The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-07-23 00:00:00

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DOGS.
HaTTOW-OaIIDIEW, JULY 22.--Afe. J. kinder, varnish manu-1
facturer, of Gray's Inn-lane, appeared to a summons issued on the
complaint of Thomas Gill, for keeping a furious dog inunussled,
and suffering it to go at large in the public streets.
The complainant, who was upwards of seventy years old, stated,
that he was a porter in the employ of a gentleman in Verulam-
buildings, and was passing Mr. Kinder's door on Friday evening,
the 15th instant, when he was attacked by the dog, which bit him
in the leg, by which means be had since been incapacitated from
work, and had also incurred some expenses for advice and
medicine. •
Mr. Kinder ridiculed the idea of the man's being bit by his dog,
which had been 15 years in the family, and perfectly harmless. lie
contended that the fellow made the complaint merely with the view
of extorting money, and stated, that he inquired of Mr. Coating,
the surgeon, to whom. Gill went to get the leg dressed, and that
gentleman said it did not signify, as it was merely a scratch.
Mr. Sergeant Suhhow observed, that trivial as it might appear,
yet for five hundred pounds he would not be so scratched, because
it was not the wound alone, but the probable consequsnced of that
wound that created the anxiety. If the owners of dogs valued their'
oirn family's eatery or the safety of the public, they should either
muzzle their dogs or keep them tied up at this season of their year. !
31r. Kinder admitted the truth of this remark, but still persisted
in saying that the complainant's object was to make a job of the
thing.
The complainant denied any such intention, and added, that if
some danger was not apprehended. another surgeon (Mr. Corbyn),
to whom be applied after being discarded by air. Cuuaios, would
not have prescribed cooling medicine and lotions.
Mr. Rqeseas directed Thisselton, the officer in waiting, to look
at the wound, anal he having done so, declared that it wag very
much inflamed.
Mr. Kinder was then ordered to pay the poor man 101. and to
'secure the dog, which he did very reluctantly.
WARRANTY OF A HORSE.
Mr. Rolph, a young gentleman raiding a short distance from I
town, came before Alr. Roox•s, accompanied by his Solicitor, to
prefer a charge of fraud against a livery stable-keeper, named Cot-
Me, of Gray's Inn-lane, under the following circumstances:—
On Tuesday evening, tl.e 19th inst. the complainant went to
Corbie's stables to look at a horse, and selected one, the price of
which was 551. Compluina. : asked leave to try it, but was re-
fused, unless a deposit was left t he accordingly gave a check on a
banking-house in the city far Sill. with an understanding that the
horse should be returned on the following morning, if hot approved
of on trial, and of Collette no purchase. It had been warranted
bound wind and iimb, and flee from vice ; but on trial it was as.
' certain& to be extremely unsound, and not worth half the priee
set upon it. At hrle-paat ::Rica o'clock en the morning after. it
WWI returned, and when caret lainant called for his check, he found
that it had presente.l forpayn,eat by a third person, named Harri-
son, in about five .ninates ...her the bank opened, and after the
horse having been dent home ; so that it wan quite evident, he ar-
gued, that a fraud was coetemplated.
31r. Sergeant SE t.Low inquired If there was any contract entered
Into respecting the purchase.
The complainant replied, that there was a wtitten agreement to
the effect described.
Mr. Sergeant Set tax and Mr. RmaE/tS both decided that the
only remedy was by an action at law.
Henry Harrison. a hackney coachmen, was charged by Alexan-
der Jones, another knight of the whip, with stealing a silver watch
and seals.
The parties had been drinking together at an early hour on
Thursday morning, in a public-house, in Liquerpund-sueet, when
Jones dropping asleep, the prisoner took the watch out of his fob,
which was afterwarls pledged for 235. at Mr. Cree's, in Okay's
Inn-lane.
The ease wss fully provetgrand the prisoner committed fur triaL

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