The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-13 00:00:00

THE CITY ON LONDON GREENYARD.

A. petition was presented from the owners of carts,
&e., in the city of London, praying that the Court
would cause the excessive charges of the greenyard to be
reduced, and that the drivers should be made amenable
for their misconduct. The petition stated that if a
policeman took off a cart and horse from the street and
lodged them in the greenyard, upon any pretence what-
ever, the price of their redemption amounted in every
instance to the sum of 135.. 6d.

Alderman LAWENCE took the opportunity which the
presentation of this petition afforded to allude to the
abuses which existed with respect to the penalties the
greenyard was appointed to carry into effect. He had
met with cases in his magisterial capacity in which there
was no excuse whatever for the conduct of policemen
and other persons in making prisoners of men who had
driven horses through the streets under the pretence
that cruelty was inflicted upon the animals. (Here
Alderman Lawrence adverted to a case which had re-
cently come before him, and which he had discharged.)
He more particularly noticed the activity of the police
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in many instances there before the magistracy,
was nothing like cruelty proved. It seemed, however,
that the accidental rubbing off of an old scab was quite
evidence enough in the minds of some to constitute
cruelty, and off the horse was taken to the greenyard,
and off the driver was taken to prison, to suffer the penalty
attached to the alleged offence.—(Hear, hear.) It was
a very extraordinary thing if the traffic of London could
not be carried on without resorting to so harsh and un-
just an expedient, and he hoped the committee, to which
he had no doubt the petition would be referred, would
raise the question.-(Hear, hear.) He considered it to
be a very tyrannical proceeding to apprehend, as a thief
would be apprehended, the driver of a cart loaded with
goods, because the horse had a sore which might have
been occasioned by an accident or exertion on the very
day of detection. He had observed several occasions of
the kind of which he did not at all' approve, and he
should, therefore, move that the whole question be taken
into consideration by the committee.—(Hear.)
Alderman SIDNEY approved of- the motion, but
thought the conduct of the police, as described by Al-
derman Lawrence, ought to be represented to the Com-
missioner.
The motion was then carried unanimously.
Adjourned.

Ax INDIAN EXECUTION.—The New Orleans Cres-
cent of August 8 says, that "on last Saturday night, at
Mandeville, on the other side of the Lake Pontchartrain,
an Indian murdered an Indian, by stabbing him with a
large knife. A son of the murdered man immediately
gave information to two of the tribe, and they took the
offender into custody. On Sunday morning a court,
composed of ten Indians, was formed to hear the case
and pass sentence. The proofs were most conclusive,
and the prisoner was at once condemned to death.
Whereupon he was measured, his grave marked out, and
he himself set to work digging it. When the grave was
finished, a rifle was placed in the hands of the murdered
Indian's son for the purpose of doing the execution. At
the first shot death was not produced ; the second shot
also took effect, but did not kill, and the stoical violator
of innocent life fell into his grave, and was there finally
killed, and covered with earth as he lay. The court
that had condemned him then took their own instrument
of justice into custody, and started off for the purpose
of delivering him to the civil authorities of Covington,
to obtain his final discharge as an innocent man."
WALEING INTO THE LION'S MOUTII.-011 Tues-
day afternoon as an officer of the excise was passing
through Wingham, during the flower show, be was
accosted by a person who asked him to purchase " some
good tobacco. Half a pound was accordingly bar-
gained for, and changed hands, but in a few minutes
afterwards the unlucky vendor was handed over to the
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