The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-15 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

William Piper was placed at the bar for final exami-
nation before Alderman Farebrother, charged with ob-
taining a quantity of scented and fancy soaps to the
value of about 51. 16s. Gd., from Messrs. Price and Co.,
perfumers in Lombard-street, City, by means of fraudu-
lent representations.—The prisoner was fully committed.
Mr. Benjamin W. Horne, of the firm of Chaplin and
Horne, the railway carriers, was summoned before the
sitting alderman to answer an information charging him
with " unlawfully and cruelly illtreating two horses in
London on Friday, the 10th inst., one of the said horses
having a sore shoulder, and being, therefore, unfit for
work."

Mr. John Sewell, the clerk of the Chamber, Guild-
hall, stated that on Friday last ho was in SkinnQr-
street, Snowhill, nearly opposite the Saracen's Head,

when be saw a van loaded with goods so high as nearly
to reach the drawiug.room wintbsws of the houses near.
rio saw 0110 fitika' horso tLe a;„iz.ies of de<At..l,
and the other was breathing so hard that it appeared as
if it would burst its heart at every respiration. Both
were harnessed to the vac, and the first, a gray horse,
dropped down dead very soon alter. The surviving
horse appeared very much c.xhalsted and in very low
condition. It was hanging by the traces, and it was
some time before they could release it from then. Ile
could not swear to the weight of the load, hut he heard
one of the bystanders, who understood a great deal
about those things, say, that if there was a single ounce
there was as much as seven tons behind the horses,
which they had to drag up the hill. Witness believed
the horse was overburdened, and that was the cause of
the distressed state in which the poor thing was suffer-
ine. He had since ascertained that the actual weight
of the lead was 2 tons 5 cwt., but he believed the van
weighed about 1 ton 5 cwt. besides, and that the draw
up the hill would make at least another ton difference in
the weight, making in all about 5 tons. He thought
the death of the gray horse was occasioned by being
overloaded. The other could not draw, in consequence
of a large sore place on the shoulder, where the collar
rested.

Police-constable 230, said he saw the horses in ques-
tion. Ho took the carman into custody for working a
horse in an unfit condition. He considered that two
tons was the average weight for two horses to draw when
in good condition.
Mr. Joel Hearder, bootmaker, Skinner-street, cor-
roborated the statement of Mr. Sowell and the first
witness.

Police-constable 94 said he saw the surviving horse at
the tail of the van; it had just been taken out of the
shafts. It appeared very weak, and laboured hard in
its breathing. He lifted its collar, and fund an old
wound on the shoulder, renewed by the friction cf the
collar. Both the horses appeared like old worn-out
coach-horses, and quite unfit fur work. They did not
belong to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, but were the pri-
vate property of Mr. B. W. Horne, of the same firm.
They were in very low condition.
The solicitor for the defence here asked ;'the witness
what he meant by low condition?—Witness said that
when an animal's ribs and bones protruded nearly
through the skin, and they did not carry any flesh, he
thought they were in a low condition.
The solicitor asked if fitness was not aware that
some horses never carried any Rosh ?
Witness said yes, he was aware that such was the
case, and the two horses were melancholy examples of
the fact.

Charles Faulkner, foreman to Messrs. Chaplin and
Horne, said he had the care of all the horses. The
horse in question, with the sore shoulder, Mr. Horne
bought about six years ago for 361. He had driven it
frequently twelve miles an hour, and it never carried
any flesh.
Alderman FAREBROTHER said he was not surprised
at that, if he always drove the animal at that rate.
Witness—He had seen the horse since Friday. It
had not been at work since. There was a sore place on
one of its shoulders, but it had healed since. The ordi-
nary weight for their horses to carry was about two
and a half tons. This horse was subject to sore shoul-
ders ever sines Mr. Horne had had it, and although he
had had a collar made for it, stuffed with horse-hair, to
prevent it, the horse suffered just as much as ever.
The other horse, witness believed, died from disease of
the heart.

The solicitor wanted to produce witnesses to speak to
the manner in which Messrs. Chaplin and ilorne's horses
were fed.

Alderman FAREBROTHER said he did not want to hear
them. It was positively absurd for any one to suppose,
for one instant, but that they would take care of their
horses, being such valuable ones. He did not want to know
what they were fed on; every child, even, would know
that they were not fed on turtle.
George Foreman, the stableman, James Pepper, the
collar-repairer, and a clerk of the name of Sheppard,
were then examined in succession, to show that the
horse in question had been well attended to, that the
collars were made easy, and that Mr. Horne intended to
sell the horse. Tho last witness acknowledged that he
saw the wound on the shouider the following clay. It
was as large as a half-crown, and had fresh skin forming
over it.

Alderman FAREBTIOTHER said that no evidence had
been produced to show from what cause the other horse
had died. The defence at present :Let up only confirmed
the charge of working a horse in unfit condition. The
fact of sending a horse out to work with a sore shoulder
had been admitted by the witnesses for the defence, and
he would therefore fine Mr. Benjamin Worthy Horne 10s.,
and costs, 2s.

The money was immediately paid into court.
CLERKEN WELL.

William Bristol, a fellow of evil appearance, well
known to the police as a notorious thief, receiver, and
trainer of thieves, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, charged by Sergeant Archer, 417 G, and
Fisher, 127 G, under the following circumstances:—
Sergeant Archer said, that on Sunday evening last he
was in company of Fisher in Gray's Inn-lane, when he
saw the prisoner following a gentleman near Fox court,
endeavouring to pick his pocket of a handkerchief. A
woman of loose character, seeing them watching the
prisoner, called out to him that " B-- old Archer and
Fisher are after you," when he ran away, and, in order
to avoid them, he entered a tobacco•shop, under pretence
of purchasing some tobacco, and they took him into
custody.
Mr. TYRWHITT asked the officers what they knew of
the prisoner? Archer said that the 'prisoner acted as
" deputy," at a place called the Kitchen," in Fox-
court, Gray's Inn lane, a receptacle for notorious thieves
and the worst characters, and which was a regular
nuisance to the respectable portion of the inhabitants.
On proceeding to the "Kitchen" where the prisoner
lodged, he made a search, and in his apartment he found
a bayonet, the property of Mr. J. Yeoman, gunmaker,
&c., of Chamber-street, Goodman's-fields.
It may be remembered that Mr. Yeoman is contractor
for guns and bayonets to the East India Company. One
of his workmen was sent to the East India-house with
nine guns and nine bayonets, for inspection prior to the
order being finished, and during his temporary absence
in a public-house, to have some refreshment, the pro-
perty was stolen from the passage, where ho had left it.
The bayonet now produced was ono of the identical
bayonets that had been stolen, and hal no doubt been
received by the prisoner. He (Archer) was endoavour-
ing to trace and apprehend the thieves.
Mr. TYRWHITT inquired who was the owner of the
house called the " Kitchen."

Fisher, 127 G, said he did not know who was the
owner of the house, but he knew that it was rented by a
person named Burgess, and the prisoner acted as deputy
to the establishment, and was in the habit of receiving
stolen property from
boys and thieves of every de•
scription, and training youths in the art of picking
pockets. A few nights ago ho was watching after some
thieves at this Kitchen, when he peeped through
the window and saw the prisoner and several boys
below. A string was affixed from one side of the apart-
ment to the other ; a ?oat was pina ed to it, and a
handkerchief being put into the pocket, the prisoner in-
structed the boys how to pick the pocket of the handker-
chief, and if they
'failed in performing the thing well,
and to the prisoners satisfaction, he would knock them
down and illuse them;_ and at length, after some prac-
tice, his " pupils" would become perfect adepts in the
art and mystery" of picking pockets. Stolen goods
were every day and every night taken to this place, which
was constantly full of the most depraved characters in
London.

Mr. Mould, the clerk, said that charges were conti-
nually being brought from the " Kitchen," in Fox-court.
It was a most disgraceful place.
Mr. TYRATUITT remarked, that scarce a day passed
over but something of the " Kitchen," in Fox-court,
was mentioned in connexion with robberies or other dis-
graceful transactions. It was the duty of the parish
authorities to look after such a place; they were bound
to put it down by indictment at the sessions. Country
people would look upon the police of London and the
parish officers with contempt when, after the publicity
given by the crass to such an infamous place existing in
the very centre of the metropolis, it was not put do n.
He directed that Mr. James and the parish authorities
of St. Andrew, Holborn, should be communicated with
upon the subject, and their attendance requested at this
court on the day of the prisoner's next examination, when
the whole matter would be laid before them, and he did
hope that the most decided measures would be adopted
to crush so disgraceful a nmeance, and nothing should
be wanting on his part to accomplish so desirable an
object. He then remanded the prisoner for a week for
further evidence.