The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

CRUELTY.— Samuel Barker, a carman, living in Blyth's-
Yard, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, was brought up before
Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough Police-court, charged
With the following cruelty to a horse, Young, one of the
officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, watching the case. Alfred Hunt. 166 C,
Proved examining a horse which was being ,driven by the
Prisoner, and finding it to be very old and very lame,
having a broken foot, or what was called a shot joint,
and one of its sides was a mass of sores, caused by
Its knocking itself about through excessive weakness.
On his telling the prisoner the horse was not fit for work
he said it had just been shod, and being pricked it had
become lame, and that he had brought it out to exercise.
Young, the officer of the society, corroborated the con-
stable, and said the horse was unfit for work. Mr. Knox
said he considered it a very bad case. A magistrate had
no power to order a horse to be destroyed, but if the pri-
soner thought proper to have it done it would go in mitiga-
tion of the penalty he intended to impose. The horse
having been destroyed, Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 40s. or
a month.

STONE-TROWING AND GAMBLING.—WiIIiam Wheatley
and Joseph Tucker, two rough-looking fellows, were
Charged with being drunk, making use of obscene lan-
guage, and assaulting Police-constable Cowell, 226 A, in
113'de Park. After hearing the evidence of the police,
Mr. Knox committed the prisoners for two months with
hard labour each.

A number of lads were charged with stone throwing,
and were fined in sums varying from 2s. 6d. to 10s. each.
Pour others were charged with gambling, and having been
locked up all night were fined Is. each.

COWARDLY ASSAULT.—George Tyler, a sulky, rough
fellow, described as a costermonger, was brought before
.
Lushington at the Thames Police Court charged with
assaulting and robbing Mr. William Burton, of No. 6,
4-Paley-street, Stepney. The prosecutor went into a re-
spectable tavern in the Commercial-road, Stepney, to ob-
tain some refreshment and arrange some accounts, and
Was looking over his papers, when some ruffians, among
Whom where the prisoner, commenced hustling him, and
Pushing him about. He asked what was meant by such con-
duct, and the landlord at the same time ordered the pri-
soner and his companions to quit his house. They did so,
and the prosecutor was preparing to follow, when the pri-
soner, who stood before the door, struck him a violent
blow on the mouth, making it bleed profusely, and
docked him backwards among his companions, who
hustled him again and threw him on the ground. He called
for the police, several persons interfered, and the prisOner
aud his companions took to flight. The prosecutor then missed
biz pocket-book from his coat pocket. It contained some
Papers and accounts only. The prisoner was immediately
sought after by Charles Merrett, a police-constable, No.
296 IC, who found him in a beer shop in Stepney, drunk,
and he made a great resistance before he was secured.
The prisoner said he was in drink, and that all the prose-
cutor said was false. Mr. Lushington had no doubt what-
ever the prisoner had committed a savage and unprovoked
assault on the prosecutor, but there was no evidence of
his having committed a robbery. He believed the pocket-
book was lost in the meta. He sentenced the prisoner to
84 months' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner
't'ou'r take a fine, won't you ? Mr. Lushington—No ; I
vidll take no fine,