The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-08 00:00:00

TUCKgII n, ARCHER.

This watt an actints trover for a cow, And the
eyeshot, tome,' upon the 'identity of the auitu;4l,
under the follgwing circumstances :
The plaiitta, in the year 1813, put .n yearling
heittr agiit in the park of Lord Itokeby, near
Itoiseby, wh re he was informed that it ilieet about
a year ago ; however, befotind n"cow so exactly
resembling his heifer, in all respects, in the pos-
sessitin Of a Mrs. i irehley, that he clainted it ;
and-going he!ore it Magistrate he Made Oath .of
the animal being hicon,q, in which he wai Cor-
roborated by others who knew the animal. It
was accordingly taken by blot, anti the present
hV the niaintiL:Tuclicr;:4lfo

fel,,imc,l it AS 10%; hii
by evi,leriPe of the fo'lowing facts ,
Kitriiley, ‘x-i.ose custody tfiecon.
iv am deooscd, .tb;it she had hired the hilittlat
of a Mr. 11. lows. .

Mr. iltolmes .btatetl, thmt be !)411 11.)6411t it at
Lambet hurst'tdir of i, Mr. Tvppt.r., ho ;14itiii in
lia:l,bottgilt )t Of a air. Iva* ing the
erer.

Thus the animal waA traced front its birth tot he
pos3ession of f`.lrs. Kiteldey, from whom the de-
fendant had taken it under a claim of right.
in addition to this, the bailiff of Lord Itekeby,
of the name of Dem yL stated, that he remeiahered
well the plaintiff bringing the yearling; in question
sigist in the patk-44 brought six in all, two of
which evere niS tevti—he saw the ytwrling five or
sixtitu'es w day, and the last day he saw' it the
animal fir o+ extremely ill, being what they called,
mvpeiftg . ill; next city a boy came to tell
thdt tt was drat,. Ile went to'Lliat !tart of the
paik where he understood it lay, and' lee saw it
dead, it wets Ttlaliked on' the near horo,
tend he was save it was thC same. l-1 had it
skinned, mid the hide and carrise ti ere sold—the
hides and horns Were redd at Canterbury, but be
never. shelved the &fit:pilaw the horns before it
was sent art ay.
To meet this evidence, and to shew that this was
the sante beast, the defendant called six et itneSSCS,
who were equally positive, that the beast now
ClaiNied was the same yearling that the defendant
bad put into• Lord Itokeby'S park. They accord-
ingly described all the' marks, partienlaylv that it
was a bull-headed animal ; but what 'vas more
singular, they"described a !milk on the tail, from
which the dLfendani had cut out a wen, which they
all agreed, was yet apparent. And as further con-
firmation, w titan of the name of West said, that
when the delendant took the cow, be proposed
jut nine: hei.' loose, to see it slit would.find her way to
her, old tpiartcrs, which eras' above 2 miles distant:.
They did so,
,and .the animal
,went to the defend-
ant's stall, oinking several turns in the way, stop-
ping at those places whir it it was used to stop at
when it was a bud (a calf), particulAely at a brew.
house ; and at last went to the very stall where it
wets calved; .There also it met the old cow, the
mother, and they recognised each other imme-
diately, seeming to greet each other by mooing
aod licking one another. The brewer's man also
said lie knew the Hidinal again, which used fre-
quently to visit him to steal his grains.
ilk Lordship leaving' summed till this,.contlict-
ing testimony, the Jary; after a short deliberation,
loath' a verdict for the pledntiff—Dainages 101.

rOLICE INTELL,I6ENC',EI.

DOW-STUEET.

•
Yesterday . James Riley- was brought .to, the
°d ice : be was apprehended on Finch/ey-common
on Thursday evening,, on suspicion of being a
footpii, by two id' the pat rulr,belonging to this
Office, who t•lated, that they liattasceitairted that
the spatre and hammer foginl upon the' prisoner
hanged tt.l H gentleman of the name of Jelieo, at
Finehley, hot he had de, lined prosecuting him.,
`William Bailey, the common-tarrier of I'inch.,4_
ley,„stated, that on Wettnemiai evening, between,.
;8 and 9 o'clock„ he was returning home from Lou.
don with his cart and 11,,t•e, when he cametip with
the pi:i,oner in company wit tilinother oian : they:.
wei e nut:rl „ with, Loge sticks, and without a
word posing between thein he received it violent
blow on his left tom, hot could not Jell front
'which ofsthem : he had. no ihilibt but their inten-
tion WAS to rob bins, and secing two houses in
,view, he ran off toyartis Own; and escaVed. On,
searching the prisoner, (bele was no doubt of his
bring a gross. impostor; ,a pass was found upon:
him,- which he had improperly obtained in Si..
and with which he liadievied contribu•
lions on the pat islies. of Islington,. llighgate, and
Vinci hey : the pass, although an illegal one, *au-
thorised him tp beg at all the parishes from Lou-
don to Liverpool. The „piisoner pretended to be
cleat; but on Mr. .13ittNie. lowering his voice to a
tone little louder than n
„whisper, the impostor
was discovered. He was Cf)111111i1 ted.- (This mosle,
by the Way, of detecting deafness is a verb- unfair
one : • low distinct tones Lae more audible than loud
ones.) '
John Minton was convicted of casting night, soil
in Eati's-court, _hi the parish of liensington, on
the complaint 14 the surveyor of the
.road, lie
did not deny the charge, and was ordered to pay
al, 7s. O. being
4.. he,amotint of the penalty, and
the xpences of, re moving it.
Mr. Yates, a painter and !4lazier, appsared to
answer the.complaint of the m'other of his
prentiee,
.who stated unit her son had fallen slit
40 two. pair Of s,tai es kooto, and the master refused
to pay the surgeon'sbill,
The INlngilfrates, Mr. NAALS and DTs, 131aN.tc,.,
were o( opinion, :at the- accident happertetl in the .
,ma;iter's business, he ought to pay it : however,.
there appeared to be oilier matters in dispute,
the mother contending that since the accident the
boy was much frightened, that he
.could not
,the bosiness,, The .Magistrates were of
opinion, that if the boy had become tintormislic.,
ought not, to he put to the danger Ons part ottlre.
business. „
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iNfr'. Yates, the roaster., r"rplied, that t,t)ere was
no poi of his biliness but what wa.s climbing and
dangerous. it %vas then ari;avged, -that,the sur-
geon is to attend on -a filter,e day, ,to ascertain
whether the site Of the boy is such that he truultl
'neetnne_gidily if he pursues the.llusitless.