The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-26 00:00:00

The witness said the fighting was over when• he went into
the lodge..

." Why you swore just now that you saw

TheRECORDER—
them all fighting."
11r. PHILLIPS, who was Counsel for the defendant, assured
his Lordship that the witness
4 said no such thing.
The RECORDER—He most certainly did, Mr. Phillips.
He swore he saw the whole party fighting. Witness, how can
you contradict what you have sworn to ?'
Witness—l said no such thing, my Lord. I said they were
done fighting when I went in.
The RECORDER—You certainly, did swear they were all
fighting.
Mr. PHILLIPS.—I request your Lordship will look at your
notes. You can find nothing of the kind there. I have been
been attentive to every word that passed, and the witness most
positively said nothing of the kind attributed to him by your
Lordship.
Two or three of the Jury immediately rose and said., they
eertainly understood the witness to have said he saw the whole
party lighting in the lodge.
Two or three others of them then started u 1"), and declared
'they understood no such thing. They believed the witness to
have said, he saw the person in the attitude, not in the act, of
fighting.
At this moment the Learned Judge, the Magistrates on the
Bench, the Learned Counsel, the Jury, and the witness, were
all speaking at the same time, but. the confusion was not of
long duration.

Sir
JAMES SHAW, who sat as senior Alderman, said he was
decidedly-of opinion that the witness had spoken of the atti-
tude of the party he had described, and not of their being in
actual battle. lle was convinced that the man bad, on his ex-
amination by the Recorder, merely repeated what he had. said
in the first instance. . _

Aldermen VENAnr.ts and MAc,wAY, the only other Alder-
men on the bench, said their Opinion 'of the evidence- was I
precisely similar to that of their brother Alderman.
The case then went on. •Two women, who saw the defend_
who himself
ant after the row, deposed that she had marks of violence upon
her person.
The RECORDER, in summing up,. represented to the Jury
that the case of the prosecutor was supported by several, while
the Aldermen,
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lodge.
-The Jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict of
to keep under strict
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behaviour, but omitted to pats judgment upon her, in the ope
that what:had already occurred would be a lesson to her in the
direction of her future conduct.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

GUILMIALL.—Henry Targeti, the driver of the hackney_
chariot No. 1;035, %Vas charged before' Mr. Alderman Tuomp-
scat yesterday, by Mr. Martin,- M.P., with wantonly and.
cruelly beating and ill-treating a horse in Corahill, on the 21st

instant.
Mr. Martin, it seems, found Coachee reposing on the steps
of his vehicle, and had not seen the alleged ill-treatment cern_
mitred, but'observing ii weal extending along the body of one
of the horses, threifeet in length, he accosted the defendant,
by asking if ever he saw an animal exhibit a worse mark of
violence in ilia 'life ? No, said Targett. 'Then' according to
Mr. 3lartitt's statement, the defendant admitted the weal pro.-
ceeded froM a laahhe had himself .inflicted, and Mr. Martin
founded his complaint on that admiSsion;. but Targett was
now-ready to *Wear he bad never inflicted the blow, or made
any. such admission. The defendant further said, the animal
in question "wak.a blood mare, iltion *these skin a" child might
raise weals,'and it was probable she had received the cut upon
the rank, because, being blind, she did not move on when the
preceding coaches did. ' ' -
Mr.'Martin here observed, he had only wished coachmen to
be reminded that rite boy • would reach them, thciagh in their
cruelties to • the ptior animals they stopped short of knockint,
out an eye or- so ; and I:4 the defendant was very civil, he
would press the case no further.---The defendant was then dis-
charged on paying the - • -
Bow-sT RE E T .—Vesterd# Abraham Belaseo, the pugilist,
was charged before-G. R.' .MI/4 su E!;4• with assaulting
Mr. leee, a gentleman residing at the Albany, Piccadilly, and
James Ellis, and. Joseph. Healey, two of the patrol of this{
establishment; ; and further, with attempting to rescue his,
brother, Samucl Balsa), whom the patrol had hi custody on a
charge of felony.
Before the case was, called on, Mr. Isaacs, the attorney for:
the prisoner, made an application' which he Urged with much!
earnestness, that Belasco might be allowed to contprothise the;
matter with the. ogicers,or if that could not be permitted, that;
he might at once: putinbail for his appearance at the Seisions
without the evidence.being gone into.
Mr. 3ltsrsuni.t.,lhoWever, said he shOuld treat this'case
he would every ather,"„Veithout prejtidice on either side. Ile
could imagine nothing in: the case that. should induee hint to
depart from the usual course. " . '
Ellis stated that ate. is one of the-horse patrol,And on Wetl.
nesday evening.last,. while On 41kty on.Epsein raed:course,,he
and Healey were called upon to take charge of sainuel Belasco,
the defendant's brother, for piekine- this pocket of a young
gentleman of the name of Lee,.of a pocket-book, several sove-
reigns' and a silver4cpcil-ease. He was pointed out to thein
by a boy of the name orMicliaelViraish,_who stated that he saw
him put his hand into iltr. Lee's pocket, and takeout something
square. AVitness and Healey took hold of him, 'and he immediately
threw himself on the ground'and Set up ,a peculiar kind of
loping, which witness Irad no doubt at the time was intended as
a kind of signal to the others._ In two seconds.they were, attacked
by a great number of persons, among whom, was the defendant;
who seized witness by:the rollar and endeavoured roger his brother
away, saying " He sha.'n't go—yonsfia'n't take hien." Witness
told the defendant he had .better be quiet, for that he knew
hiin and should see4iiin another day-- He peraisted, howetter,
•in his attempt to rescue.hikbrother, anti called-out .to those
about him, " Ctit away, slog airay ! don't let hint go." (Slog,
we understand, means "hit" ox." strike."-) attack of'
him and hiti companions continued for some time, but witness
and his partner kept their prisoner, and stteri-tetled. in convey
hig hint to the rubbing house,. whither they we(e :followed by
the defendant, who, loaded them'with,ahnse.
The witness was ainkrply,Tross7pratnined.by 'liefascp. himself,
and asked if he and nod violently beating his
brother when he canie lip, and whether he did not, say ".Y.ou
May take hint where you ides; Ite:.'shall go quietly, but you shall
not ill-use him 1" To both of which ~qUestions Ellis gave a
flat negative. lie was equally positive hitt it was the defend-
ant who called out,-"-SlokawaY, _cut away."
Healey,corroborated the oilter,patroßs statement, and he also
denied that Saltmelßetis'ro Was'.stincii: by Min or Ellis. They
Bail much difliculteA getting- hirh'•o troth the ground, but
they used-no tunnecessary_ - -
The witnesses were often, interrupted with great vehemence
by the defendant, in spite:. of the *endeavour's of his legal ad-
viSer to keep him quiet. He excliimed several times, " I
rescue a prisoner ! I sueh.a thing. I
have assisted the officers many times.to take prisoners, as they
can testify. MI your officera knoW.nie,.:your Worship."
A great many officers were present„but none of them volun-
teered their _testimony in. the defetTatint's behalf.
Mr. Lee was then- sviorli; and`sfitt6il 'that' as he Waileaving
one of :the stands ori, the:. raCe-couese, a 'friend,. and- his
son walking a little before hint, a boy, whese name he since
learned was Michael Walsh, came' up to' hint, -and said' he
could point out the...man who had-robbed his son.. .The wit-
ness asked hint how he knew it was his son, and he said he
had seen them walking together.- The boy pOinted out Ba-
mud Belasco, and--they-all followed-him .untif they met with
.the two officers, . and gave hint in charge. He threw him-
self doWri; and cried' out, and "the "present' defendant and a
greak many others- made an immediate attack upon, the AR--
cers,' the defendant .gettinx hold of Ellis by the, collar, and_
calling out; " Ctit'awak!' and using Some Other slang phraiei.
Witness said to him, " Hall ! you are Belasco—l know you ;"
• for he had been often pointed out to him ,as oneof- tile.-bullies
Of Drury-lane Theatre, who attended there every night, with
.
the little pink girls of seragli-O, - • . . ,
Belau° •(biting his are very much, of a gentle-
man, a'nt you, now. You are talking like (we coulA
not catch the word), and not like a gentleman.
Mr. Lee.—l am: stating no .more thin I know of my own'
knowledge, because I have seen. you there night after night,
and heard you use, the same, slang threat there to yOung gen-
tlemen that you made use of to, rne on the.race-course.
Belasco-Slang! what slang?, •
Mr. Lee.—Why, you said-you would give me a knock in the
eye, or a, blow in the eye.. ,• . .
Belasco.:-.-And you call that slang, do you ? .17i711y, now, I
call that plain English. .
Mr. Lee went on to state, that:when- he spoke to the defen-
dant in the way he had described,, the latter said he would
knock his eye out, or give him a 'blow in the eye, he was not
sure which, and he did strike him on the breast. Witness' then
endeavoured to push hint froth his hoid„.of his brother and tile
officer, and called to the officers to do their duty: They said
they would, and finally Samuel Belasco was secured.
Mr. Isaacs asked Mr. Lee if h, did not kick the defendant's
brother. down ?

Mr. Lee said he believed he pushed him with hii foot when
he was down.
Mr. Isaacs asked, with much warmth of manner, why Mr.
Lee: had introduced his remark about Drury.-lane Theatre.---;
Really this seemed to be a charge arising out of transactions at
DrUry-lane Theatre, and not at Epsom race-course, and he
should like tlrknow-what it Meant: " "-- • -
Mr. ill iNstitTLL.—You-should. not be intemperate, Sir. It
does not become you, and you should avoid it.-
Mr. Isaacs said he did not mean to he intemperate; but was
it fair that two transactions should be mixed up -together. to the.'
prejudice of his client ?
. Belasco, in his defence, said, that he saw his br6ther shame-
fully beaten and kicked by the officers and by Mr. Lee; and he
merely stepped forward' toiroptire what he had done,'and to;
prevent hint
he immediately
from being
desisted from
ill-used.' hett ,he
furtherwa interference:
It iad
dltonwea7 Orn°ntiiiikely that he should try to rescue a brbther whom
he had once caused to be taken before the Thames-police Ma-
gistrates, and committed for three Months to the House of Coi•
rection. Ile had
some never spoken o t him since he Was committed
from this office, months agd, ,for a robbery at Covent.,
garden Theatre; but when he. saw him ill-used, the natural
feelings of a brother proMpted him to run to his assistance.
The ill.usage and the " umnediate desisting" of the defend-
ant were again positively deiiedby the witnesses.
Mr. MiNstium, said, he was of opinion that the Charge of.
assault and attenvt at rescue were clearly Made hut, and 'the
defendant must put in bail, himself in 801., and two sureties in
, 401. each, to answer for• the offence at.the Guildford Sessions.
The defendant called two. persons, who swore they Were,
worth 40/. each, after all -their debts were paid, and their bail
was taken. It has been the invariable "practice at this office to
demand 24 hours' nOtice of bail; in cases where officers .have
bweielyn
tahsesaptrialteeifiicienwlrdeexpeacrutetdionfroomf
inthteitlrisdiuntsyt.ancNii:ejmOW not

A fracas, amounting in the end to somedlitag like a battle-
royal, is said to have_ taken place the other night at, the. Fish-
mongers' Hall between,a, titled and untitled frequenter of, that
very respectable establishment.