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

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 for 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 'sin, 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 worn.
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
rerronded, that the master might be also proceeded against
by the society's officers.
Rutherford said the pony had been put out of its misery,
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 ss. 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 ctme 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 sot 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 Murpjiy did
not go upstairs.
Mr. Knox said he should remand the prisoners, but
would take Murphy's own bail to appear in a week.