The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCZ-31arch. 26.

MARYLEBONE.—EIiza Kingstimd, 19, was
brought up from Marylehone Workhouse charged
with concealing the birth of her female infant.
Mr. Tubb4, the relieving officer, attended to con-
'duct the case on the part of the parish.
Soe was committed for trial at the Cenral Cri-
mine' ,urt.

WORSHIP-STREET.—.Tas. Glander, a middle-
aged man, who refused to give any address, was
charged before Mr. Ham&ll with skinning livecats.
About 200 people followed the prisoner to the
court, and he was obliged to be protected by abut
a dozen policemen,, who had left their beats for the
purpose. On reaching the deor of the court the
indignant people attempted to force their way in,
but were kept back by the police,.and in revenge
gave vent to a loud shout of execration. The pri-
soner's heal and face presentcl indications of eelie
very rough usage, and his clothes were so daniaged
it was evident they had been nearly torn off Into.
As soon as he got withitesight of the magistrate he
said, in an excited, whining tone, "Some one.hae
put some cats into my bag, and the mob have ill-
used me and almost torn me to pieces in conse-
quence."
Robert Ringlend, a butcher's Porter in Lead-
enhall-market, said -- At half-past one o'clock
to-day I was passing the ruins of Nova Scotia-
' gardens, in the Hackney-road, when my
attention was drawn +o some boys who were hooting
the prisoner. I went up to ascertain the cause of
their unruly conduct, and saw four or five cats lying
on the ruins. The skins had been stripped off the
whole of them, but the flesh of one quivered, arid it
moved ; the others were dead. The boys slid they
had seen him turning the cats out of a sack, on
which the prisoner ran away,, but I followed, and
caught him at al), nt 100 yards, and held him till a
constable came up and took him. From 300 to 400
people surrounded us, and tore his things off, the
prisoner s syine that he was innocent, and at tint
time he had neither sack nor bag.
George White, 16, a woodechopperinTurk-street,
Be hoai-green, said—l saw the prisoner to-day, be-
tween 12 and 1, on the ruins with a bag on his
shoulder, from which, opposite the church, he
turned out seven or eight cats. They all moved ;
some raised their .'he'ads and others their legs. I
touched one, and it was quite warm ; a portion of
the skin had been left upon the paws. He was then
walking away, but I raised a cry, and a number of
boys followed him, and I seized him, but was not
man enough to hold him. I therefore snatched the
beg away from him, and he ran off again. I followed
him, and he threatened to give me in charge for
stealing his bag. I found the skin of a cat in the
bag, and afterwards put the cats into the bag off
the ruins. I never saw the prisoner before. I hung
to him, and he, flung me down, but other boys
pulled off the skirts of his coat.
George Macintosh, a painter—l savrthe prisoner
turn the c Its out into a heap of dust. They were raw
and skinned; they moved and got on to their legs,
but then tell down again. I save the prisoner'one
day last week turn out two or three other cats on
the ruins, but they were all dead.
E:iward Maynard, fringe-weaver—On Monday
week I saw the prisoner shoot out 10 cats on to the
ruins, but net exactly in the same place ; there was
only a little skin left upon the paws of each. I asked
him what he did it for, and he iid he was double-
ruptured or he would not have done it, and that he
had been in Guy's Hospital. He then pretended to
iu deaf. 1 and the other boys mule him put them
again into hie bag, and he took them away.
PoliCe-constable 93 N—The prisoner wes handed
over to me, surrounded .by about 500 people. He
admitted the s aek b,,lougedlo him, and when told
the na,ure of the charge he made no answer. 1
found a clasp-knife on him. A quantity of cats'
hair was on his back from carrying the bag. (The
bag was here priiduced, containing a cat's skin and
six cats' bodi s, stated by the officer to have evi-
dearly b=en just killed ) •
The prise nor, in a wild, excited tone, eaid—lainl
a camel's hair brushmaser by trade, and have seen
bettee days, but now support myseif as well as 1 '
can. I am married, and my wife, I suppose, is I
now out eelleig go-els, but trade is very ba
eeiu suppose.,l world do arch a thing as Iles after
living for:l2 years in the neighbouthood. '? Why, I
should never he able to look any one in the
again. I:was passing the ruins, looking for any-
thing I could find,'and I did pick up.the skin found
in my bag, thinking it was a rabbit-skin. Any
I one might see that the feats had been lying about