The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-01 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A SHAMELESS ROBBER.—A young man, who gave his
name as George Fathers, was charged, at Westminster
Police-court, with stealing a number of live rabbits, some
of which belonged to a policeman. On the 9th inst. the
rabbits were missed from the yard of 18, Lawrence-street,
Chelsea, where they had been kept. One of the owners,
named Bagers, went out shortly afterwards and imme-
diately met a man named Liston carrying some of the
rabbits. Liston said the prisoner sold them to him.
Prisoner : Your worship, he knew they were stolen.
Another witness proved buying other rabbits of the
prisoner. Prisoner: He is no better than the other, he
knew they were stolen. Mrs. Kate MeCollack, a shop-
keeper, stepped forward and exhibited a charge against
the prisoner for a robbery committed in August last.
She said that prisoner and another man went into her
shop to buy boots. Prisoner having laced a pair on
soddenly made a bound from one end of the shop to the
other, and darted off with the new boots, leaving his old
The movement was so quick that the. prisoner
escaped. Prisoner : Her boots were not worth sixpence.
they dropped off my feet i a couple of days. Iflr.
Woolrych : You area biaZeefellow to rob the woman of
her boots and then slander her. You are remanded for
a week.

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ROBBERY ON THE RlVER.—James Bush, aged 56 years, a
lighterman, of No. 25, Emerson-street,,4pankside, South-
wark, was brought up oU remand Itt Vic Thiimes Police
court, charged with stealing two boxt of figs from:,a-barge
named the Hannibal, on the'rivet:ThaleS. Mr. Pelham
defended the prisoner. It appeared that Mr. Molten.had
taken in a cargo of 200 boxes of firr9s at Fresl Wharf, and
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be noticed the prisoner pass over the bare, several times
while he was loading her. He had occasion to leave the
barge for an hcur, and on his return missed two boxes of
fi.:s. He suspected the prisoner, who had gone up the
river in a boat. Mr. Molten gave chase, and overtook
him at Blackfriars Bridge. He accused him of the rob-
bery, and brought him back to the barge Hannibal, from
which the figs were missing. A Thames police-constable
was called, and the prisoner given into custody. He then
took some figs out of his coat pockets, and threw them
into the river. He was stopped, and 141bs. of figs wore
taken out of hie pockets. He said he had found the figs
on board a barge he had been navigating. That barge
contained sand and bricks. Evidence was given as to the
figs the prisoner had stolen corresponding with those on
board the Hannibal. Mr. Pelham said many thousand
drums and boxes of figs were brought into London daily,
and that it was a case of unlawful possession. Mr. Paget
thought otherwise, and committed the prisoner for trial
for felony. On the application of Mr. Pella= ho admitted
the prisoner to bail.
A NIGHT CAB HORSE.—James Tinkler, cab-driver,
badge 16,478, was brought before Mr. Flowers, at the
Marlborough-street Police-court, with working a horse in
an unfit state. An officer of the Royal society of the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, watching the case.
Police-constable Brown, 214 C, was at the top of the
Haymarket at one o'clock this morning, when his atten-
tion was called by two gentlemen to the defendant's horse.
which was not fit for work, it having a large wound on the
off hind leg. Mr. W. H. Dudley Ward, a gentleman,
residing at No. 4, Queen's-gate-terrace, Hyde Park, stated
that he got into a hansom cab, driven by the defendant,
at the bottom of Regent-street, and after going about 50
yards found the horse was dead lame in the off hind leg,
and he and his friend, who was with him, got out of the
cab and spoke to the constable. The defendant said he
was very sorry. He was a fresh man in tho cab line,
having only driven for his master, Mr. Stevens, of Peter-
street, Westminster, a few days. Mr. Flowers said he
would adjourn the case that the horse might be properly
examined, so that it might be seen which was the most to
blame, the defendant or his master.

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