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day afternoon he ferehed the mare from the stable for the purpose
of showing her. Hitt not know the person who was employed to
look at the horse, but saw a man get upon the animal while trying
her ity Wellington.square, who'sltimst immediately after rode away
with her. At this instant a friend of the horse trier caught hold
of witness by the arm, saying that the horse he had bought in elf
chsnge for his own was a kicker ; upon which he turned round to
his brother William, who was modifier by. and arid to him,
" Where's the man gone with the mare ?" He was, however, in-
clined to believe that the rider had taken the mare home tor him.
but to his surprise he never saw either the animal or the man till
he learned that the horse was safe in Rochester-row, Westminster.
The accused refused to give up possession of the mare yesterday
morning, and io consquence Lee took him into custody, when Mr.
Sergeant SCllon, one of the Magistrates at Hatton-garden, referred
the nastier tor investigation at the above office.
Frost, in his defence, said that he purchased the mare from some
person in Smithfield market for 41. They settled the business at a
public-house to Cuweli-street. He never saw the man whom he
purchased it oir,liefore, hut should know him again if he was at It-
beets to liask alter him.
The prisoner vfma.ordered to he detained until the required sure-
ties were brought forward, which, however, he was not provided
with, and lie was locked up.
Davis. the prosecutor, ststed that since the animal had been away
It had been most cruelly ill-used, but ho would take care to have it
(0,11,0 r-fling when required.
Toe Magistrate, upon those conditions, allowed the prosecutor
to take the mare with him, at the 1111111 e time he intimated to the
defendant it would he well for him to find nut the person as
speedily as possible of whom he had purchased it.
Al .1 RI.BOROI'Ii 11-STREET.
" DON'T sou V NDERSTANl)."—Yesterday, among • host of
disorderlies brought before the sitting 3lngistrate, was a veteran
Lieutenant from the neighbourhood of St. Giles's. for 'being Bac-
chus ;denim I TOWII being asked his pante, he replied, Lieutenant
John Z, drk;ak Toinkinsoff. don't you understand.
The %Nachman stated that he found the gentleman performing
upon his beat sundry attempts at walking, which ended by his pro-
strating himself at full length upon the pavement. Finding him
incapable of regaining his true equilibrinm, he procured assistance
and took the gentleman to the warrh-house.
In reply to the charge, '• Why you see." said the veteran Lieu-
tenant, " that i had been dining with a friend, don't you under-
wand( and was going home, don't you understand, when the watch-
man took me to the watch-house, don't you understand, merely for
drinking a tumbler of whisky, don't you understand, and which I
think is a very hard thing; for I have been twenty-three years in
the army as a Lieutenant I • the Dike of York's regiment, don't
you understand ; and I was putt in a cell; don't you understand,
your Worship. with a felon and a prostitute, your NVonship, don't
you understand.-_ _ _

Mr. DYER-Well. Sir' I am very sorry for it; but you will be
liberated upon paying a fine of sa.
" Why (continued tne Veteran) it is no merit in me, don't you
understand, in thus speaking here, don't you understand. upon the
occasion ; but I hope it is no offence, don t you understand, on my
pan, in stating what non of place I was ushered into, don't you
understand, only for drinkingan extra tumbler of whisky, don't
you understand; betides It does not often occur."
The Magistrate informed him again that he would be discharged
upon paying the line.
4' I perfectly understand your Worship, don't you understand,"
exclaimed the gallant Lieutenant, with corsidetable gravity This
reply occasioned roars of laugbter, but the habit *as so strongly
upon him, that the iudecoronsness of the auditors had no effect, for
counting out ten sixPences, he paid them over with •• Don't you
understand ?" and being informed that he was at liberty to depart,
he, with an indescribable bow, exclaimed, " Good morning, your
Worship—don't you understand ?"

JEALOUS Loess —A tall, thin, meagre-looking man, named
David James, a sojourner nom the principality of Walea. was after-
wards brought up, on a charge of being riotous and disorderly.
Mr. Mills, a bootmaker. stated that the prisoner at the bar, he
believed, had been paying his addresses to a lodger of his, but from
what he had recently learnt, his visits were not so agreeable to the
lady as they used to be. This 4i had been informed of, and or.
den were issued to refuse him adfaittance. On the previous after-
noon, however, he by some means got into the house and the room
of the object of his adonvion. In less than five Minnie% after, wit-
ness heard the cry of " alurcer !" and, on going up stairs, saw
his lodger on the floor, and the prisoner, somewhat in the attitude
of Sala George, above her, engaged in the laudable act of beating
her and tearing her cap and bonnet. Upon witneas's interfering,
the prisoner turned round, and broke one of his windows.
Mrs. Margaret Jones, the lodger, who appeared full ten years the
other side of forty. oext came in, bearing the remains of her bon.
net and cap in her hand ; and after a number of sighs, stated that
she had kept company with the prisoner for about three years, but
finding during that tune that instead of is keerMag her, she should
have to support hum, and having lately met wi, a more agreeable
young man, who was inclined to marry her, she had told her former
lover that his visits would not be. for the future, agreeable. In
consequence of this information he became jealous, and because she
w.iuld not give up his more substantial rival, flew upon her and tore
her cap and bonne. She added, that it' he would promise never to
visit her again she would forgive him, out of remembrance of their
past love, fur the damage and assault of which he had been guilty.
The prisoner, who was a sort of " riranie Anatomic," denied
the taunt of his not being able to keep a wife, for he had been in a
situation for these three years ; but raid, as she had been so on.
grateful as to treat in the way she had done his fervid love, he
would banish her from his memory, and would never go near her
house again.
MAGISTRATE—TeII, then you are discharged, on condition of
not going to the house and molesting her.
Mr. Al ills—flow am I to be paid for my window ?
MAGISTRATE--YOU must pay the person for lin window, and
also your discharge.
Prisoner—l have got no money.
On hearing this, Mrs. Margaret Jones went up to the prisoner,
and in a doleful tone said, '• Davy, have you no money."—" No,
I hare not," replied Davy, sighing and.oglitig his dear Margaret
at the same time.—" Never mind it, Davy, I will pay the money
for you ;" and accordingly Mrs. Margaret Jones paid the ex-
penses which the jealousy of the disappointed Davy had incurred.

MARVI.EBONE.
A day or two since, Mr. Kean, a foreign lace-merchant, resident
its Portman-street, Portman.squsre, came to the office, evidently
under feelings of the deepest indignation, to complain of a violent
outrage which had been committed upon the person of his FOll, a
youth of sixteen, an apprentice in the house of Stevens and Croft,
haberdashers and lacemen. No. 63, Oxford-street, by four of the
shopmen of that establishment. From the representation 'hen
made, Mr. RAW UNION issued a warrant against the persons ac-
cused, and they were yesterday brought up in the custody of
Morris, and shortly after .11r. Kenn and his son arriving, the exa-
mination of the charge commenced. The defendants gave their
names Hobe,t Join Dcunifin.d, John East, John Bcnnett, and
Wdlsum Mrkalas.
William Dennis Kesn,• a very mild youth, was tben sworn, and
stated as follows :—My father apprenticed me about eighteen
months ago, for four years, to Messrs Sevens and Croft, and gave
one hundred guineas as preinium. I for the first twelve months
was employed in the warehouse, and the remainder of the titre in
the shop. Mr. Stevens is dead, but the business is carried on by
Mr. Croft, who lives at Blackheath. but comes to the shop daily.
On Monday morning last, about eight o'clock, d had dusted the
wimp-counter, when the detendant East came into the shop and
brushed and dusted his clothes' where I had just been cleaning. I
rebuked him for so doing, and he called me " a dirty gambling
rascal." 1 said he was as bad. the then threatened to give me a
thrashing before all the young men in the shop. I merely said " I
hoped they would see justice done," meaning that he would not be
allowed to beat me unjustkr. I went up stairs to dress myself in
half an hour alter, and IS was passing the room where East and
the others were breakfasting, 1 heard him say, " I will flog him
with this whip." I went' to my room, where two other young men
were dressing, and after they had left, Eaarcame into the room.
1 was then undresseiLin my shirt, he had a whip in his hand, and
struck me across the legs, using very opprobrious language, and
daring me to strike him. I refused to have anything to say to him.
He went to the door and called up the other three, who coolie into
the room and seized me in the following way :_Douglas by the
back of' the head and- neck, Denniford by the left arm and hand,
and 11.innett by the right; they flung me on the bed, when East
flogge.l me with a whip. I struggled and cried out, but he conti-
mud digging until the blood flowed from my thighs. 1 told them
it Mall ,11:1111aUl to treat me as they did ; I was dreadfully beaten,
and such are the injuries that I received that I am covered with
welts and bruises.

Dlr. Haw Liwaow—Describe more particularly the nature of the
injuries. I understand you bave been under the care of a surgeon ?
—Yes, Sir. and I am using lotions.
11r. Itawt.titscoifltate where you have received injuries?
The youth hesitated, and from his explvation, given with great
diffidence. it appeared that in the lash of the whip were six or
seven cords knotted ; and-in the course of this outrnge they were
applied to particularly delicate parts of his body.
Mr. Itavvi-iNsox seemed astonished at the extent of the vio-
lence.

• :11r. Kean. senior, here said the boys ablomcn and thighs were
in a very Brea Ail state.
The Magistrate and Lord Montfort! (who sat on the Bench) re-
tired with the youth, and Inspected his person. On their return
Last entered into his defence. lie recited numerous acts of din.
obedience of the boy, who refused to obey his orders, and attend
upon the cuismineta, and swore at him ; but being a youth, he
(La,t) did not hke to strike him with his fist, hut cautioned him if
he was saucy that he would whip him ; and the boy continuing
his impertinence, he certainly did whip him.
:11r. RAWLINSOW—Do you think you have any right to do any.
thing of the kind ?

Ert;st—why really It in necessary to do this to keep himin order.
It was .11r.Croft's particular wish that if the boy was Insolent we
should give him a good thrashing.
Mr. HAWLINNON—Indeed 1 So your master, .you say, chitties
toordcr his apprentice, with whom he has received one hundred
guineas, to be flogged by a parcel of people who can have no control
over hint.
East continued to state some other grounds of childish pruvoca-
tion in extenuation of his conduct, when
Mt. It awi.insow Inked if he meant to justify his.conduct ?
East hesitated, and said something about the boy's intolerebl,l
impertinence.
The complainant declared he had not been abusive or insulting
to any of thenr.
Mr.. Kean, sen. said the boy had been threatened by the defen-
dants since the warrant was issued.
Dennifuni complained that the boy had called him " a