The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This paP

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
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JA,ECII.LESS RIDING AND ILL-USAGE or ♦ Hottst.---4,-
win Tunna, of 19, Brompton-crescent, Bronipton,
was charged befcre Knox with cruelly beating a horse a°
driving it to the common danger of persons in Covehttr
street.
Hutton, 337 A, said that between five and six o'clock
the
previous evening he saw the defendant on horse-back 1'
Windmill-street. The defendant was beating the 11°re,S:
about the head with a whip and galloping it amongst t
people in Windmill-street and Coventry-street, and Placilld
several of them in danger. He stopped the defendant, 50,,
told him he must take him to the station, and did 00,
coachman taking the horse home to the owner, Mr. C°°.,
or
of Brompton, of whom the prisoner had borrowed it
two hours.
The constable handed a loaded whip to the magistrated:
and said in answer to Mr. Knox that the horse's heed 113 r
several weales upon it. Altat
Daniel White, a coachman, said that seeing defea-
riding backwards and forwards in Coventry-street, h° tote
the constable that he did not think he was in a fit etaie:t
ride a horse. Directly afterwards he saw the defenet's
strike the horse three times on the head, and the h°l t
then jumped on the pavement, and when the defelicbjil
returned the constable took him into custody. A to
Mr. Knox asked the defendant what right he
ill-use a horse as he had done.
The defendant said he did not strike the horse on tli°
head.

The constable said the defendant had been drinkillg.,ma
Mr. Knox said he would not go to the extent of sui'D
the defendant to prison, but he should fine him £5 or
mouth.
RECKLESS DRIVING.—John Gellini, of 49, Little George-
street, Hampstead-road,was fined 285., or 14 days, for be
drunk and driving a pony and chaise in Groat Titcl-10
street, Mr. Knox telling the defendant that a check tuusttho
put to persons driving in a reckless manner about
streets of London with aged and infirm persons and c

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dren about.
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HORSE TORTURE —George Presswell, a greengrocer, 0
28, Bolsover-street, was charged by Mr. W. Love, °f tilj
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Auin33;
with tnrturing a horse by working it while in au 11-
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state.
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Smith, officer of thO society, proved seeing the 1-g
with a large wound on its back, and the saddle Press- -
into it, the horse being at length unfit for work.
The defendant said he would have the horse des troYe r
and left with the officer for that purpose, and on the °f6,,eaeci
subsequently informing the magistrate that the horse
been destroyed, nt
Mr. Knox said that but for the fact that the defen-60
had had the horse put out of its misery he would 113-0.
fined him £5. As it was he would have to pay a 10s, fie

THAMES.
POLICE VIOLENCE. —James Downey, Honort, his Wife'
and Dora Regan, all natives of Ireland, were charged SV,
assaultingpolice constables, and being disorderly last Dig
in Poplar.
The male prisoner's head was enveloped in surgical bi'frn:
dages, and he:44*xint and weak from loss of blood. v""
was very drdri' last night, and went into a beerhosesi
called the Rose of Denmark, where he demanded a Otitll
beer. Mr. Tyler, the landlord, refused to supply bin' V 7- of
any, and recommended him to go home and obtain a cur
teit. He became quarrelsome and violent, sIaPP--pd
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landlord's face, and broke two windows. Ile r-
out of the house, and struck a Greenwich os'ci- r-
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man, named John Smith. The prisoner Was fo,°
scribed as being like a raving madman, and be 5-,(1
much trouble to four policemen, by kicking at theai
plunging while he was on the ground. One of the c%
stables named James Finney, 71 K, struck Downey t:
back of his head with a truncheon, inflicting 3 s°l„- oild,
wound, which was dressed by Mr. Matthew Brown a
the divisional surgeon of police. The charge against ,c'
women was that they attempted to rescue James Dovrl3-i0
1 and hit Finney on the head. It was proved that the insl,
prisoner was a violent man when he was intoxicated, s;
quiet when sober. He was convicted twelve months 91100
for an assault on a woman, whose stall he capsized'
was then sentenced to one month's imprisonment. and
Police-sergeant Sampson, 3.4 o. 21 K, an experience- ea
humane officer, said the constables had received directi° it
not to strike prisoners on the head. He considers('
dangerous to do so, and had never done such a thing °

attempted it himself. sirss
Mr. Partridge said the prisoner James DowtieJ 0.0
guilty of outrageous violence, but he thought ther°
no occasion to strike him on the head with a tranch°' •
tablos
The man was drunk and in charge of four police cops o,g
Men ought not to be hit on the head. If the pris°neri•Weit
violent and could not be Jtherwise secured, h° d•
have been struck on the shins and temporarily di63eola
It was highly dangerous and cruel to strike drunk ll'entio
the head with truncheons. He should call on each °CA -
prisoners to find one security in the sum of £lO, ALl`.
keep the peace and be of Doh icarfcr Wee