The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

THAMES.

KILLING A GOAT.—A poor woman named Harvey,
residing in Poplar, complained to Mr. Yardley that a
mischievous lad, the son of a neighbour, had shot a
"Nanny goat" belonging to her, and she wanted redress
for the loss she had sustained. The goat was a favourite
with her children, who brought it up from a kid, and by
its sportiveness and playfulness amused the family and
neighbours.
Mr. Yardley—Under what circumstances did the boy
shoot the goat ?
The applicant replied that the goat put its head
through a hole in the fence separating two gardens, and
the boy, who was between 16 and 17 years of age,
loaded a pistol and'.shot it in the head, which brought on
lock-jaw, and she was advised to have it killed by a
butcher. The woman then produced the head, feet, and
skin of her favourite "Nanny," and pointed to a wouna
in its jaw. The boy had exhibited no signs of contrition
whatever, and seemed to think it was fine sport to shoother "Nanny goat." ills parents would not pay the value
of the goat.

Mr. Yardley said, if the wornan's statement was cor-
rect, the boy bad committed a most wanton and cruel
act, and be could be charged, under the act of Parlia-
ment, with cruelty to an animal. He would grant the
woman a summons against the mischievous boy for
cruelty to an animal. It was, undoubtedly, an act of
cruelty to shoot at a goat and wound it.
PATTISON THE PAWNBROKER AGAIN.—This morning
a poor woman came before Mr. Yardley, and said she
went to the shop of Mr. Pattison, a pawnbroker, in
John-street, White Hart-lane, Stepney, to redeem a
pledge, on which 2s. 6d. had been lent. She put down
a half-crown piece, and a penny, the amount of interest
on the counter, and the pawnbroker took it up and put
it in his till, and when the pledge was delivered to her
be said she had not given him the principal and interest.
She declared that she had, and that it was the last half-
crown she had in the world, The pawnbroker, how-
ever, insisted that he bad never received the money, and
refused to deliver the pledge. She was a very poor
woman, and it was bard to be deprived of her money.
Mr. Yardley—So it is, my good woman ; but I cannot
assist you. I have no jurisdiction in the matter, and
you must go to the County Court.
An officer said that many persons had complained that
goods pawned with lir. Pattison had been withheld

from them, on the ground that a robbery had been com-
mitted on the premises. Last week a woman, Lebeau,
complained that when she sent her daughter to redeem
a gold ring pawned on the 6th of September, 1854, for
is., a brass ring, worth a penny, was substituted, and
the pawnbroker insisted it was the ring he received, and
on which he had lent ss.

Mr. Yardley said that several persons had complained
of irregularities on fhe part of Mr. Pattison, and the
press, he understood, had taken notice of his proceed-
tugs. He hoped that would do the pawnbroker some
good, and that he should hear no more complaints.
ROBBING A MARKET GARDEN.—William, Eaton, a
boiler maker, about 25 years of age, was brought before
Mr. Yardley, charged with stew ing a quantity of celery
from a field in the occupation of Messrs. Roberts and
Bedford, market gardeners, of Bromley-hall, Bromley,
in Middlesex.

Police-constable No. 183 K stated that about half-
past seven o'clock last night he saw the prisoner in the
let of tearing up celery in the prosecutor's field. He
sprung over the fence which separates the field from the
road, and the prisoner moved himself quickly away from
the place where he first saw him, and put himself in a
stooping position. He discovered ciose to the place
where he first saw the prisonei 15 large heads of celery
on the ground, and 7 more partially broken. The celery
lad been torn up by the roots.
Mr. Joseph Roberts, of the firm of Roberts and Rad-
ford, said he bad lost a great quantity of market garden
produce by the hands of depredators who trespassed on
his gardens and fields. The persons who committed
these depredations were chiefly boiler makers, and others
in the employ of Mr. Mare and Mr. John Scott Russell,
the iron-ship builders.
Inspector Holmes, of the K division, believed the
prisoner was employed at Mare's establishment.
The Prisoner—No, sir ; at John Scott Russell's.
Mr. Yardley said this system of plunder was carried
on to a great extent, and the prosecutor's gardens were
peculiarly,liable to depredations, necessarily exposed as
:;rowing crops were. He sentenced the prisoner to 14
days' imprisonment, and bard labour. A second convic
don for a similar offence would render him liable to six
months' imprisonment, and hard labour.

A boy named Thomas Williams, in the employ of Mr.
Mare, was charged with stealing grapes from outside the
residence of Mr. Joseph Roberts, of Bromley-hall.
The prosecutor's watchman detected the prisoner this
morning in the act of stealing grapes, and he said other
goys said there were plenty of them and he was at liberty
o take as many as he pleased.
It appearing that the prisoner had been an instrument
.n the hands of otbers, and that he was a boy of good
character, Mr. Yardley fined him 3d., the value of the
,rapes, and ls. in addition, which was paid by his
father. The magistrate observed he was afraid what the
,prosecutor said was too true, and that Mr. Mare's and
Mr. John Scott Russell's workmen and boys robbed the
,narket garden grounds in the vicinity of Bromley to a
treat extent.