The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 14, 1861,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 13.

GUILDHALL—CAUTION TO CABMEN—Thomas
Barthrane, a cab-driver, No. 9,856, was summoned
before Colonel Wilson, under the following cir-
cumstances :

Mr. Drummond, an attorney of North-end, Croy-
don, said he hired the defendant in Old Palace-
yard, and after waiting in Park-street, Westminster,
for about three minutes, he directed him to drive
to King's Bench-walk, in the Temple. On arriving
at his destination he gave the defendant ls., the
distance beirg a little under two miles ; but as the
defendaht said it was a hard fare, he gave him a
fourpenny piece extra, with which, however, he
did not appear satisfied, for he remarked that it
was not a Gd., and that his fare was ls. Gd. The
complainant then asked for the fourpenny piece,
which defendant, thinking he was going to receive
a Gd. in exchange, returned. The complainant
then said he should give him no more, and
telling him his name and address, said he
might summon him if the fare was insufficient.
The defendant then followed him about to different
parts of the Temple, and to and fro between King's
Bench-walk and the Mitre Tavern, and at length
insisted upon having the complainant's name and
address in writing, and ultimately laid hands upon
him, to detain him. The complainant then asked
defendant for his metal ticket, which he was not
wearing, but he fetched it from the inside of his
cab,.where he said he always carried it. A police-
man came up, and threatened to take complainant
into custody unless he gave the cabman his card,
—rote down his name and address for him. He
n. an
:the cab, and rode to the police-
then re-ens.
- dispute adjusted, and the man
station to have tilt,
zoing that distance. The
charged him sixpence ibt
defendant's conduct throughout,' was most rude and

offensive.
been
The 'defendant, of course, denied having-
guilty of misbehaviour,
Colonel Wilson said it was one of the grossest
cases of misbehaviour that had ever come under
his notice. It could not be tolerated for a moment
that a cabman should seize a gentleman and detain
him for the purpose of compelling him to write
down his name and address himself after paying
the man his lawful fare. The defendant's licence
appeared to have already two endorsements for
similar offences of which he had been convicted by
other magistrates, and he was now guilty of three
distinct offences. He, therefore, fined defendant
10s. for misbehaviour in assaulting the complainant,
6s. for not wearing his metal ticket, and ss. for de-
manding more than his fare, making, with 6s.
costs, 275., or in default 21 days' imprisonment, and
as the defendant appeared to be a very improper
person to be entrusted with a cab he should im-
pound the licence, and forward it, with the three
convictions endorsed upon it, to Sir Richard Mayne.
The prisoner pleaded hard for his licence, but
finding it useless, he submitted to the alternative
punishment of imprisonment.

MARYL EBONE.—CAPTURE OF THIEVES.—
John White and Henry Sanders were placed at the
bar charged with the following robbery :
It appeared from the evidence that on the previ-
ous evening Sergeant White, an active detective
officer, 16 D, at eight o'clock yesterday evening,
while passing along Manchester-street, in plain
clothes he saw the prisoners with two others who
had come from South-street, cross over to No. 45,
their companions having crossed over to the oppo-
site side of the way. They (prisoners) stood for some
little time on the doorstep, and in a few minutes the
other men crossed over. Prisoners handed to each of
them an umbrella, with which they made off, as did
also the prisoners, after each of them had put on an
Inverness cape. White went after them and stopped
them in Marylebone-lane, when Sanders pulled off
his cape and threw it into the read. They were
both taken into custody, and when searched at the
station house the officer found on Sanders four
skeleton and two other keys, all of which fitted the
door of the residence of Mr. Richard Smith, 45,
Manchester-street. It was further shown that the
capes and umbrellas were stolen from the hall.
The capes were produced and identified. The value
of them was £6, and the umbrellas £2 10s. White
added that the right name of thevman calling him-
self Sanders was Scales. He had already been con-
victed and sentenced to four years' penal servitude,
and White was a constant frequenter of a house
well known as the resort of most notorious house-
breakers and thieves.

At the request of the officer, who said he thought
he might be able to apprehend the two men who
had the umbrellas, Mr. Mansfield remanded the pri-
soners until Friday.
HOUSEBREAKING AND ROBBERY.—John Tooney
and Thog. Bospidnick, old offenders, were brought
up by Sergeant Cole, 23 C, and placed at the bar
before Mr. Mansfield, charged with having broken
and entered the premises of Mr. John Hale, 27;
Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, and stolen
therefrom property to a considerable amount.
Prosecutor deposed that on Sunday afternoon,
the 27th ult., he left home at two• o'clock and re-
turned betwen eleven and twelve, when he found
that during his absence the house had been entered,
and that a quantity of wearing apparel, together
with spoons, forks, waiters, &c., had been carried
off.

Sergeant Cole stated that on the sth inst. he ap-
prehended the prisoners upon another charge, and
they were taken before Mr. Beadon, at Marlbo-
rough•street. When they were remanded, six
duplicates, supposed to be for stolen articles, being
found upon Bospidnick, he (the sergeant) had,
upon inquiry, ascertained that a portion of
the plunder to which the said duplicates referred
had been pledged the day after the robbery. Some
spoons, forks, and waiters, which had been pawned,
were produced and identified by the prosecutor. In
reply to the magistrate, Cole said that the front
door had been forced open with a "jemmy" (crow
bar), and the marks thereof were still visible upon
it.

A woman, who gave her name Anne Leery, who
*had been waiting in the outer office during the
examination, was brought in, when the pawn-
brokers swore, to the best of their belief, that she
was the party to whom they had advanced money
on the property. She denied having any know-
ledge of the matter. And it was further shown
that on the night of the robbery the male prisoners
and two women were seen walking together near
the prosecutor's house.
The three prisoners were remanded till Wednes-
day next, in order to afford time for Cole to trace
the rest of the missing articles.
SIIAMEFUL CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—Joseph
Barker, a cabman in the service of Mr. Wheybree,
Westmoreland-mews, Marylebone, was charged by
Mr. Love, prosecuting officer to the Royal iety
Tor the I re c eui ion of Cruelty to Animals, for work-
ing a horse when in so bad a condition as to be quite
unfit for labour. It appeared from the evidence of
Sinclair and Sell, officers of the society alluded to,
that at one o'clock on the same morning, while on
duty in the Edgware-road, for the purpose of look-
ing after drivers of night cab horses, towards which
great cruelty is exercised, they saw the prisoner
with a horse and cab. He was flogging in a most
brutal manner the poor animal, which was scarcely
able to get along. The officers shortly after
examined it, and found blood streaming down its
flanks, from cuts which had been inflicted. The poor
horse was in a most weak and emaciated state, and
quite unfit for any work whatever. In fact, it was
regularly "used up."
Mr. Mansfield—ls the horse the wretched animal
I have seen outside the court ?
The officer said that it was.
The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say,
replied that he had not used the animal cruelly, and
that he thought the party who sent him out with
it was more to blame than ho was.

Mr. Mansfield asked the prisoner if he was driv-
ing under an agreement, and he was replied to in
the affirmative, the agreement being ss. 6d. for the
night. He added, that if masters send out horses
that are not in a fit condition they ought to be fined
and not the poor driver.
After some further proceedings,
Mr. Mansfield fined theiprisoner 55., and in default
of payment seven days' imprisonment.
Mr. Love said that since his worship's decision he
had seen the owner of the horse, who had consented
to have the animal at once slaughtered, and that he
(Air. Love) should not proceed further in the
matter.

The horse was forthwith taken to a knacker's
yard, and in the presence of the society's officers
was put out of its misery.

SOUTHWARK.—CONVICTION OF THE FRENCH
LADY-SHOPLIFTERS.—Two middle-aged French
women, dressed in the first style of fashion, named
Eugenie Bonnegalle and Eliza Boutheux, residing
in a most respectable manner at No. 2, St. Anne's-
road, Brixton, were brought before Mr. Combe for
final examination, charged with stealing a packet
of linen handkerchiefs from the shop of Mr. Hum-
phrey Morgan, hosier, &c., Newington-causeway,
the particulars of which appeared in this paper on
Monday last.

Mr. Lewis, of Marlborough-street, now appeared
on behalf of the prisoners ; and Mr. Albert was
sworn as interpreter on behalf of the Crown.
In addition to the evidence given on a former
occasion, Miss Sarah Morgan said that the prisoners
came into her father's shop about two o'clock on
Friday afternoon. She was not in the shop when
they entered, but she went out of the back room to
attend upon them, when they cenyeroecl together ,