The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

REVOLTING CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—This MOM
ing James Fcster, described as the representative of
a Manchester firm, was charged before the Lord
Mayor at the Justice-room of the Mansion-house
with driving a horse in an unfit state, and suffering
from several dreadful wounds. It appeared that
about ten minutes past eleven o'clock this morning
the constable on duty on Cornhill saw the prisoner
driving a horse in a trap. He observed that the
horse had a raw sore upon the shoulder, and he
called to the driver to stop, but he would not, and he
had to ruu and stop the horse himself. He examined
the horse and found a large wound on the shoulder,
and also one on the side of the knee. There was
also a wound on the back, and the horse was in a
dreadful condition altogether. The prisoner said
he had only had the horse a fortnight, and that he
had not driven him much. He said that he (the
constable) was
" a liar, and only wanted
to make a job out of it to get his name up."
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In cross-examination the constable said that the
collar had been altered twice, and that it was a
good one and soft.
Au officer who had viewed the horse said that
the constable had not stated all connected with the
matter, for he had touched the side of the leg, when
the matter had run down. It was altogther in a
miserable condition.

The prisoner said that all he could say was that
he had had the horse only three weeks, and that it
had been hardly driven once out of three days. It
was a thorough-bred horse, and had been bred in
the stables of the Baron Rothschild. lie had driven
it from Richmond to Dalston that morning, and
was driving down Coruhill to catch the one o'clock
train from Waterloo Station. The saddle had not
yesterday chafed the wound which appeared healed,
but he supposed it must have rubbed the scab off
to-day, but he was not aware of it. What the officer
had said was not true, and he was afraid he knew
it to be so.

The Lord Mayor said there appeared to be great
cruelty, and he must fine the prisoner 10s. The
fine was paid.

GUILDIIALL.

DARING ROBBERY.—Edward James, a lawyer's
clerk, was charged before Sir Francis Allen this
morning with stealing a bottle of sherry, the pro-
perty of Messrs. Spiers and Pond, the refreshment
contractors.

Mr. Lewis, jun., attended for the prosecution.
Ile stated that last evening, about half-past
five o'clock, the prisoner went to the refresh-
ineut-room at the Ludgate-hill Railway Sta-
tion, and called for some refr;,.shinent. While he
was being served, one of the young women serving
at the bar saw him take a decanter off the counter
and put it under his coat. She jumped over the
counter, her crinoline demolishing a bottle of sherry.
(A laugh.) She called out " Stop thief," and the
prisoner was stopped by a gentleman who was on the
platform, whom he requested to let him go. However,
he was given into custody, and taken to the sta-
tion. On being searched only a few pence were
found on his person. A bottle of brandy had some
time previously been missed from the refreshment-
room, and suspicion rested on the prisoner, but the
case could not be brought home to him. It appeared
that Messrs. Spiers and Pond were subject to heavy
losses from thefts committed on them, and they
found it necessary to prosecute whenever they de-
tected any persons.

The prisoner said that he had a wife and family,
and was in great distress.
Sentenced to two months' hard labour.

WESTMINSTER.

A FEILiLE BURGLAR.—Mary Neale, a woman
about 30 years of age, was placed at the bar charged
with having entered the house of Mr. Hetherington,
7, South-street, Chelsea, to rob it.
Prosecutor said that between 9 and 10 last night
his wife went down into the front room on the
basement and there found things in considerable
disorder. A bed had been turned over, and there
were several bundles of clothes lying about. It
was evident that there was some thief about the
place, and he went to the room accompanied by
another person. They searched the lower part of
the house and found no one, but suddenly dis-
covered the prisoner squeezed up in the corner of a
cellar behind the door. She was under the in-
fluence of liquor.

Mr. Selfe—Did she say anything?
Prosecutor—l have only been in the house three
weeks. Previous to that she was a lodger there,
and she said she had made a mistake.
Mr. Selfe—What mistake ?
Prosecutor—Had mistaken her abode—had come
back to her old lodgings.

Mr. Selfe—Did she lodge in the coal cellar, then ?
Prosecutor—No, no—the kitchen. I wish to
give her all the benefit I can.

Mary Beach, who examined the place with the
prosecutor, said that although prisoner had been
drinking she knew perfectly well what she was
about. llad the child been placed in its bed as
usual it might have been suffocated by the removal
of the things.

Prisoner said she did not know what she did.

Mr. Selfe said she was quite sober enough to en-
deavour to hide herself, and committed her for six
weeks.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THROWING BOILING WATER OVER A WOMAN.—
Sarah Creed, an inmate of St. James's
,Work-
house, was charged before Mr. Knox with behaving
in a refractory manner in St. James's Workhouse,
and also with assaulting Eliza Shaw, another in-
mate, by throwing boiling water over her.
Eliza Shaw said that on the previous evening she
was sitting down, speaking to another female about
her brother, when the prisoner, who was engaged
near the copper in the laundry, threw a pannikin of
boiling water over her back, which was still very
painful. The prisoner entertained an ill feeling to-
wards her, and her life was in danger.
The prisoner asked the complainant what was
the cause of her throwing the water.
The complainant said she did not know.
The prisoner said the complainant did know, and
should not tell lies.

Maria Stevens, another inmate, said she was
speaking to the previous witness when the prisoner
called out to her (witness) to do her work, and the
prisoner then deliberately threw a pannikin of boil-
ing water on Shaw. She believed Shaw and the
prisoner had quarrelled previously about a man at
the gate who had been discharged, and the prisoner
also struck Shaw while in the master's office.
The Prisoner said her place was to see that the
witness Stevens did her work.

Emma Barrett, another inmate, said she had
heard some one call the prisoner " Black Sambo"
(the prisoner is a young woman of dark complexion),
and in the height of passion prisoner took a panui-
kin of boiling water out of the copper and threw
it, but not at any particular person. The prisoner,
be at the gate having
jealousy,hoA,ever a man had been
used greattoly aggravated through
just given his company to one female and then to
another.

Sergeant Brady, acting inspector, said that when
he took the charge the complainant was under the
influence of drink, and ho pointed the circumstance
out to the porter.

Robert Bradley, porter at the workhouse, said
that the woman Shaw was under the influence of
drink, but how she got it was a mystery. The
prisoner was a well-conducted woman.
The witness said that had the witness Stevens
attended to her work nothing would have occurred.
Mr. Kuox said he should order both the com-
plainant and the prisoner to be bound over, and he
should recommend the master of the workhouse to
keep them as far apart as he could.

WHOLESALE STEALING OF BELL KNOB s.—l-lenry
Beaumont, a young man, was charged as follows—.
Police-constable Joseph Edwards, 224 C, saw the
prisoner standing in the doorway of the house of
Sir F. Monro, No. 9, Upper Grosvenor-street, but
the prisoner catching sight of him walked away.
The officer followed him, and asked what he had
been doing at the door, when he said that ho shad

gone to the house to see a fellow-servant, but
directly afterwards said the officer had made a mis-
take in seeing him at the door. The officer not
being satisfied with the prisoner's account of him-
self took him into custody, and on going back to
the house of Sir F. Monro found a bronze bell knob
had been attempted to be taken off, and on making
inquiries respecting the prisoner was informed by
his landlord that he did not know how the prisoner
got his livelihood.
Inspector Bowles said that within the last fort-
night about 40 bell knobs and escutcheons had been
stolen from the neigh!)ourhood of Grosvenor-square.
Remanded.