The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-12 00:00:00

...at; SITS, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
SPECtILATING ON THE ROYAL PROCESSION-SILBERBERG

v. WRIGHT.
This was an action to recover for cigars, plaintiff being a
wholesale and defendant a retail dealer.
Plaintiff's clerk said the goods had been supplied and
ought to have been paid for.
A letter was produced from defendant, and handed up
for his Honour's inspection. After his Honour had read it
he said—" I see that he expects to make a great deal out of
the Royal procession. Do you know if his anticipations
have been realised 2"
Plaintiff's clerk—l cannot say, but I think our debt
ought to be paid.
His Honour—You see he trusts to the Royal procession.
Plaintiff's am afraid we cannot depend on that.
His Honour—No, and it is not the most brilliant mode
of displaying oar loyalty. I must make out the usual
order.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CRUELLY TORTURING A PONY.—George Dare, a master
baker, 47, Greek-street, Soho, appeared to answer the com-
plaint of Mr. Wm. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of having caused
and procured a pony to be tortured by being worked in an
unfit state tor labour.
The case was proved by Rutherford and Guest, two of
the society's officers, who said the pony was attached to a
cart, and in consequence of observing it lifting one of its
legs as if in great 1 ain, they were induced to more closely
examine it, when they found it had a dislocated hip and was
spavined. In addition to this the pony was very old, and
mere skin and bone, and bore evidences of having been re-
cently severely whipped, and was quite unfit fur wor, . A
man named Stanning was in charge of the pony at the time,
and, on being spoken to by the officers, said that he was
obliged to flog the pony to get it along, and that his master
sent him out with it. Stanning was taken into custody and
ran, +nded, that the master might be also proceeded against
by the society's officers.
Rutherford said the pony had been put nut of its na.ory,
the defendant Dare having had it slaughtered.
The defendant Dare said, in defence, that he was no
judge of horses, and that he had fed it well.
Dare was fined 20s. or 14 days, and Stanning 6s. or seven
days' imprisonment.
ROBBERY AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S.—Three
men, named Daniel Murphy, Edward Brezell, and John
Cane, were charged before Mr. Knox with stealing, at the
Black Swan, Ryders-court, several articles, the property of
Mrs. Mary Tobin, licensed victualler.
Mrs. Tobin said that about 3 o'clock on Tuesday the

three prisoners came into her house, and remained there all
day. Between 9 and 10 at night Cane and Brezell asked
permission to go upstairs, which she gave them, and after
theyleft the house she missed a quantity of wearing apparel,
some knives and forks, a table cloth, two windsor chairs,
and seven pewter pots from the kitchen.
Daniel Macarthy, a tailor, of 19, Castle-street, Leicester •
square, said that he was in conversation with Brezell and
Cane, yesterday, and when Cane said they had taken the
table cloth and the knives, and that they had melted the
pots, also that they had sold one chair and were going to
sell the other. He had previously seen Murphy, who told
him that he prevented the others taking the clock from the
wall. He told Murphy that it was a shame the men had
robbed Mrs. Tobin, as she had been so kind to them.
Patrick Leonard, a shoemaker, said Cane told him that
he was combined with the others in taking some articles
from Mrs. Tobins, and that Murphy had nothing to do with
it ; also that some of the things had been sold.
_ _ _

One of the prisoners asked Mrs. Tobin whether she
would not have seen him take the things away if he had
done so ? and she replied in the n egative, stating that it
was such a peculiarly constructed house.
Three constables, who took the prisoners into custody,
said they had not traced any of the property.
In answer to a question, Mrs. Tobin said Murphy did

not go upstairs.
Mr. Knox said he should remand the prisoners, but
would take Murphy's own bail to appear in a week.

WESTMINSTER.

PLUNDERING AN HOTEL PROPRIETOR -..Ann Culiens,
Irishwoman, recently in a nunnery, was charged with
plundering her master.
Mr. Marten Wallac , the proprietor of Wallace's Hotel,
K. nighte.bridge, said that the prisoner was recommended to
him in July last, and entered his establishment as a house-
maid. About six or seven weeks ago, in consequence of a
lady telling him that the accused was a very dishonest
person, he discharged her, and subsequently discovered
that he had been plundered of a qut•ntity of linen and some
plate. Some silver spoons were subsequently brought to
him from a pawnbrok r, with whom they had been pIL dged,
and he had also seen some table linen which had been iden-
tified. That also had been pawned at the same shop as the
spoons.
A pawnbroker's assistant produced two table cloths. The
identified the prisoner as the person who had pawned thew.
He knew her well.
Alexander Ruddy, 2 B, said that he had received infor-
mation of this robbery, and had been some time in quest of
prix, ner, whom he apprehended yesterday at a concert at
Mary ebone. On searching ber bole he found two hand-
kerchiefs, which had since been identified by Mrs. Wallace,
Prisoner at first, denied the robbery, but atierwards ad-
mitted that she had taken the things which had been found,
Prisoner now said that those were all she had taken, and
pressed the magistrate to believe this.
The magistrate reminded her that she had at first denied
that she had taken anything.
Prisoner now hoped that her late master would forgive
her, and, as an inducement, said he was very kind and
charitable.
She was remanded.