The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-24 00:00:00

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The defendant was then discharged. An attempt at
applause at the conclusion of the magistrate's remarks being
got up was instantly repressed.

THAMES.

THE COMPLIMENTS OP THE SEASON.—Samuel Myers, a
cab driver, was brought before Mr Partridge charged with
being drunk and inotqable of taking care of himself and
his horse and cab.
A police-constable named Myers, No. 502 K, saw the
prisoner's horse and cab last night in Lincoln-street, Mile-
end. The prisoner's head was on his horse, and his heels
were on his box. He was dead drunk, and he was removed
from his ignoble position and put into the cab, which was
driven to the green-yard. His master was put to the ex-
pense of green-yard fees.
Please, Sir, said the prisoner, it's Christmas time.
Mr Partridge—lf it is that is no reason you should make
yourself intoxicated, and endanger your own life and the
lives 0 people in the public streets.
The prisoner—My fare gave me something to drink be.
oause it's Christmas.
Mr Partridge—You are fined 63.

Henry Uobb, a cabdriver, was next charged with being
drunk and incapable: He was driving a fare in Stepney,
and nearly overturned his horse and cab. A gentleman in
the cab roared out for aid. The horse was stopped and
prisoner lifted off the box.
Mr Partridge fined the prisoner ss.

Henry Love, cabdriver, was charged with a similar
offence. A police-constable saw the prisoner at two o'clock
this morning near the George public-house, Commeroial•
road, very drunk, and quite unable to drive his horse, which
fortunately was sober, and proceeded quietly along the
road.

The Prisoner—l own I was drunk. A gentleman gave
me a glass of rum. I suspect it was drugged, for it sewed
me up directly.

Mr Partridge—Pay 5s for being drunk and incapable.
Charles Fox was charged with being drunk and incapable,
while in charge of a horse and cab. He was asked for his
license and badge. He said he had neither; he was only
a horse.keeper, and his master entrusted him with a horse
and cab in the absence of the regular man, A gentleman
gave him two glasses of whisky, and it had an effect upon
him,

Mr Partridge—You had no right to drive without a
badge. You are fined 40s. Drunken cabmen must be
taught to keep sober. Their drunkenness appears to be on
the increase.

WESTMINSTER.
A DRUNKEN CARMAN, AN " ELEVATED " FARE,
AND A " GROGGY" HORSE.—Charles Ellis, a cabman,
was charged with being drunk and incapable of tatting oars
of his horse and cab late on the previous night.
Henry Postern, 284 R, said that he was on duty in the
Fulham-road when he saw the horse in defendant's cab
coming towards him at a slow rate, and apparently not
under control. On its approaching nearer, the defendant
fell off the box, and witness picked him up, and, finding he
was drunk, conveyed him to the station.
In answer to the magistrate, defendant said he had a
fare in his cab at the time,
It was suggested by the defendant that there was much
to cause the offence—the extreme coldness of the weather,
the near approach of Christmas, the fact of the liquor hav-
ing had more than its usual influence, and the presumption
that the horse was a little " groggy."
Mr Selfe thought it premature to celebrate Christmas bey
fore it arrived, and fined defendant 10s, or imprisonment
for seven days.
Mr Weeks, the fare whom the previous defendant had in
his cab, was next charged with being drunk and incapable
of taking care of himself.
Polite-constable Postern said that he found the gentle-
man in the cab drunk, and seeing he could do nothing with
him took him to the police station in the cab.
Mr Self° painted out to the defendant that he bad been
found in a very awkward position.
Defendant said he had been very unfortunate in his selec-
tion of a cab. Feeling himself a little " elevated" he called
a cab in order to be driven home in safety, but had picked
a cabman, as it seemed, in a worse condition than himself,
whereby both had got into trouble. If the cabman had been
sober nothing of the sort would have happened. The de-
fendant did not consider there was much the matter with
him.

The police dea'ared that when taken out of the cab at the
station he was so intoxicated that he could not give his
name and address.
He was fined 55., which was immediately paid, but the
cabman was locked up.

SIIELTON'S ANALYSIS of the various horses en
gaged in the Derby, the Oaks, the One Thousand,
and Two Thousand Guineas has just been published. It
contains, besides the analysis of the four great races, reports
from all the principal racing stables. Though small in
size, the amount of valuable hints thrown out with regard
to the horses engaged in the various races above-mentioned
will be found of inestimable value to those wishing to make
investments so long before any of the races come off. No
one ought to back a horse without previously providing
himself with a copy of this useful guide.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.—The Court of
Assizes of Haute-Loire has just been occupied with
the trial of a man, named Baptiste Fautry on a charge of
fratricide. It appeared from the indictment that the father
of the prisoner finding himself too old to manage his pro-
perty, made a division of it between Urbain and Baptiste
(the prisoner), his two sons, and his two sons in law, named
Sejalon and Blanc. In August last, when this partition
took place, Baptiste considered that he had not been fairly
treated, and resolved to avenge himself on his family. On
the 20th of August, when all the family were assembled at
their evening meal, he entered his room with a double-
barrelled gun in his hand, and levelling it at his brother
Urbain, killed him on the spot ; he then discharged the
second barrel at his brother-in-law. Blanc, whom he
seriously wounded in the right shoulder. He next attacked
his father with a sharp weapon like a lance, which he had
prepared for the purpose,and ilflicted severe wounds on the
old man. Some persons rushing into the room, in con-
sequence of an alarm having been given, overpowered the
prisoner and gave him into custody, Baptists, when be-.
fore the caul, did not attempt to deny the crime imputed
to him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with extenu-
ating circumstances, and the prisoner was condemned to
hard labour for life.

BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homoeopathic practitioners
and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa
as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc-
trine of homceopathy was first introduced into this country,
there were to be obt.fined no preparations of eocoa either at-
trac"-
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[ye to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
Homoeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn
his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined
by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes
throJgh, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli-
cious aroma. Dr. Hassall, in his work, "Food and its
Adulteratio.'s," says —"Cocoa contains a great variety of im-
portant nutritive principles—every ingredi4nt necessary to
the growth and sustenance of the body." &gain: "As a
nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee
or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured
in tin-lined ilb., Ob., and 11b. labelled packets, and sold by
all grocers, couicctioners, and chemists,— [Apyr.]

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF WILFUL DAMAGE.—Mr
Mitchell, a builder, of Warwick-road, Pimlico, was charged,
before Mr Knox, with wilfully breaking a pane of glass, a
table, and a looking-glass, of the value of £2, the property
of Mr Bird, a coffeehouse-keeper, of Green-street, Leicester-
square.
The complainant said—Last evening, about 7 o'clock, the
defendant came to my house with a female, and asked for a
bed for himself and wife. He was told he could have one,
and he was shown into a room and had a fire lit, and di•
rectly after he aimed a blow at my wife. I went upstairs,
and the defendant then said, " Who are•you, you bully ?"
I held the defendant for some time, and he then broke from
me and seized the fire-tongs, and we had a scuffle. The
defendant then broke a mahogany table and a looking-glass,
and went down stairs and broke a large pane of glass in the
shop-door. The whole of the damage amounted to £2.
The defendant had been drinking.
Defendant— Did you not attack me, and ask me if I had
had enough ?
Complainant—No.
Mr Knox-.. What sort of house do you keep?
Complainant—A respectable house. I have gentlemen
from the country stay with me, and three left last night in
consequence of the defendant's conduct.

Police-constable 55 C—On going up I saw the com-
plainant and defendant struggling together. Complainant
said defendant had smashed his window. It was a large
pane of glass. The defendant had been drinking.
Mr Knox—Now, defendant, let me hear your story,
Defendant—l was asked by a female to give her a cup of
tea, and she took me into a room where there was abed. A
fire was then lit by a woman, and 6s demanded of me, with
the threat that I should not leave until I had paid it. The
complainant was then called up, and he threw me on the
bed. I stood on my defence, but although struck several
times (the defendant's face bore marks of punishment) sad
kicked, I only stood on the defensive, fearing to strike the
complainant, as I was in his power. I had a struggle with
complainant, and in it the table and Looking•glass were
broken. I got out of the room after a quantity of my hair
was torn off my head, the complainant's wife striking me
as well as the husband. I have the mark of a kick on my
leg inflicted by the complainant. At last I broke away,
and, on getting out of the door the window of it was
broken. I was struggling with_the complainant when the
constable came up.

Mr. Knox—l have heard quite enough of this case.
There is not much doubt what sort of house the complainant
keeps, I shall discharge the defindant, and if the com-
plainant thinks proper he can seek a remedy in another
Court. I believe the defendant has been very badly treated,
and I will not to interfere. I believe the defendant has
told the truth.