The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-09 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BPW-STREET._

Mr. Marshall, fromfdieloiccitor's-alee, Board of Inland
Revenue, attended before Mr. Vaughan to prosecute upon
several eummonses charging the respective defendants
with having kept dogs without having taken out licences
ander the recent act of parliament.
Mr. Vaughan said before entering upon the oonsidera-
tion of the summonses he should wish to ask whether
Mr. Marshall bad cenveyed to the board • suggestion
which be (Mr. Vaughan) bad recently thrown out, in con-
segues°, of complaints which had been made as to de-
fendants being unaware of the alteration of the law or
not knowing where to apply for licenses, that there ,
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not adequate publicity given to these particulars, and that
it would be advisable some means should be taken to
make it more generally known that these licensee were
required, and where and from whom they could be ob-
tained, and also that the facilities should be increased.
Mr. Marshall—Yee, sir, that has been stated to the
board, and I have to inform you that the Commissioners
of Inland Revenue have for some time past beau in com-
munication with the Postmaster-Oeneral with • view to
arrangements being made for the issue by that depart-
ment of licenses to keep dogs. The correspondence be-
tween the two departments has so far progremed that
notice will be given to the public, on or before the let
January, that such licenses may be obtained on and after
that date in two ways. First, they may still be obtained from
the collectors and supervisors of the inland revenue, and
from the distributors of stamps, which is in accordance
with the present ramdetions.
Mr. Vaughan— tis to say, that such facilities as do
exist now will be continued P
Mr. Marshall—Certainly. And in addition, after that
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date, they will be issued it all the Peet-office rummy order
°Moat

Mr. Vaughan—lt would be very desirable that publicity
should be given to this statement through the press, as it
is important that the public should be well informed upon
the subject, to avoid the complaints I have referred to, and
in order that for the future people should know where to
apply, and should be aware of all the facilities open to
them.

Mr. Marshall—lt maybe as well here to state for the
information of the public that the dog license duty is pay-
able on the be of January in each year, in advance. The
assessed tux hich winged before the license duty was
imposed) was charged after the sth April, for any dog
kept at anytime during the previous year. So that persons
who kept dogs between the 6th April, 1866, and the bth
April, 1867, would not be applied to till after that date.
Mr. Vaughan—Well, there is uo as tax now, and
none will become payable hereafter, so that the only ques-
tion we have to deal with is the license.'

The court then roceeded to hear the summonses.
OROU9H-STREET.

Henry Warren, said to be the son of a general officer,
was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt for final examination,
charged with having obtained property of the value of
1601. from Mr. Thompson, by falsely representing himself
to be Mr. Thomas Carew Daniel, of the 3rd Dragoon
Guards. _ _ _

Mr. Lewis, Pen., of Ely-place, appeared for the prose-
cution; and Mr. Metcalfe for the defenee.
Mr. Lewis stated that the friends of the prisoner, who
were of the greatest respectability, had called ou the Eno-
recutor, &skinhim to withdraw from the prosecution.
He (Mr. Lewis). the prisoner having been previously con-
victed, though that such an appeal ought not to stand in
the way of justice, and was instructed to say that the
prosecutor bad brought the case before the court because
be was of °pinkie a fraud had been committed; but he
was quite willing to leave the matter in the hands of the
maJir s.trte.
Metcalfe could state that the prisoner's friends were
of the highest respectability, but be did not put the applica-
tion for withdrawing from the prosecution on that ground.
Ile rested it more particularly on the fact of the prisoner's
father being an officer of the highest position, who had
bled for his country. He considered that the prisoner
ought to be greatly obliged to the prosecutor for the
lenient course he WWI disposed to take towards him. The
facts he was instructed to lay before the court on behalf
of the prisoner wets these. The prisoner had passed a
successful examination at the lioyal Military College. and
while having that p!acc was pounce,' upon by a person,
one of the moneydeuding fraternity. now uutlergomg
deserved punishment, from whom he obtained a loan, and
once in his claws he was made a tool of, and under this
man's directions committed the offence of which he was now
accused. He hoped his worship would teel himself able
to coincide in the charitable view taken by the prosecutor
Inthe case. If the magistrate did take a lenient view of
the matter, the prisoner, ou being released, would be
placed in an Indian regiment under a colonel who would
take care he should do nothing of the kind for the
future. _

II;. Tyrwhitt said magistrates were always placed in s
painful position in there awes. The chitties before him
was no doubt the result of folly. inexperience, and pres-
sure, but be must send it for tnal, ahe could not forg,t
what had taken pluce previously. If he withdrew the
case from a jury it might be said be was open to all sorts
of feelings to which a magistrate ought not to yield. The
prisoner might yet become a useful member of society.
He could well understand what was due to inexperienced
young men whom a set of fellows got into their clutches. It
was a most painful case, but he could not withdraw it
from a jury.
The prisoner was then committed, and the property re-
stored to Mr. Thompson.
SOUTHWARK.

Robert Brow*, a respectable-looking man, was charged
with assaulting Mary Ann Ellis.
The complainant said that on the previous evening she
was standing near the corner of Stainford-street awl the
Blackfriars-road waiting for a friend, when the prisoner
came up to her, seized her round the waist, and assaulted
her. lie did not act indecently, but he hurt her very much.
The prisoner, who expressed his regret for what had
occurred, said he had Wen drinking, anti did not know
what he did.

Tho mabvtrate tined him 31.. or one mouth.
LAMBETH.

The sitting magistrate, Mr. VI uolrych, was engaged
some time in hearing summonses taken out by Mr. George
Barber, one of the supervisors of the excise, against r.
sons for not having obtained licenses for the dogs the
kept, according to the act of parliament, and by which
they had rendered themselves liable to a penalty of M.
The that caw was that of William ender, who in reply
said the dog strayed into his house, and was taken to by
his son, and he did not like to turn it ont.

Mr. Woolrych—The act distinctly says a dog found on
the premhim which shows sufficient owner.hip. You
must pay a penalty of If. hs.
William Carter, for having two dogs without the
licenses, was next summoned.
Defendant produced receipts for payment of the tax last
year, but the magistrate told him that. had nothing to do
with the new act, and he would now have to pay 2/. 10s.
William Davis. for having two dogs under similar cir-
cumstances, was ordered to pay 2!. lUs.
With regard to the two last cases. the supervisor said
there was no wish on the part of the Excise to prom at
present for excessive penalties; and under thoso cir-
cumstances those fines were reduced to It hs. each.
Jobs Roar, I,anri■ Rirers, Thomas,' Burton, and Jots
Smith, were likewise ordered to pay 11. 6s. for similar
neglect.
HAMMERSMITH.

Berry Drury, a cab moiler, and his wife, Emma Drury,
were charged as follows :
Mr. Richard Baker, a pawnbroker, of Archer-street,
Notting-hill, said that morning the female prisoner
mitered his shop and offered a ring for pledge, at the same
time asking 10e. upon it. He refused to receive the ring
in pledge, and told bar to send the person to whom it
belonged. The other prisoner then came in. Witness,
however, detained the ring.
Mr. flelfe looked at the ring, and said it was a brilliant.
The witness paid it war, said was worth about 71.

The female prisoner told the magistrate that her hus-
band gave her the ring to obtain what money she could
upon it. She did not know that there was any harm in
doing so.
The male prisoner said he found the ring in Dolton•
mews, while ho wus washing a cab, lie did not know
that the ring was valuable.
Mr. Selfe said if the prisoner found the iron, he ought
to have taken means to have found the owner. Ho was
not satisfied with his account of the possession of the ring,
and he should require a surety for his appearance neat
week.

Bail was produced. and he was liberated. Ins wife's
recognizanees wore taken fur her appearauoe et the saute
time.

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