The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-21 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A SOLICITOR'S CLERK CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A
CONSTABLE.—Arthur White, of No. 56, Winchestor-street,
Pimlico, was charged before Mr. Knox with being
drink and assaulting Police-constable Fish, 331 A.
Fish said that about four o'clock that morning he was
under the Opera Colonnade, in the Haymarket, there
being a good many persons assembled in consequence of
there having been a ball at her Majesty's Theatre, when
the prisoner without saying a word to him came up and
struck him in the face with his stick, and on turning
round the prisoner struck him on the hat in the presence
of Inspectors Silverton and Draper. The inspectors ad-
vised the prisoner to go away, but he refused, saying that
he was a solicitor's clerk, and in consequence of his being
drunk and causing a crowd he was obliged to lock him up.
The prisoner denied having anything to drink. He went
into a tobacconist's, and gave half a crown to a "young
person" to take for a cigar, and the "young person" re-
fused to give him any change. After staying half-an-hour
he went up to a constable and told him to take the tobac-
conist into custody or summons him, or something else,
and the constable at once told him (prisoner) that he was
drunk, but he was not.
Inspector Silverton corroborated the constable, and said
the prisoner was drunk.
The prisoner said he was not drunk, only excited,
through being swindled at the tobacconist's. The charge
against him by the police was trumped up, the constable
being no doubt in league with the tobacconist.
Inspector Silverton said the constable who was as-
saulted was not near the tobacconist's shopall the evening

The prisoner here addressed the inspector in a very
insulting manner, for which he was rebuked by the magis-
trate.

Mr. Knox said the police bad no right to interfere under
such circumstances, as the prisoner had mentioned ; and
if they kept brick his change he ought to go to the county
court. The chances were, that if the constable had inter-
fered he would have been turned out of the force. After
some difference of opinion with one constable the prisoner
had gone to the Opera Colonnade, and, without rhyme or
reason, struck a constable who was in the performance of
his duty in the face with his cane. He should fine the
prisoner £5, and if there had been any marks of violence
on the constable he would have sent the prisoner at once
to the treadmill.
MORE HORSE CRUELTT.—John Lee, carman to a coal
merchant named Griffin, at Kensington-basin, was charged
by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-
mals with cruelty to a horse.
Simeon Snell, officer of the society, saw the defendant
yesterday in Burlington-gardens driving three horses at-
tached to a coal-waggon containing four tons of coals.
Noticing that the chain horse was going excessively lame,
he examined it, and found that there was a discharge just
above the hoof of the hind leg, and that it could scarcely
put the foot to the ground. On telling the defendant that
the horse was not fit for work, he said he had merely used
it as the roads were bad, and that he was aware the horse
was lame, and had been so for some time. He then took
it out on his own responsibility.
Mr. Knox took the defendant's own recognizance to ap-
pear again, and ordered a summons against the owner of
the horse.