The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-16 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

BAD CASE OF CRUELTY.—George Plummer,
carman, who gave his address The Wesleyan
Chapel, Mildmay Park, was charged by the BOP'
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
with cruelty to a horse.
George Smith, officer of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that on the
previous day he saw the prisoner driving a horse
attached to a cart in Leicester-square. The horse
was very lame, and was evidently suffering great
pain. On the inside of one of the fetlock joints
there was a wound caused by the off fore foot cut-
ting it. The prisoner said the horse had been kept
in for a fortnight, and that he took it oat thinking
it would not hurt it.

Mr. Cherry, the Government surgeon, said the
horse was very lame of the off forefoot, there being
a disease of the cartilage of considerable standing,
and inside both fetlocks there were old sores re'
suiting from weakness.

Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 20s. or 14 daygf
and ordered him to pay 10s. 6d. costs.

THAMES.
DARING ROBBERY.—Thomas Hogan, a lad, aged
17 years, who is well known to the police, 101
brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a
cheese, weighing 221bs. and valued at 175., foal
the shop of Mr. Thomas Mackey, a cheesemonger
in Stepney.
Yesterday evening a police-constable named
David Isled, No. 77 H, saw the prisoner carrying
a cheese on his shoulders in Birch-lane, Spitalfielde►
and thinking it was not right, and that the pri-
Boner from his appearance was a thief, followed
him as far as Corbit's-court, where he stopped bial
and asked him some questions, to which be re•
plied that he brought the cheese from White-
chapel, and was on his way to Shoreditch-market•
He was asked his master's name, to which he could
make no answer. He was taken to the station'
house, and he then said that he had no master, &Ili
had stolen the cheese.

Mr. and Mrs. Mackey said the cheese was stolen
from their shop about 6 o'clock yesterday evening.
Mrs. Mackey added that she saw the prisoner loiter'
ing about the shop after the cheese was put on the
board outside.

The Prisoner—No you did not. I am sure you'
did not see me at all. I was passing the shop a°a
lifted the cheese from another, and walked away
with it. That's how I. did it.

A policeman said the prisoner was committed to
prison for three months on the 19th of May last for
attempting to steal a gentleman's watch. The
chain of the watch was broken. On another occv
sion Bendall, the gaoler of the Worship-atreet
police-court, said the prisoner who was charge'
with theft had recently left a reformatory.
Mr. Paget—For what offence was he committed
to a reformatory ?
Witness—l really do not know, sir. He Was
committed to a reformatory for three years.
Mr. Paget—And has come out un-reformed.
The prisoner made no defence, and he was 09132-
milted for trial.

Richard Bassett, aged 44, was brought before
Mr. Paget charged with stealing 11b. 2oz. of copper,
the property of the London Dock Company, fr°lll
their premises.
John Crutaley, a constable, stopped the pri-
soner as he was leaving the dock, yesterday after'
noon, and he found a lump of copper on his person'
The prisoner said he picked it up.
Mr. Paget said there were no cases gave bier
more pain than the miserable ones brought fr°lll
the docks. Poor men, in the employment of the
dock companies would yield to temptation, and be
dishonest, and he was compelled to punish then'
for these little petty robberies, send them to prison;
and their wives and families were thrown upon tile
parishes for relief or starved. He should put 1,130
law in force to the full extent of his power. Pt
sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonnien
and hard labour for unlawful possession of the
capper.