The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-13 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday John William Maltby was brought up on a war.
rant by Libetter, charged under the following peculiar chum. '
stances appeared from the deposition of the prosecutor,
Mr. John Wearthy, residing in Cecil-street, Strand, that in the
Month of July last, on perusing the Times newspaper, he ob-
served an advertisement of two bay gelding' (carriage horses)
for sale, warranted in every respect, to' be seen at the 'King's
Ilead, Russell-street, Covent-garden, .where the owner night
he referred to. Such a pair of horses as these were described to
be was what Mr. M'Carthy had long been on the look-out for,
and immediately embracing
,the opportunity, he went to the
'tables of the King's flead, where the prisoner wait introduced
to him us the owner of the horses, and on his warranting them
to be sound wind and liMb, the prosecutor purchased the pair
for 160 guineas, a receipt for which sum was handed over to'
him by the prisoner, signed J. W. Maltby. Two days, how-
ever, after the purchase bad taken plaCe., one of the liors,
though warranted sound, became sick and totally unfit for use,
whereupon Mr; .M'Carthy several times went to the .stables,
but could not find the prisoner till:Above a month had expired.
When at last he-saw the prisener, and mentioned .the unsound
state of one of the horses, he offered to exchange it, at the same
time showing Mr. Al 'earthy another horse, the pedigree of
which he declared to be excellent, he having bred it himself,
and warranted it to have " neither fault nor blemiab," And
for which Mr.
M'Carthy paid 26 guineas with the horse con.
Plained of in. exchange ; but at the very first trial wade of it in
harness the animal lay down in the street, find was altogether
unfit for the purpose of the prosecutor ; he 'therefore called
again on the prisoner,and stated that he was.about to leave this
:country, and would disp?ae of the pair of horses fur I 10.goineu,
at the same time observlng that he was paying ten guineas per
month for their Iteeti, although they wire perfectly useless to
hitn. .On -this the prisoner said he would keep them for half
that money, and AS their coats were in ,ft very rough_ state, he
would get their in order for sale, to which praposur
cuter assented; but at the stone time gave positive 'tau-actions
that the horses should not be disposed of, nor;even moved from
their stable, .unleas orders to that effect, were received from
hiM: A few days after, On going to the Stables,
r.- Altera-
thy' found that batM
h the horses and' prisoner were gone,, nor
could be obtain any tidings of them, A wttrratat was taken
out on the 24th of December, but no trace of the prisoner

could be found until yesterday morning, when he :vas appro.
hended in the New-cut, Lambeth. On being contrJnted with
the prosecutor; the prisoner at once confessed that he had told
the horses for 1001., which he offered to refund as soon as it
should be in his power, provided no steps were taken against
him.—The prisoner, in his defence, declared that the hors"
were pressed upon him, contrary to his inclination, •by Mr.
Al4Carthy, for him to dispose of, which he had done, antl,re-
ceived the money. It was not in his power to pay for them
at present, but it had always been his intention to do so, -ant
he would the moment he could.
Mr. M'earthy saying that if time were given hini bs aoulit
produce another witness to the transaction, the prisoner was
remanded till this day.