The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-19 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CRUELLY FLOGGING A HORSE.—Richard Roberts, a
drayumn in the employ of Messrs. Huggins, brewers, of
Broad•street, Golden-tquare, was charged before Mr Knox
with unmercifully and cruelly flogging a horse.
Mr Praetor, hairdresser, 65, Haymarket, saw the prisoner
driving two horses attached to a heavily laden dray in the
Haymarket. The prisoner set to flogging the leading horse
with great and uncalled for severity, and Mr Praetor, con-
sidering the prisoner's conduct very brutal, went to the
office of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, Pall Mall, and saw Mr Colam, the secretary, who
sent two of the officers to the Haymarket, when they found
the horse covered with weak, in a very distressed state
sweating to such an extent that water wasdr;pping on the
stones. The prisoner was taken into custody.
Haseiner, one of the society's officers, said the horse was
not in a fit condition to do any kind of work, it being ill.
On ceiling the prisoner's attention to the horse, ho sa d he
was obliged to take it out.
The prisoner called two witnesses; who said the horse
was not severely fl igge:J, and the prisoner said that if the
horse was examined no weals would be found on it.

Mr Knox said, as fur there being no weals left on the
horse, he well knew what a sponge and warm water could
do in the way of getting rid of them. He believed the evi•
dence of Mr Praetor and the officers, and should fine the
prisoner 20s or H days.
UNPROVOKED ASSAULT DV A CAPTAIN'S SERVANT.—
Joseph Stannard, a tall powerfully•built young man, a
private in the Scots Fusiliers, acting as servant to a captain
residing at 54, Curzon-street, was charged before Mr Knox
with assaulting Joseph Burrell, 124 C.

Burrell said that about 2 o'clock that morning he was
tryipg the doors in Curzon-street, and when he came to No.
51 he found a key in the lock. He was about to ring the
bell, when the prisoner walked up to him, and, making
use of an oath, knocked him down, bruising his face and
hurting his hand very much. A gentleman came up to the
house at the time, whom the prisoner said was Captain
Stacey, his master, and he informed the gentleman why he
was taking his servant into custody.

Mr Knox said ho had no reason to doubt the constable
was harmlessly doing his duty when the prisoner knocked
him down.

The prisoner said the constable must have seen him
standing near the door at the time the key was in it.
The c mstable said the prisoner was half way down the
street talking to a female. ,

The prisoner said he was in the Scots Fusilier Guards,
and wanted to get back to his regiment.
Mr Knox fined h m 40s, or 14 days in default.

THAMES.

DRITNY AND MAD.—Cornelius Leary, an elderly Irish-
man, was brought before Mr Paget charged with being
drunk and disorderly.

Joseph Halliday, police conttabie No. 329 K, said that
yesterday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock, the prisoner,
was swearing, hallooing, and raving in the Mile-end-road,
"war the turnpike gate. The prisoner said he had been in
the army,and had killed a great many men in his time, and
intended to kill a few more. The prisoner challenged a
Meat many persons to fight, and they only laughed at him.
The prisoner then challenged all the cabmen on the cab
rank and the attendant waterman to fight, and behaved so

j:itrageously that he was obliged to take him into custody.
Wiltrb '1 Frederick Girling, a hackney carriage attendant,
said the
rai,az attempted to pull the wheels off the cabs
on the rank,
and maw; a dash with his body against the
which ,;.;.thstocd the shock. The pri-
ttooinilee-retnhd lhentoilateorutesere'd with the ;,,,rses on the nab rank,
pulled his coat and hat off, and challent;ed him to fight.
The prisoner at last went into the middle of the road and
shouted, and was taken into custody.
Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said the prisoner was
a pensioner, and had been a hackney carriage attendant,
but he was dismissed for drunkenness, and was e very in-
temperate man. Tne prisoner was in the Mile-End-road
for several hours yesterday and made a great disturbance.
Mr Paget fined the prisoner 10s, and in default 7 days
imprisonment.