The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-22 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CREATING A DISTURBANCE AT A THEATRE —jane
Slm-
monds was placed at the bar, charged with creating a dis-
turbance at the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-court-road,
under the following circumstances _ _

Thomas Smith, a young man, said he was in the pit of
the Queen's Theatre on the previous evening, and about 10,
while the performances were going on, he saw the prisoner
throw an apple on to the stage, which struck Mrs. Cowell,
one of the actresses, and threw the whole place into confu-
sion, the performances in consequence coming to a atop.
She seemed to have been drinking.
In answer to the charge the prisoner said she did not
mean it for Mrs. Cowell, but for some one else. She was
not sober at the time.

Mr. Beadon said she had no business to be in a state of
intoxication in a place of public resort, and thrown an apple
on the stage, whether it was intended for Mrs. Cowell or
any one else.

ASSAULT, AND STEALING A VALUABLE CARRIAGE DOG.
—Caroline Leach and Margaret Davis were charged, the
former with stealing a carriage dog, the property of Capt.
Woodgate, and the latter with an assault.

From the evidence of Hardwick, the keeper at Messrs.
Laurie and Marners', carriage builders, Oxford-street, it ap-
peared that on the previous day two servants of Captain
Woodgate were at the factory putting the horses
to the carriage, the dog being with them, when it was
suddenly missed, and he having made inquiries in the
neighbourhood and gained access to the next house
to that in which the prisoners lived, a brothel,
he heard the bark of a dog proceed from the prisoners' house.
He then went for a constable, and, on demanding the dog
from the prisoner Leach, she refused to give it up, and the
prisoner Davis made an attack on Hardwick, kicking him
violently in a delicate part.

The defence of the prisoner, through Mr. E. Lewis, of
Great Marlborough-street, was that the dog had strayed
into the prisoner (Leach's) home, and that Leach refused
to give it up to any one but the right owner ; and not being
satisfied that they had any right to it, she resisted its being
taken away, but had no intention of stealing it ; and as to
the assault, that was only done in Davis protecting her
mistress, the witness Hardwick having struck her.

Hardwick denied he had struck the female.
Mr. Beadon said he should discharge Leach, but shOuld
commit Davis for a month.

A good deal of men iment was created by the witness, in
the course of his evidence, stating that he had been told
that the dog—a large handsome carriage dog—had been
conveyed into the house under the female's petticoat.

THAMES.

A HORSE-DEALING:TRIcK.—Mr. Joseph Smith, solic

tor, applied to Mr. Yardley for a strnmon; against a parson
named Day for defrauding Mr. Salveson, a tradesman,
under the following curious circumstances :
Mr. Smith stated that his client, Mr. Salveson, had a
pony to dispose of, and he agreed with a man named Day
to exchange it for a horse, which appeared perfectly sound
and free from blemish. On the following morning, when
the horse was groomed and washed, it was found to be
covered with sores, which had been inteniously painted
over and concealed before the horse came into the
possession of Mr. Salveson. His client attempted :to
work the horse, and a constable stationed on the
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, threatened to sum-
mon him to the police court if he did so,
and the animal was driven to its stable. Mr. Salveson was
now in possession of a worthless horse, covered with sores,
and Day had obtained a valuable pony.
Mr. Yardley—This is an attempt to make this court
a tribunal to try a horse cause.
Mr. Smith—With due submission to the Court, sir, I
mean to say it is a kind of fraud to paint over the sores of
a horse and pass it off as a sound one,
IMr. Yardley—Yes, but there was an exchange. I think
yon must take the case into the County Court, or into one
of the superior courts at Westminster. If you make out
the sores of the horse were paintod to conceal them, you
will no doubt recover damages. I decline to grant a sum-
mons.
Funrons Dniviso.—James and Elizabeth Norman, man
and wife, each about 30 years of age, were brought before
Mr. Yardley charged with being drunk and disorderly and
furiously driving a horse and cart in High-street, White-
chapel.
Police-constable 122 11, stated that last night he saw the
prisoners with a horse and cart--;the man had hold of the
reins, and the woman was flogging the horse with a whip.
They drove along the crowded street in a most reckless
manner. The prisoners were both drunk and incapable of
managing the horse they were driving. He took them into
custody, and they made a good deal of noise.
The male prisoner said he was very sorry, indeed, that he
had been guilty of drunkenness, and was still more sorry
that his wife was in the same position as himself. They
met a few friends yesterday and took a drop too much.
Mr. Yardley—l would have allowed You both to depart
if you had not presumed to drive a horse and cart whi7e you
were drunk. The woman, your wife, appears to 1 e
thoroughly ashamed of herself, and I do not wonder at if.
the may go, but I shall fine you, the husband, os, for being
drunk and disorderly