The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-16 00:00:00

GUILDIIALL.

Joha Howe, of Bolwell-street, Lambeth-walk, pro-
prietor and driver of cab 10,148 and badge 11,617, ap-
pc ared before Sir Sidney H. Waterlow to answer the
charge of cruelly torturing and ill-treating a horse.
An officer from the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals attended.
Thomas License, 279, said that he wax on duty in King-
street, Snow-hill, when he sow the defendant driving a
horse and cab. From the horse's movements he was in-
duced to examine it, and found three wounds under the
collar, the largest of which was about the size of a two
shilling piece. The horse was in very poor condition. The
wounds appeared to have been old ones, and the tops to
have been rubbed off that morning. There was a pad on
the collar, but it had rubbed the sore instead of protect-
ing it.
The defendant said the wounds were all healed over
when be took the horse out in the morning. and ho was
surprised when the officer stopped him. Ile hoped his
worship would be lenient to him, for ho was a very poor
man.

Sir Sidney H. Waterlow said three canon of cruelty to
homes must he put a stop to. There was no excuse fur the
defendant, but an he was a poor man he would nut indict
a heavy fine. He then fined the defendant Ws.

CLERKEN WELL.

JUAN Ward, a cab-driver, appeared in answer to two
summonses taken out against him by Mr. Robert Leaver, of
3, Warwick-villas, Islington, for refusing to deliver up
his card, awl the second for refusing to drive to a place
not exieetnes six miles.
It a from the evidence that the prosecutor sent
his sou or a cab on the night of the 7th of October. His
son brought the cab to the door, and the prosecutor told
the defendant that he wanted him to go to Brow ton.
His fare was 25., but as it was a wet night he would give
him 2s. 6d. and a glass of ale. He accordingly gave him
26.8 d., but when his friend came out be refused to drive
him. He was asked for his ticket, but ho said be had
given the last one away a short time previously. As the
defendant would not drive his friend, he was asked to
drive to the polioe-station, which, after some time, he did.
Ile was asked there to drive to Brampton, but he refused;
hence the present proceedings.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said he did not
have a ticket with him, or he would have given the gen-
tleman one. As to the refusing to drive, the gentleman
was drunk.

The complainant said his friend was quire sober, and
called two witnesses who bore out his statement.

Mr. Cooke mid the case was made out, and fined the
defendant 20s. and 21. emits for refu%ing to drive, or 14
days' imprisonment. For refusing to give a card he would
have to pay 7s. 6d. and 2a. costs, or a further imprison-
ment of five days.
The defendant was locked up in default.
130 W—STREET.

Charles Fairfield was again brought up on remand on
the charge of stealing from the United Service In.titution
a large number of coins, forming part of the Hawkins
collection.

Hr. Finch, of the firm of Fladgate and Co., continued
to conduct the prmecution, and Mr. Woutner, jun.,
defended.

The principal facts in connection with this case were
reported a fortnight ago. The evidence then given was
now supplemented by the testimony 0C
Mr. Low the assistant-secretary of the institution, who
produced the catalogue of the Hawkins collection, already
mentioned as having been made by Mr. Williams at
the time the collection became the property of the insti-
tute, under the will of the late Mr. Ilawkius. It was in
three volumes, each of which had been very much muti-
lated. In the first volume leaves had been cut out in four
places—he should say more than four leaves in each
place, but they had lain cut down so clime to the back
that it was impossible to tell exactly. In vol. 3 there
were leaves torn out in one place. He could
not say how many. In several parts of each vo-
lume pages had been so disfigured by the appli-
cation of some powerful acid- that many of the
entries were rendered wholly illegible. It appeared to him
that the catalogue had been mutilated or disfigured every-
where that there wore entries relating to coins that had
been abstracted from the cabinet. The catalogue was
kept on the library shelves, to which members hail access.
Some of the missing leaves lied since been returned to the
institution, nearly all he believed. The institution is
incorporated by royal charter. At night, after eight
o'clock, the premises wore in charge of the accountant,
Mr Felstead, who resided there. He and a porter named
Holroyd were the only persons who slept on the premises.
The two volumes of Coleridge's letters produced were the
property of the institution.
Mr. John Williams, assistant-secretary to the Royal
Astronomical Society, stated that he made out the cata-
logue, which was in his own handwriting. The collec-
tion was intended to illustrate the coinage of the world,
and contained specimens of almod every coin extant.
With regard to all the coins produced, he could swear
that there had been similar coins -probably the carne—in
the collection ; but he could not positively identify them,
as there might be duplicates.
Other evidence in support of the charge was taken, and
the prisoner, on whose behalf it was stated that there was
a perfect answer to the charge, was committed for trial.