Police.
The Times, 1824-07-21T00:00:00

MAIrSrOwr-1XUSEo-3r. .4nassrcy, of Sparrow-corner, appeared before the LontD .lAYo0t, to answer the charge of keeping a, fero- cious dog, which lie suffercl to go at large uiniutzzled. A labouring man named Kirby, saidl tlhat a few days ago he had occasion to go to the horfse of the defendant after dark. The servant boy admitted him into the hall and told him to wait thiere, unltil bis master should be spok-eit to. T'he conmilainant perceived a dog at the cnd of the passage losking at him very attentively, and asked whetlher any thing was to be feared fronm the animal. Thie boy as- sured hhln tllatit w,a a well-disposed amd well-behiaved dog, and left i him in the dark. No sooner, however, had thie boy dissppvtsred thian I the dog ran at 4is legs, and bit himii vt ry keverely. The dog, Ite assured the Lord Ilavor, ran at him without "saying a worl," or I divinghim the slighest warninig in any way. The wounds blet pro-l fusely through his stockings, and he was supplied with brown paper and vinegar.in the house: but he had been obliged to have recourse to medical aid, and the defendant iad refuseA to give hiim any recoils- pense. ,Mir. Anassey rested his defcnce on three points: the dog was not- htis; the complainant obtruded himself into the house; and no blood was shed. Thc dog belonged to a neighbour, and entered tbi house of its own accord, without invisation--t flict that removed all I responsibilitv trom hitm as to the conduct of the quadruped iotruder; and the bipeid had called at an unseasotnable tinie, and was therefore bound to take vhat he had got, iwnCrs volens. The LonD AIAYO a ordered the oatlh to be administered to the complainant, who then swore that the injury was such as he bad de- seribed. He understood that the dog was a very indifferent charac- ter, and had taken liberties with the legs of a great variety of per- sons of both sexes. Besides, it had rcsided at tIme defendantis abode I for many weeks, and wais a settled inliabtitant there. As to the as- s.ertion that the complainant ought riot to have called, that was all nonsense ; for he calle d upon necessary business. Mr. Anassey adniitted that he had once borrowed the dog to guard against an expected attack from thieves. The LoBnD MlArOt said, that as the defendaint harboured and encouraged the dog, he became morally and legally resp nsible for its cotiduct after having been apprised of its claracter. Those dogs formed one of the greatest nuisances in the metropolis. and at the presenttime they were excessively alarming. The mnost dreadful dcaths had resulted from the bites of dogs lately, and lie had receiv- ed a great number of letters from nersons who called upoin him in thic name of humanity to order all'dogs wilich were found at large in the city to be put to death, on account of the horrible conse- qstences which daily presented themselves. He did not know that lie had such an authority, bit if he hiad he certainly should not fail to exercise it. It vas known to the public that an inquest was somc days ago held upon the body of a man vho died of hydrophobia. The dog which lad done the fatal mischiefin that case lied probably bitten other dogs, and it vas impossible to say to what extent the malady might have been communicated. But the most numnerous complaints lhad been made against those dangerous nuisances-the dogs left in harness in the care of trucks, whicli could never be passed without hatzard. Several cases of severe injury inflicted by trmck-dogs had recently conse before him, and those who suffered such dogs to go unmuzzled were guilty of the most reprehensible negligence. A re. comnense ought certainly to be given. The complainant said that a person was now lying dead in the house in which he lived from the bite of a mad dog. Air. Anassey denied that the dog was ferocious. He could not see that there was day claim upon him, and refused to mak-e any recom- perse. The LORD MAYOR then advised the complainant to prefer aa in- dictment at the sessions against the defendant. - The complainant inmniediately went to prefer the indictinetit. A gentleman stated that two friends of his had lately beetl bitten by dogs, and were at pres6it under the most dreadful apprelicnsions of hydrophobia. 1AUtLBOUOUoGH-STREET..A nerson lhaving somethitig of the appearanec of a gentleman, who gavc his same Thorn,s William Bc- vUle, was yesterday brought from St. George's watchliouse, charged with a desperate assault. Elizabetli Hill, a female of fashionable appearance, stated, that the was returning front Vaushtll (rardens between two ansd three o'clock that morning, walking with Mr. Rose, a gentletnai now present, and, as they passed along Piccadilly, near Park-lane, the defendant, who waswalking the same way, canie up, and, in the most wanton ilanner shoved her off the paveitent; and, on her asling him what ie dlid tat for, stuck her a desperate blow on ithe eye, atid knocked her downi. On Mr. Rose ilterfering, lie was knoclked down also. Alr. Tlhomas Mtelville Rose said, tbat, in consequence of tie defendant's wantonly insulting Aliss Hill, lie re- tnonstrated with him on his unmanly conduct; but lie had scarcely spoken, when the defendanit knocked him down, and, on his rising, repeated the assault with the same violeiice three tihes, without the slightest provocation. A vatchnian was then procured, acid the de- fendant taken to the watchhouse. The defendant acknowledged t.ie assaulton Dhlr. Rose, bnitdenieti having struck the female. Dlr. COXAST ordered the defendant to findl bail for the assault on Mdr. Rose, which appeared to be a most unprovoked one ; and told DI iss Hill that she might indict him at the same time. Etnilie St. Aiige, lhe female who hascharged Alr. WVUllars Thurr -lore ot robbing her ofa gold watch, &c., attended yesterday at this of- fice for the purpose of entering into fresh recognizances to prdsecute the case- at the next September Sessions, she having been, in-the frat instance, boutnd over for the present sessions, but the Grand Jury having broken up, no bill cotld be preferref, and her recogni- zances become void. MIr. RoE, the Magistrate, repeated the fornm of ITie recogni- zances to lier in French, and she was accordingly bound over in the sum of '401. . Jol/n Coxe alias Tltnozaw Bavter was brought to the office, and charged as avagrant. The officers described him- as a-most incorri- gible vagrant, who has been repeatedly comiimitted, as such,: to:the Htouse of Correction. On this occasion they found him in Burling- ton-gardens, exhibiting the painting now -produced, and collectinig hal]pen6e in abisndanec from the passers by. Allr.. DYlt:the:;mtgisirate, on examining this paititing, which was about 'two feetgquare,- foundthatit was a represefitatationofthe scene.of the late lMr. Harris's tatal descent with his balloon in Bed- dijsgton.pirli. 'there was the car cowiniig in violent contact with a tree, the valve of- the-balloon was open, and the gas escaping with great force. There ias also-the ganiekeeper running to the assist- aiceot Mr. EHatris,'with his gutin ir his hand: but this figurc W46s-so perfectly unlike any thing. humanl, -tiit the..Artist found it necessary to write under it; "-'LThis- is a gamekeeper."-._ The fatal spot" was -lsb pointed out; and the whole remiarkably well drawn, considering the aits ,.exceptjte ussfortunategamekeeper, and it.clearlyappear. ed that the artist s taste fioes bOt lie hi drawing his own s,eies. In hi3 defence, the prisoner said; that lie thoughthc had a right to exhibit the prodacaot his~ own genius. VWere not artists exhibiting -their own wotks every- days and et'eouraged to do so by-the first persons in-the country, aud ;by -thbid hebe s4e gled out for punish- isient? Mr D~usid ls's atwascleur e ued- hisexhbiton nly as am. biasfromi tbe imgeaufty displayed invthe ~pahnhtsig - - he prione sad li wa coipehedto- be~ a vagiant- He- hiadit)n btaeis,f,bi2,ie r :dtleevrispea~si w1 lh ~m~rpdna Isequence oPhis havisg run awav at the of 16, and enlisted in the a2rinles, from which ge has siEce been discharged without any pro- vision, his family refuse to assist or do any thing for himli The officers of the Society said, that thev have twime sent him to Leicester, wliere hb has.a right to be supported-by bis parisbs,.utbhe regularly returns to London again.- The prisoner said, that certainly -e ados,-. because, inw the - Erst place, if' he must be a pauper, he pre-fers.fiUing-thatcearacter 2way from the neighbourbood of his respectable friends, although they have treated him. so ill; and another reason for his 'crnir - to lIondon was, that it is the only place for theienconragcment of trte genius. The officers told the Alagistrate,-t.at they were assured the prisoner's family, who certainly are very respectable, had several times clothed him, and provided a situation.for him, but .-ie was-no sooner settled than be runs away, seDls his clthem, and.adopts a ife of vagrancy, which lie seems to preer. r. DYinE zaid, thst with aU his inclination to be lenient towards an ingetOus artist, be coald not pass over his duty, aind must com- mit the prisoner; and he was accordingly committed for three mnnths to the lrouse of Correction. The pictare remains with the Ofliceia of the Society. 3l1ARYL2BiOI E-OFFICE-Tho7flOs SSkorteand, butcher, of-Nor. folk-street, Mliddlesexhospital, appeared yesterday to answer a charge under the 3ith of George Ilt. for obstructing the annoyance II~' aptpeare~d that lUr. Dowson the foreman of the jury, and three other jurots, attended by Reddi;g, the beadie, entered the shop of the defendant on the 25th of June last, and finding liis scales to bs incorrect, the foreman ordered them to be destroyed. Ret dingad- vanced for this purpose, but was stopped by hr. Shortland, who taking up a knife, swore that he would run it into the bowels ofany one whodared touch his scales. The foreman, o seringehetemper of thc man, withdrew with the rest from the shop .'oratime, and on rc5 turning shortly afterwards he desired the beadle todo his duty. Ac- cordingly he sdvancedztowards the scales, when the butcherrnning twards him, dropping the knife at the time, swore no one shoul touch his scales. The knife was picked up by the beadle, and tht jurv again left the shop. ilr. aReIFFITIIS. the sitting magistrate, declared the preseint to be a most aggravated case, and one of alI others calling for prosecu- tion; he should thereibre fine the defendant in the full penalty of 4(0s., obaervinq, that the present proceeding did not prevent the bea- dle from brintgIng his action, if he thought fit. The defendant renmained in custody tbr detfault of payinear when our reporter left the office. 'DX In the case of Sir. ex-Sheriff Parkins, our report oi' yester, day wvas partially itcorrecLThe fact is,no order forlhis comnmittal wvas ever made out, nor was the money paitl prior to his leaving tte of- fice. It is true that Alr. Parkins frequently urged on the magis- trate the making out otf the order; but Alr. Rawliason. with gen- tlemanly forbearance, refused compliance with this request, and at ten minutes pa-t three o'clock told .Mr. Parkins that he should be sorrv to have recou:se to harsh measures, and woulA therefore give hin a week to consider of the proitriety of paying thiedemand. Mr. Parkins, atter acknowledging the polite behaviour t.f Mir. Raw- linso:., quited the oflice. UNroN-HALL.-Yesterdaya man, nanmedl Anidrew Leslie, was brought b tore R. J. lILtAtIsEts, Etsq., cliarged with having ruali. cloudly set fire to a house, situate No. 24, Salisbury-place, Bet- iiondscy. Atine Walker stated, that she lives with her father and mother in the above house, and the prisoner lodged in the front garret. On W'edfnesday morning last, the prisoner caine down stairs about nine o'clock, and asked her mother if tite fire was at leisure, Her mother replicel that it was, an.- desired him to *ake his breakfast (which he iSually didwith thefamilv) and bring down lia sauce1.an. H-e went up stairs, and brought down his saucepan, into w idch he had his tea tor breakfta1st putt. Therewas no gratein thiefreplace is ine roon lie o-ccu- pied. In aboui t a quarter ot'an hourafter he hail taken up iis breaktc,te brought down a ctLndle, and ligh-ted it, and took it ap stan'sj and ab et ten o'clock witness went out ot'tlie house, to aut the game, when the next door neighbour asked ber if there was any fire up stairs. Slie replied that there was not, however, on looking on to the garret window, she sawv a smoke issuing out. She concuded it was the steam proceeding from the saucepan which the prisoner was using. She then wvent into the house, and found the sauce- pan in the parlour. She hurried up to the priasoner's apartment, amid found it so full of smoke that she could not go in. She then ran down stairs for the purpose of getting water, and calling for assistance, when several persoDs entered, who, by their exertions, tquenched the flames, which were rapidly comniunicatigF ta the i'ur- niiture. Datring this time the prisoner left the house. oni txarin- ing the room, after the fire was put out, she discovered that the pri- soner hadl removed his Sundav clothes, and left nothing in the room bot a bundle of rags. 'William Painter, a constable. of Bermonrusey, stated, that le heard of the fire, and on going into the house, saw the floor of the prisoner's rosim, which was much birnt. He -did not succeed- in finding the prisoner until Saturday last, when he apprehended him, after a desperate resistance.-Thc prisoncr iv:s fully corntmuitted. POLICE.