The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-01 00:00:00

Patrick Weston was placed at the bar on remand charged
with stealing a piece of beef from the shop of Mrs. Wright,
Ship-yard.
James Coglin said on Boxing-day he saw the prisoner
with a large bit of beef. On hearing that such a piece of
meat had been stolen from Mrs. Wright's shop, he went to
look after the prisoner, and found him about seven o'clock
in the evening, when he asked him how he got the meat.
Prisoner said it was all right. He asked some other ques-
tions about it, when the prisoner said ho " palled" it from
Wright's ; and that he (witness) need not say anything
about it and he'd " square" the thing all right. He how-
ever went and told Mrs. Wright.
George Hutton, foreman to Mr. Wright, butcher, Ship-
yard, said the beef was stolen on the afternoon of Boxing-
day from the shop of his employer. It was missed very
soon after it Baas stolen, but until information was brought
to Mr. Wright he did not know who was the thief.

Police-constable F 152 said from the description given of
the prisoner he took him into custody, but he denied all
knowledge of the robbery. The meat had not been found.

A boy, No. 24 in the Shoeblack Brigade, said on the day
in question, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw
the prisoner with a big bit of beef. He was walking away
with it.

Prisoner—Saw me with a big lump of beef I Well, yon
must have good eyes. Why, I never had no beef, and I
don't know anything about it. As to stealing it, that's a
mistake. It was in doors all the afternoon, and I can prove
it.
Mr. Henry—Well, you can do so at your trial.

Prisoner—But I never had the beef. If I had I
shouldn't have minded, but it is hard to get sent for trial
for nothing.

Mr, Henry—Well, two witnesses saw you with the beef,
and a piece of meat like that you were seen carrying was
stolen from a shop at the corner of Ship-pard.
Mason, a coal-dealer in Ship yard said—A few days ago
he saw the prisoner hanging about in Middle Series-place,
when he asked him if he would carry out a few coals. He
said he would, and he accordingly sent him with a couple of
hundred to a laundress. He got the money, which he kept,
and he also stuck to the sack.

Prisoner—Well, you'll make something of it presently.
I never did a day's work for tho man, and I never bad the
beef.

Mr. Hanry—l shall commit you for trial on the first
charge, and remand you on the second, in order that the
person who paid you the money may be in attendance.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN VETERINARY
SURGEONS—TILE CASE OF A POOR CAB HOUSE.-Mr.
John Harris, cab proprietor, of Burwood-mews, Edgware-
road, and Wm. Warwick, a driver in his employ, were
charged by Mr. Wm.lbove, of the Royal Society for the pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, the former with having
caused a horse to be tortured, and the latter with having
tortured it by working it whilst in an unfit state for labour.
A solicitor appeared for the defence, and loth cases were
heard together.

Mr. Love stated that on the 24th ult., he was in Regent-
street, and saw Warwick driving a horse in a four-wheeled
cab. The horse was lame in both forelegs and its general
condition was bad, and the driver who was tugging the reins
had a difficulty in getting it along. In conjunction with Mr•
Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, who was with him, he stopped
Warwick, and, on examining the horse, he found an exten-
sive raw wound on the inside of the fetlock joint of the near
foreleg, evidently of some long standing, and covered with
a piece of cloth; also three wounds just above the fetlock
joint. Its fOre and hind quarters were much shrunken, it
trembled, and seemed exhausted, and had apparently been
hunted, overdriven, and overworked, and in his opinion it
was totally unfit for cab work. The defendant Warwick
admitted that he had a difficulty in earning his money with
the horse, The defendant Harris admitted he sent the
horse out to work, and that he placed the cloth where it
was in the habit of cutting itself, and that he considered it
fit for work.

In cross-examination, Mr. Love said his complaint was
not simply of the wounds, but of the horse's general unfit-
ness for work. He had seen the horse that day, and it
was manifestly improved since he made the complaint—
eight days ago—still he considered the horse unfit for cab•
work. In his opinion, the horse was not worth more than
food for " knackers" at the present time.

Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon
and inspector, proved examining the horse on Thursday
week last, with Mr. Love, and he found it poor, weak, and
exhausted, and lame in both forelegs, the fetlock joints
being swollen and deformed. There was a wound of con-
siderable size on the fetlock joint, covered with a piece of
cloth, quite raw, and of long standing. The horse was
altogether unfit for work, and he directed the driver to take
it borne. He had seen the horse that day, and, although it
was in a better condition than it was then, it did not alter
his opinion as to its general unfitness to work in a public
carriage.

In cross-examination Mr. Cherry said ha attributed the
injuries to the deformity of the fetlock joints.
The defendant's solicitor said the complaint proceeded
from the over zealousness in carrying out their duties of the
gentlemen who appeared as witnesses. He would call
another veterinary surgeon, who would put a different face
on the matter, and show that the horse was not only fit for
the work, but that it was in reality a valuable animal.

Mr. Dollar,- veterinary surgeon to several public com-
panies, -and residing in Bond-street, said he examined the
horse on Monday last, and again that day, and he consi-
dered its value about £lO. It was not an old horse, its con-
stitution was sound, it was in good condition, and he consi-
dered it perfectly capable of working in a cab. The wounds
on the fetlock joints were but trifling, and it might have
cut itself on the day the complaint was made, but it might
go for weeks without doing so again. He staked his pro-
fessional reputation in saying that the horse was quite fit
to work in a public carriage.

Mr. Knox said that —veterinary surgeons sometimes
differed in opinion, and when a person like Mr. Dollar came
forward and took oath, and staked his professional repu-
tation that the horse was fit for the work it was put to, he
(the magistrate) was bound to accept his evidence, and
therefore the charge against the owner must fall to the
ground. But with regard to the driver, unless he dis-
believed the positive testimony of Mr. Cherry, the veteri-
nary surgeon, and that of Mr. Love, of the society, he must
convict him. It had been sworn to that the horse on the
day in question was lame, weak, exhausted, overdriven,
and overworked, and in a miserable state. That no doubt
was the work of the driver, and placing, as he (the magis-
trate) did the fullest reliance upon the evidence of the wit-
nesses, he should convict the driver in a penalty of 205., or
14 days in the House of Correction.
The fine was paid by the owner of the horse.

THAMES.
ROBBERY BY A SERYA.NT —Mary Sullivan, a large
Irishwoman, aged 22 years, and described as having no
home, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with
stealing property of considerable value belonging to Joseph
Salomans, a Jew, the landlord of the Duke of Sussex pub-
lic house, in Rosemary-lane.

The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Salomons
for five months. She left her situation about six weeks
ago. A good many things were lost while the prisoner
was in the house, but she was not suspected. Very re-
cently the duplicate of an article belonging to the prosecu-
tor, and pawned by the prisoner, was found in the house,
and an inquiry was set on foot, and this property was traced
to the prisoner, and she was taken into custody by a con-
stable at a coffee-shop in the Minories, and in her box a
portion of the missing property, consisting of linen, female
wearing apparel, blankets, and towels, valued at £lO, was
found.

The prisoner said she did not know how the things gol
into the box.

The prisoner was identified by one pawnbroker with
whom she pawned some of the missing property.
Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week.

TRUE SHERRY is produced in a district of limited
extent in the neighbourhood of the town of Xeres-
de-la-Frontera, about twenty miles from Cadiz. But an
immense quantity of the wine we drink as sherry in Eng-
lamd does not trace its origin to these favoured vineyards
It is brought either from adjacent districts or from Malaga
and other places along the coast, and is shipped on board
vessels loading in the bay of Cadiz with a bill of lading de-
scribing it as pure sherry. However, we ought not per-
haps to say much on this point, for so long as the substi-
tuted wine is sound and pure, no great mischief is done,
which is more than can be said for other practices to which
it is often subjected before it appears on our dinner-tables.
Like port, the sherry shipped to England is made up for
our market, about ten gallons of spirits being generally
added to each butt before exportation. It is almost quite
pale at first, brown sherry being obtained by the addition of
" doctor."

RAPID GROWTH OF THE IRON TRADE IN ENG-
LAND.—It was not till Cort, in 1783, introduced his pud-
dling furnace and rolling process that we began to be self-
dependent. We are nor able not only to supply our own
wants, but also to export iron to other nations. The make
of pig-iron increased nearly sixfold between 1800 and 1835,
End fourfold between 1835 and the present time. It at
present amounts to about three million tons a year, being
worth about twelve millions sterling. Britain yields nearly
a twelfth of the whole produce of iron ore throughout the
world.

THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN GLAMORGANSHIRE,
—lt has been ascertained that 14 lives were lost by
the explosion at the Gin Colliery, Maesteg, near Bridg-
end. The majority of the men were married, and leave
large families. The colliery is the property of the Llynvi
Vale Iron Company, and was worked to supply their iron-
works with coal. Mr. Evans, the Government inspector of
mines for the district, has visited the scene of the accident,
and the result of his observations will be made known at
the inquet.