthy oath declared he would in-
flict an injury upon him that would ruin him for life. The
prisoner attempted to carry out his diabolical thrust. The
kicks, however, fell upon Shead's legs and thighs, and his
injuries are not of a permanent nature. Kenny, Shead,
and others were compelled to use great force before they
could overcome the prisoner.
A police-sergeant said the prisoner was the most trouble-
some fellow in the district.

Mr. Paget said that was expressing a good deal, and sen-
tenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard
labour for the assault on Kenny, and two months' imprison-
ment and hard labour for the assault on Shead, the sen-
tences to be consecutive.

Two boys, one between nine and ten years of age, the
other between eleven and twelve, were brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with cruelty to a number of OA the
property of Mr. Scales, butcher and salesman in White-
chapel. The boys gave the names of Thosuis and Hairy
Pit!hams.

Mr. W. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, watched the case.
It appeared that Mr. Scales, who carries on an extensive
business, has been in the practice of keeping pigs in one of
the Blackwell Railway arches, in Frederick-street, Back
Church-lane, St. George's-in-the-East. The pigs had been
on several occasions injured and depreciated in value by
some cruel and malignant wretches who had beaten them
severely. Last week 24 were found to have been beaten,
and it was supposed that the ill-treatment of the animals
had taken place on the Dublin wharf, Lower Fast Smith-
field, where they were landed. It turned out that the pip
were not hurt there, and were sent from the wharf unin-
jured. Mr. Scales then applied for the interference of the
police, and Sergeant Blackwell, No. 4 If, was engaged to de-
tect the perpetrators of such wanton mischief. He watched,
and detected the prisoners beating the pigs as hard as they
were able with thick sticks which they provided for the pur-
-1 pose. One boy called to the other, "Hit them on the nose ;
that will make them feel ;" and both the prisoners thrashed
the pigs on their beads and bodies as hard as they were'able.
The squealing of the pigs afforded great diversion to the
young savages. The louder the pigs were squealing (said
the officer), the louder did the prisoners laugh. The ser-
geant pounced on the prisoners, and took them into
custody. He said 14 of the pigs in the arch were injured.
Mr. Psget asked if the cruelty on the animals was exer-
cised from motives of spite towards the owner.
To which Blackwell replied that what the boys did was
what they called sport.
A mechanic, the father of the boys, could not &mount
for his sons acting in the manner described.
Mr. Paget said it was quite shocking to hear of such in-
humanity on the part of boys so young. The father of the
boys had brought up his sons like brute animals in a horrid
way. lie ehou.d remand the prisoners for a week.
Mr. Love said he should make a special report of this
ease to the Royal Society.

ADMTB.ALTY, OCT. 9. —APPOI N Tll EST.—Assistant
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