The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-19 00:00:00

wEsTmiN STER.

" THE WEDDING DAY.7—Joseph Clarke, a young
good humoured looking fellow, described as a
general dealer, was charged with being drunk and
assaulting the police.
John Pollard, 71 B, 'said that at three o'clock
yesterday afternoon he found the defendant in
Rochester-row, Westminstor, drunk nna using vory
bad language. He refused to go away, and whoa
taken into custody became very violent.
Defendant—l hope you'll pass this over, your
worship, for a particular reason.
Mr. Selfe—Why should I pass it over.
Defendant—l got married yesterday, and of
course had a little to drink. I have not done any
harm.

Police-constable, 215 B, stepped forward and
complained that he had kicked him as well as hav-
ing torn his coat. _

Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—What do you say to
that ?

Defendant—Well, I might have been a little
violent, but I'll get his coat mended for him. Of
course, when a man gets married he takes a little
more than he ought.
Mr. Selfe —lt's no reason he should bite and kick
the police.
Defendant—l hope you'll look over it. A man
don't get married once a weik. lt's a thing tha t
don't occur every day.
Mr. Selfe—lt ought not if it is to be attended
with such consequences. You are not commencing
the duties of the married state very nicely by get-
ting into a beastly state of drunkenness. I have a
good mind to send you for half your honeymoon to
prison.
Defendant—Don't do that, please. Think of my
wife.

Mr. Selfe—You should have thought of her your
self. I must punish you. Pay 205., or 14 days.

THAMES.

CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—James Davis was
brought before Mr. Paget charged with cruelty to
a horse, by working it in an unfit condition.
Richard Sinclair, an officer of the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said he
found the horse in the station-house yard, yoked
to a milk cart in High-street, Bow, yesterday after-
noon. The horse was very lame, appeared to be
starved, and was quite unfitted for work.
The prisoner, a dealer in milk, said he bought the
horse three months ago, and was taken in with it.
He was a IVelehman, and did not understand the
language.
Mr. Paget—Why, you speak the Enilish lan-
guage as well as I do. I havB looked at the horse,
and it is quite unfitted for work.
The Prisoner—l only worked it an hour in the
morning and an hour in the afternoon. It is my
first offence, and it will be the last.
Mr. Paget expected that Sinclair, the officer,
would see the horse destroyed. It was quite out
of the question to work the animal again. He would
allow the'prisoner to go at large on his own recog-
nisance for a week. He would determine next week
what punishment he would inflict.
DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SELF-DESTRUCTION.
—Harriett Goatley, a married woman, whose hus-
band was stated to be a seaman, and dwelling at
Shields, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged
with attempting to commit suicide.
William Northcy, a London Dock constable,
stated that at an early hour on Sunday morning last
the prisoner got over the swivel bridge, at Fox's-
lane, and cast herself into the dock, and she would
have been drowned if a man had not jumped
from the quay into the water after her. She was
with difficulty saved. She said she would do it
again when she obtained her liberty, and go to Lon-
bridge-bridge and plunge into the Thames. She
was conveyed to the workhouse, and it was ascer-
tained that she had taken oxalic acid, which was
dislodged from her stomach.
The unfortunate woman, who appeared to be very
ill, uttered a few exclamations, and Mr. Paget re-
manded her for a week.

,SHAREHOLDERS IN GAS COMPANIES.—A. Par-
liamentary return shows that very nearly half the share-
holders in the metropolitan gas companies are ladies,
clergymen, or trustees. The total number of the share-
holders is shown to be 8,075 ; 2,217 are ladies, 345 are
clergymen, and 1,409 hold on trust or joint accounts.
Those ladies and gentlemen received last year generally
10 per cent. dividends on the stock held by them in those
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companies.