The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

THAMES.

IRISH BUTTER AND IRISH BLARNEY.— - It
Hicky, an Irish labourer, was brought befor° 1
Benson, charged with stealing three rolls of ""rro.
butter, weighing 6lbs., and valued at 65., the Pars
perty of Messrs. Hartley and Co., the proPrie-et
of the British and Foreign Steam-wharf, 11°'

East Smithfield.
The prosecutors were very busily engaged on threif
o•
wharf in the importation of foreign and Irish Poo
visions yesterday; there were 700 cases of butter 40
the wharf, and the prisoner was observed 11 910
Tisley, a gate-keeper among them, and liekint4sll
Linger_, which were covered with very delicionsuiroa
butter. " What are you doing there ?" incifroal
the gate-keeper. 4t Smelling the nice bother er to
ould Ireland," was the reply. Tisley went 01 and
him and found one of the cases broken 00,1/ bed.
that the rolls of butter within had been dist'''.
nd 'fp
The prisoner was at once taken into custody, a-toolf•
rolls of butter found concealed inside his Wilii3,Arellf
He was afterwards searched by Samuel Paw eiee
No. 140 H, who found another roll of butter, sldye
ing 21bs., in his trousers. He said he Woilliaa
ot 0
the butter back to the place he took it frog', "or of
he had not improved the quality or the 01
the " best Irish" his offer was declined. tie
James Martin, employed on the wharf, Saifloto
prisoner take butter out of the case, and told
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put it back again, or he would get every 011
trouble. littleard
The prisoner in defence said he took 14,
of whisky too much yesterday, and the row,
the whisky and the smell of the butter 00131
him. 010
The witness said the prisoner was net 0%-
yesterday. .0
Mr. Benson said the prisoner had COillw,o.tp
very impudent robbery, and that it was arty (0
protect, not to plunder, his employer'slocilo thre
sentenced him, on his plea of guilty`, *
months' imprisonment and hard labour. co(btl;
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A DRUNKO
—Richard Monday, a cab-driver, wei"Doosoli;
badge 1,93 Q, was brought before gr• 00°
charged with being drunk and incapable
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care of himself. bill 4
The prisoner is a heavy, red-faced 111;ead Aileo
the appearance of a hard drinker. Ili! t.spaago;
face were enveloped in London Hospital b3cf
through which the blood was oozing- 11 a 100
ceived a very severe wound on the head,.:ll inkooo
bruises on other parts of the body. 1111,1 by C°o,
at four o'clock the prisoner was folio". ins A
nite
stable, named Liilystone, No. 307 N, (1,0-Dos of
sible in Oxford-street, at the back of ylOO,lOll.
Hospital. His horse and cab were . atui, fro:
him. The prisoner was bleeding enpiolu: ;7, I,oolt
frightful gash on his head, and there was
blood about him. He was taken into the
and his wound was dressed. at be
The prisoner, in defence, said. beer yes bo
c$
a few drops of gin and a few drops 0f lyboAtio
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day, and that he was getting off his e wheelllll
slipped and struck his head against the b boo o
had been a cab driver 35 years, and bope a
fof
be forgiven.
disgrac oar
Mr. Benson said it was very lo
cab-driver to be intoxicated while he. no cf
of a horse and cab. There was no fare d Frisov
th°
ort of
edshhlumid. _ hasY,C_„flinde rel)
.e hadHe
discharged
Inspector 'fanner said that he „e_uarraission'e
Ihfe atvhileyr cehna rhgb
prisoner's misconduct to the Cone
Police. olice.