The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-05 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Three men named Lewis, Popler, ant Wallace, were
placed at the bar charged with attempting to pick pockets.
Police-constable Ackrill said he wag on duty near the
Adelphi Theatre on Wednesday evening, when be saw the
prisoner Lewis " sounding" gentlemen's pockets. He saw
him make three attempts, and then the other two prisoners
joined him. After they had been in conversation some
time, he went up and took them all three into custody.
Police-constable 163 B, said he knew all three of the pri-
soners as pickpockets. On Monday week he saw them in
the neighbourhood of the Industrial Exhibition trying
gentlemen's pockets. He asked one of the gentlemen whose
pocket had been tried for his address, but he said he was
going into the country, and therefore he could not attend,
if he was required. He had no doubt about the identity of
each of the men.

Wallace—Why, how can you stand in that box and tell
such a lie? You never saw me near the Exhibition. Why,
I don't know where it is. You can't look me in the face
and say so.
Constable—Yea, I can.

Wallace--Yes, that's because Satan's in you. HU was
on the gallows, and it was the last word I had to say, I'd
tell you so, I wonder how you can take the oath on your
Bible and swear you saw me pick pockets.
Lewis—l don't deny once attempting to pick a pocket,
but I deny three times. I don't know where the Exhibi-
tion is, so he's mistaken in me.
Popler said he had never seen a brick of the Exhibition.
Mr. Henry—Well, I'll send the case to the sessions,
and you can repeat to the jury what you said here.
Lewis—l would rather, as far as I'm concerned, have it
settled here.

Wallace—l could make that fellow out a confounded liar,
and be the means of his losing his coat in the force, but I
should injure myself by so doing, and therefore I don't see
why I should do that.

Mr. Henry then committed all three prisoners to the
sessions for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CAUTION TO OMNIBUS DRIVERS.-Wm. Heard, driver
of the ominbus 6380, was charged at the instance of Mr.
Wm. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelty to two horses
by working them in an unfit state.

The horses were brought to the front of the court for the
magistrate's inspection.

It appears that in consequence of numerous complaints
which have reached the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals of the condition of some of the omni-
buse horses in the Oxford-street route, two officers have
been placed there to examine the horses, the result of which
has been that frequently of late cases have been brought
before the magistrate at this court. In the present case
the society's officer on examining the horses found three
or four wounds on them, and the collars pressing into them.
On telling the defendant of the condition of the poor ani-
mals he said he was not aware of it, but this could not have
been true, as from his seat it was clear he had full view of
them.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant had no excuse—he
should look at the horses before he brought them out. The
fact was the omnibus proprietors were doing a good deal of
business now, and they worked their horses to the very last
regardless of their condition. He should fine the defendant
ss, or 7 days, in each case.

ROBBERY BY A SHAM CABMAN,—George Allen, a fel-
low who is in the habit of hanging about the Haymarket
at nights, was charged with the following artful robbery.
Charlotte Loader, a young woman living in Exeter-street,
Lisson-grove, said that on the morning of Wednesday last,
about one o'clock, she saw the prisoner standing by a cab
in the Haymarket, and believing him to be the cabman, she
got into the cab with a friend, and handed him a half sove-
reign to take the fare. He walked away with the half
sovereign, and went into a public-house, and never returned.
Shortly after the real cabman came out of the public-house,
and told her and her friend to get out of the cab. This
morning she saw the prisoner standing near the same pub-
lic-house, and she gave him in charge.
Mary Buckland, a friend of the prosecutrix, confirmed
her, both stating they were positive as to the prisoner being
the man.

Norrish Pike, 51C, said, on taking prisoner into custody
he said he knew nothing of the half sovereign.

...
Prisoner said he knew no more of the coin. than the book
on the table.

Inspector Charles Bowles said that at half-past one on
the morning of Wednesday last the two females spoke to
him, and said they had given the prisoner half a sovereign.
A search was made for the prisoner, but he could not be
found, although on other mornings he was there till four
o'clock assisting cabmen.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.