BOW-STREET.-Yesterday Tho...
The Times, 1824-06-22T00:00:00

BOW-ST'EET.-.Yesterday Thomtas Enton, a young maan, tm the. dress usually wom by horsedealers, was brought up by twa of the horse patrol, charged with stea;ing a horse and harness, the property of ill r. Bates, a liverystable keeper, in Patcliff-highway, and a gigs the roperty of Mr. Cobb, atradesman in Baker's-row, 'WhitechapPel. Te prisoner went on the7th of April lastto Mlr. I3ates'a sta'oles ard said he wanted to hire a liorseand harness for the day, observing that he was going no farther than Kingston, Surrey, a id shoald be back by 7 that evening. He selectcd a horse, and desired it to be sent to Mr. Cobb's, where be bad hired a gig; be started with the horse and gig, and was seen no more, either by Lr. Bates or IIr, Cobb, until Wednesday lastcwhen the foimer met him upon Ascot. heath race-courSe and gave him in charge to the patrol. He said to. the officers that he had sold the horse and gig to pay a lebt in order to avoid being sent to piison. He was taken beforc Sir R. Birnie, at his marquee uipon the race-course, and remanded to the Aliddles t House of Correction, tne felony (if any) having been committed irn that county. The prisoner admitted having bad the horse and git, and said he, was willing to pay each owner whatever he might charge, but hp denied that he had sold either one or the other, or that he had ever said any such tbing. The fact was, they were seized wvhile in hit possession by a person to whon3 he owed money. Sir R. BiRNILE was of opinion that this case came exactly withbi the rule laid down in that of the celebrated iMlajor Semple, wh.o having hired a carriame and horses &r the day, sold them, and applied the mo-ey to his own use. That was held to be aTelony, and Semple was transported. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. HACIKNEY CoAcsi3rxiE.-The drivers of the hackney_coaqe- Nos. 91 and 1,057, appeared upon summons, to answer the qoQp plaint of Mr. Hesse, the soNcitor to the Lottery-office, Scanerset. house, for refusing to take a fare when lezally required to d so. ir. Hesse had a party on he dreaclfillyH rainy night of Sunday We'night, and between 11 and 12 o'clock he sent his footman foz coaches to convcy his ftiends to their homes. The servant went to, Charles-street, ;ovent-gaTden, where he found seven or eight coachei upon the stand, but not one of them would go with him. The driver of' No. 1,057 said he was engaged, and he would be d_- i before he would stir an inch. While standing tberc, he saw thQ coach No. 91 set dowa a fare and drive into the rank, upon whict he called to him to go to Sonmereet.house, to take up; but. ctacliee -said, " Oh no, I am engazed, young man; I am only come here just for to water my prads a bit." His horses took water, aud he drove a-vay, but soon returned, and upon being bailed ogaiu% by the servant, repeated his first story, that he had just drriei, in to water hais horseq. The waterman rwho seemed to'know his que brought a pail to the horses, but not a drop vas drank,and the coach- man again drove off. In a few minutes lie teturned once moreg and the servant said, "Wel1, coachee, are you come to wvater your. prade now?" " Yes,rpoony,"ansiwered the angry Jarvis,and'di;awins aery coolly up to the side of the road, went into the watering hopxe. and sat down to supper. The pootfootman, after being ftrenrhcd'iin thle rain for nearly two hours, was obliged to return withdijrta coach and Ir. Resse's friends were under the necessity of remainiug at his house for tbeight.n.glt The driver of 1,057 wvas fined ]0s. and 4s. costs, and the other dt fendant in double that amount. Thelatter refused to pay, and ras ordered to be commnitted for l days to the House of Correction MIAILBOROUGH-STREP.T.-Jonata, Bailey, a foottan', aud Wn,. LlOIndet, a coachmnan, both in the service of N. A. toths- child, Esq.. were charged, the former with assauilting Wales ai Ballad', two, oflicers of this establishment, it the execution of their dutv;.and the latter uinder the highway act, wi,th bltoelcig upthewaiy. the ofaicers stated, thlat a few nights ago they were diected' te- attend at the Argyll Rooms, to keep order and regulake'tbe carriaires of avatrinumber of fashioinables twho attended-the annuial 'jtiveni1&~ ball held there; and when the company were retiring and the car- iages drawing up to the door in regular succession, the defen.dmnt ,owades drove ilr. Rotshchild's carriage oat of the line rnd:forced it forward pat of its turf; 'and when the officers attempte& to stop him and pnt him back, the defendanit Biilcv seized the lrses',' head?, dragged them forwird, and,when the officers interposed_ he - ' assaulted themn both in a most furiotus manner, and-it was with dif-- ficulty they could secure hitm. -Sitch ?vs* the coinduct of-t thmieincn that many carriages and lorses' wer-e severely injared, ant 'the lives of several persons plhced in great danger. '-Mr. Thompson, n. P., wh6 had been at *thi ballt find had jusi tf got into hisec;trragc at the tiue o;the roi'fnsiou, atteacjd dthe invcEs tigation, and said, that lhe csipe fbrwianl for tlhe pu~rpoyc of -conhirJn ing the whole of the ofliccrs' statemeptii as he,itnes`the thole ' I transaction, and-he declared,.tba, on his honour, v?smi surl - scandaluus biliavisuur -ashese twc-1plen, particuL.rlv-hie;foeitnan, hadl-been guilty of,on that ,occasin. His (Mri.; .;onptO.a) lif! was ablolutelplac ed-in thr,gre:Atesedangerforsonle time; dari one, Of his valuable earriage hoties nearly ruined4 for, in zhbm infu6ion these men created,?- tlie fcig etf ontnf his hoies was fbrced over the harnesaof1indtlurfcairiage,wlsch O straiied tle mmmlin th. shoulders, that hi doubtd ifkhe would ever44ain he sei*ieable. 'lhle det'eudatsi sald-t]cy' haid uo detKencet orok,'u I-itthy': cnnsader*d icony h as they cuit 'mab their ster's cturage up to the The Mlagissrates,orderetVl;aiIey to fliid bail for *l:e aauatt on the two officers, and thlecoachnan to pay a line ot fi~ ll-..