Police.
The Times, 1824-06-14T00:00:00

Lcf lto0R0JG.STREET A young man Ztboat 18 years of a~r Cfwar getee and fashionab e appearance, whose name is ~'~- fiRetRIoM2ROt-, and an articled clerk to Mr. Abraham, e t ilitor, No. G, Great B1arlborougb-street, and whose connex- .rhi'hkvre Pectable, bat; been in custodY Since Tuesday night charges of felonY, and underwent a second ex- thisocc o Satuday.ix this case, ma lrt that of n Bre Laly at Bowhsteet, the point of identity is singularly Mr. Abrahae~ the young gentlemln'5 master, MBr. Andrews, r b -r3h the and n a hotof rSes p; e- table friend s, attended on his be. heM.whenthe olloing evidQce was gone into : ,,~ tky Denhnrn,ati`b,tl5yeats ofag2, thedaughterof5Sr. Den. -tean2d5tt'Iler, No. 189, Zegent.street, deposed that on Ft.h^ ~'Th'Sdo3of her ty,' she _aw the prisoner pass several timesby .as hecam fatees house, and look at the articlcs ex- 'ritfltwo,.. onhe 3me tn, and asked to be shown an album. She in blue, and one in red morocco, each two W hie he was examining them, and complain- - hat the price Wa3 too ,uch, he asked to look at a pocket-book b w- hin the indow; and while 'she tured round to get it for in, he s*ddenly snatched up the t70 zalbuma, and darted out of the abp There was no one i the shop but herself at the titne, 'at tWas in vain forher to attempt pursuing him. She nevet saw himafter until about eight o'lock on Tuesday evening last, when ehe naccdentally met him in Cleveland-street, Fitz- av.square, and she instantly recognized him and seized him 'ay the caller. He struggled to get away, and a gte3t crowd col- Ited, who took part with the prisoner, on acecount of his respect- able a-lzarance. and cndeavered to free him from her grsp; bat althgh the was ver ill umeM, ele held the prisoner fast, and the =ozd frrced theml both into a butcher's shop; and at this moment S,e; d and Cemiaents, belonging to thic office, who were accidental. ly psig.c ataert her uasistance and took the prisoner into custody, :nu lodg,ed bint in ths watchhouse, where she went and gave charge aof im fartihe robbery. This young creature, who, wbile giving her evidene,waxabsorbed in tears and dreadfully agitated, now de- elamed in the most positive manner that the prironer was the person who corninrtcd thie rubbery, and that he was dressed nearly in the ~ne rmanner as at present. Ecm maenhan and Anne Denham, two younger sisters of,the Inst rneas, raid, that they raw the person who ran awayv0itb rh: albmsr pass lshe window before he came in, and afterwirds in ith their sister on the day in question, and the prisoner was that pern; they were In the parlour, close to the shop, and i'ad a fnUl viov of isien. Clements and Scofield said, that they cearched the prisoner at the watch-hose. but found nothing suspicious on him, they also zmarcbed his lodgings, No. 24, Carburton-street, the next morning, 2-at fourd nothing there either 7lr. Denham here produced one of the hnndbiUs sent round to the difeer.t pawnbrokers the day after the robbery, and describing the person who committed it as a fashionably dressed yoaung man. Ir. Dolby. tobacconist and stationer, No. 95, Wardour-street, So,o, depczed, that on the lzt of Mlay, the prisoner came to his eta- ti-ner's shop, and zaked for two periodical worls published byhim, caled " The Adentxrer" and " the Oracle of Eiealtb," tzhich were ahown to him; he theta caked for 18 copiez of Dolby'o edition of act. =9 plays. which not being exactly nt hand at the moment, the pri- conercaild he could not wait, but to have the wholegot ready in a =-cal, cnd he tould call for them in the evening. Ile accordingly di caU in theevening, and the booko were handed to hin7 by frs. Dalbv. who served him on this occasion. The prisoner then asked AIrs2ED)lby to let him look at a book that stood on the shelf behind ber; ard when she tumed round for that purpose, he ran out of the ehop, carying the books with him. gr. Dolby said that ha was then e edintaeoiiserahop- all pure ott was useless iHe had nevEr rn the prLsoner before, but had no doubt whatever aa to hic ientity. LIrs. Dlby confirmed her hluLband's statement, and had not the analleat doubt that the prisoner was the person who committed the M1rs. Elizabeth Clifton, the wife ofMr. Clifton cutler, No. 45, Wnrdonr.strcet, deposed, that on the 3d of Alay, tne prisoner came et her husband's shop and asked to be shewn come razorm.She show- ed him ceIvrd pair of which he selected a pair mounted with silver, 't-sIIe a guiea; anD then, asking to look at a knife that was behind 1er, when abe turned roand to hand it him, he ran out of the shop with the razors She never saw the prisoner before or since, but is -quite confident he is the peraon who thus robbed her. The next witnes was Henry Flot7er Fennel, who himself bore a -atong rc:emblanca to the prisoner, ond is shopman to M lr. Harrison, pawn roker, Tottenham-court rosd. This witners deposed, that on the 27th of Alay, the dav after the the robbery at hIr. Denham's, the prisoner came to their' shop and effered h:m for tale an album bound In bluo morocco just such a0 Dfit Derilsam described, and asked 35e. for it * btt witness refused to buy It at all, end the prisoner wentaway. ue was dresed in the came manner as at present, except the trourers, and witness had not the lezst doubt za to the identity. Mr. At?DnuWBs cross-examined this witness, and asked him if bi! were ar-e of a likenes betwreen himself and the prioner ? The witness bluahed very much, and said he belieed there was come rc =mblance, but assured him he was not the man. The w.tne2s confidence as to the idontity of the prizoner wan not in the 2Zst rhaken by the cros.emxminati n, 1GtC p7onerSOlemnly declared his entire innocenceof the varlous -harge agan-st him: he bad no necessity he said, to commit these ;pItry robberies, for the mneanl supplied oy hie fricnds were amply euffidentfer all hic wants, and the whole must have arisen from an snfbrtunate resemblance he must bear to eome other person. He zhould be carry to Cay that the witnesses swore falsely, buttheywere certainl mistaken; nC never, he maid, In his life, had been at any cf the sXops named, except Mr Denham's, and th2t was within the La= .ee., when hebought there the extract-book which he now pro. daced for Us., and on that eccaqion it was an elderly woman who uapon him; and an to the brown.coloured trouserowhich =r of the witnesses ctated him to have worn, he never had suchz Tair in hia wardrobe. Mr. Abrah=ns caid, that he concelved It quite impossible that the cr4 tnan could be the pDeon guilty of thone robbeies : since he Za-d been in his office, he had always borne the beat character, and coadacted himself with the utmost propriety. filr. A24Ditnws said, thathowever difficult It was to met eauch a cu;c struh a lap3e of time, yet he had no doubt of being able in -the crd to t*ow the magistrate, that these witnes8ea were all mis- .=kt en to this voung gentleman's person; but to do this he muset bA that the fpioner be remanded to anothor day; and he (Mr. And,-we) woGud at present ask the magistrate to examine only one wr,itnels. IVilhlam Biles, shopman to Mlessrs. Jeffeies and Milila, pawn- bTo ers, in (ree-k-treet, Soho. deposed, that on the 27th of May, the day after the rubbery at ir. Venham'n shop, a very gentted Inoking fashionably-dreosed young man came to their shop, and of- fere two al-imm, exactly such ras .iss fDenham descrilld, either far cale or pawn; but after a long negotiation, witness and he could rtngea upon terms, and he took the albums away. In about ten mainutesafter, one of Mr. Dsenham's hand-bimr, describing the rob- Lrery ; t3 offinder was left at the shop; and witness told the per- .-r 7h 1-aght it (dooch, the constable) that had he come a little - r_culd have caught the man. gome days after, the same a-,I en called. and of ered the cast of razors now produced for -ad ritrnes3 knewiag himt be tbea person' described in 5's ban4.bifl, he qnuestioned him about the razors, L' . .r h^d as vet dir j of the albums, and while thus c i9th hm whnlnes3va waendeavoursg to get between him __:: _ 2 in order to detain him, which the other perceiving, , eor the shop and vanished in an instant leaving the razors b ai .m. ilir. D-rrn, the magistrate, caked the witnews, who It appeared bai befbor seen the young man at the bar in the lock.up room of the C,fHLn, it' the pnsoner w the perwon who called at his ahop with the clbums and tue razors. jVitnc=, after looking steadrastly at the prisoner, said that he cer- ,aInly van not the person, although he bore a very strong reacm. bl,wtO him. - 1r. AwDX:wS asked the witness if he had any doubt or diffi- cuItV uNn this Point ,C,.pliedtha hehadnotthe lightestdoubt; he was quitesure thaeprn an a not the person. Acaual observermightrmistakeone Car the other, but he examined the man's person so cdosely wrhen he as. in the shop on each occason, that he could not be mistaken. He bho.ld know the other person any where again. 33rs. Clifton was nowr asked to look at the r2zors produced by the la witneazss; and the said they were the same that were stolen from her by the prleoner. Mr. As ;snevs now asked anl the w7ltnease& against the prisoner cac by one, if they felt their impressions na to his identity-at all wonkrend by the testimony of the last witness; but they all de. ared, no in the elightest degree; and Miss Denham said, on belng -.d the question, tnat an acquittal by a jury wrould not change hbr mn-4a;a of te prisoner'e gulle.-The prisoner was then remanded. F2 D OSt wrEn PUBL1C_..A case wTas brought forward on ?3t2 y week, at .bls ofilce for investigaton, before H. 31. DYa n, jE. tho reesding magitrate, by the managereof the Mcndieity Sacietv vid deeply involved the charaters of tao persons, who, if th=ernccunt of themeelvee be correct, must have moved in avery ecrcab1e epheroof life. si~r. Phiii3, Di. p for Woteon Bet, and Ir. PhIlips, Jun. se zDn, D. I.. and severa of the m.anagers of the &eiety, attended the iave3tiption. Tkto prisoners cbove ailluded to were then plced before the LEg7:ita; rcn of them $',tnsrkd 5JIfiam Har.fikbrt, e atPre- rct rs?IiS ia Trevora.z3ju 3re, Keasinton5in cuttodjof the Q$Rcera of theSoeiets; and Itr. Edward Jepaon,residing atLisson-gTove, who was not i custody, but voluntarily accompamedbis friend to the .Mr. HaVdnswsas dressedin the grst style of fashion, and M1r. Jephson very respectably, tbough not-so elegantly as his friend. fr. Bodkin then came fornard, and maidethefollowink statement to the Magistrate t-So long ago as the early part of 1822, the M'lendidty Society received intornation that Dlr. Hawkins, a gentle. man living In the first rstyle of fashion and expense, keeping his country house, driving his curricle, and riding his hunters, was living n this manner, and doing all this, by funds derived from his depredations upon public credulity and impositions upon the hu- mnane and charitable, under the pretence that he himself was a gen- tleman of large fomtune and of active benevolence, whose funds and best oxertions were always at the service of the unfortunate and dis- tressed; but he (Mr. Bodkin) Should. be enabled to prove, that so far from Mr. EHawlkins being the character hi' represented hlmself to be, that he was in league with a set of persons whose pretended cases of distress he made use of to obtain coatsiderable contribu. tion a great portion of which found its way into the pocket of Mlr. lansns himref and that in this way he had carled on a.rtgular plan of imposltion for a long time. From the time theSdciety first received any infor3tation respecting the prattiLis of MIr. Hawkins, up to the pretent time, they had: been actively employed In en- deavouring to catch him; but so Meat was his ingentity it eviding their utmost vigilance, that l their elborts ptoved abortive 'until that very morning, when ha waS taken into custody at the hodse of MIr. Philips (sbo was present), in SillkHstrtett 3erkeleyzsquare, and whom he lltMr. Bodkin) ahoald beR leave first to examine as to his knowiedge of rr. Hawkins. r.lL Budkin said he should be able to show, that at thc vety time Air. Hitwkins *as assumring to be a man of fortune, and raising subscription aus a benevolent character for a peson narned Todd, andanother namedSingleton, for thia very Lr. Jephson nowvpresent, and his famlly, applying to a number of dignitaries of the charch,Uin behalfofa person whom he representea to be the distressed widow of a deceased clergy. man-going abott with a petitioh in the name of a person whom he stated himnself to have kInown as a respectable man once resid- ing at Cheltenham, but reduced in circumstances, and in this case alwayt mana,lng to make his applications to gentlemen whom he knew to resiae in tho neighbourhood of that town, when he could catch Vhcrm In London,-that whie thus charitably engaged in behalf, as he professed, of others, Air. Hawkins was actually, at the very time, writing bepging letters and drawing up petitioss in his name, representing himself and his family in thc greatest dis- tress and aending his wife round to collect subscriptions. He should also prove, tlat the very parties for whom Mr. Hawkins professd to be so aotively engaged, were his intimate friends and constant compnions; that they all lived together at times, and nlways so near as to keep up a constant cemmunicafion. This Xhr Je!ehisn, he (jMr. Bodkin) should prove, for instance, to have lived inna house adjoining that of AMr. HaWkins -at Fulham, and that they had a communlcation made between tie kitchens of the two houses, by which means they carried on their plans unper. ceived and unnoticed. Mr. Bodkin then said, that for the present lie would state no more, although he was prepared to go much far- ther, but he would rather keep within the case'he was furnishedmith, than exceed it. MIr. Philips, Di.P., was then requested to state, what he. kitew of Mr. Hawkins, and said that in Match, 1822, Mr. Hawkins waited UpOn him and professed to be a genleman 4f tbrtune, who was exert- inghimself to obtain subscrptions for a person named Singleton, whom be had formerly knowt under better circomstances. He produced a list of cohtributlons in which Mr. Hawkiis's own name was down for a considerable sum, and a great number of respectable names avached to it. Alr. Philips gave him two guineas, and complimented Mr. Hawkins upon his benevo- lent ekertions. In a short time after MIr. Philips was much sorDrised at a ladys' calling uoon him with a petition for sub. scriptions for a family named lawkins, and a letter addressed to him, signed " F. Hawvkins," and dated from Vine.cottage, Fulham, stating the beater to be his wife. and representing his fainily to be in great distresq. AIr. Philips immediately suspected that this vas the same person who had been-collecting subscriptions for Singleton- and not doubting but same fraud was going on, he communicated the circumstances to the Aendicity Society. Since that time he had heard nothing of Mr. Hawkins, until that merning, when he again called on MIr. Philips to subscribe for this Alr. Jephson, who was waiting outside the house for him at the time * and knowing that the Society wasr makinginquiries a:ter Mr. Hawkins, he sent to let them know that he was then at his house. Mr. Philips here produced the letter, signed F. Hawkins. Ur. Hawkins denied that he had sent such a letter by his wife with any petition to Mr. Philips. He was married to a woman of fumily ana respectability, and would scorn to send her on such an errand; and, besides, he r.ever wvaa in any distress ; the letter pro. duced wtas not his handswrsidng at all. Ir. Bodkin asked him if he had not lived at Vine-cottage from whence the letter was dated. He acknowledged that he haa, and had laid out 300L on the cottage and premises, but he gave it up, owing to a dispute with the landlord. He was again asked if he persisted still in denying the letter to be his witing ? He said that he certainlv did. Mlir. Bodkin asked him if he knew a MUrs. Hughes at Fulham? He replied that he did, very well, and had had dealings with her as a shopkeeper there. iMr. Bodkin then askedhow he could state himelfnot to havebeen in any distress when he had gone in debt to this Mrs. Hughes 501., and ruinea the woman, under the pretence of patronizing her as a man of fortune; but he soon after ran away from the reighbour. hood in debt to every one aroand. MVfr. Hawkins said that his debts had notbing to do witb the pre- sent charge. It was not because a man might be poor that he should be gulty of a charge like this. Mr. DYEsn said certainly not, but the mention of this citcum- stance arose out of the nature ofthe case. Mir. Philips, jun., next stated that Air. Hawking came to him about a year ago, and obtained a su,bscription from him for a person named Todd. Lr. Bodkin now said, that in consequence of the apprehension of Mr.Hawklnsso unexpectedlythat morming,he was not prepared with all the eyidence he should be able to bring forward; but he hoped Mir. Dyer would detain M1r. HawklIns In custody, and adjourn the case for a few daye. Mr. Hawkins said, that he also wished the case adjourned, as he was totally unprepared to meet such a charge; but he denied alto. gether tite statement of 3fr. Bodkin. He had acted aU through from the purest motives of benevolence, and all the persons that he inter- fered for were deserving obiects. For instance, his friend ir. Jeph- son, who had a wife and eiglit children, and had only 261. a-year to support them upon,whlch he derived from his commnission as a Lieu. nant in the Tower Hamlets militia; and even Mr. Bodkin himself had acknowledged that Mr. Jephson was a deserving object. Air. Bodkin said that he had acknowledged no such thing, for when he called on MVr. Jephson at Lilason-green, in cossiequence of a begging letter which he wrote to the Society, he tefused to ve him any explanation as to his affairs or pursuits, when he found that he betonged to the Mlendicity Society. air. Hawkins said th-t it he had not made Such an acknowledge- ment, Sir Ahles NigB thnTale, Colonel Webb, Sir Wm. Guise, and others of great respectability, did acknowledge Air. Jephson to be a deserving object, and affobded him relief. Mr. Jephson said that it was only lately, since the death of a very benevolent nobieman. whose name he did not wish to mention, that he required relief fromia any body, and his object at Fresent was to raise the sum of 401., to enable him to set up a schooL MUr. Bodkin asked how that could be, for in the list of subscrl- tions which he then held in his hand, there was upwards of 701L for Mr. Jephson's use. Mr. DATEn said, that if aU parties were not fully preared he wasreedyto adjoumthe case;andfrom the appearmnceofMr liaw kins. he would take hi word for his comig forerard again to ineetr the charge. A large morocco leather pocket-book, found on Mr. Hawkins when taken, was now given to A2r. Dyer, and on his opening it, however, it was found to contain a petition, with a number of subscribtrs so It;- and Mr. Philips observed, that the hand-writing of this petition was lreclsaly the aame as that oP the letter which A r. Hawkins denied to The pocket-book also contained the commissions of.Mr. Jcephron, one as an kkisig of th e South Glf ocester lilitia, and the other as MhaWer. u ntil the dn sealed up w ct hhe ?ockretbook, and put it in his iefrt?her hearing of Fda,according to adjournmnent, the samie gentlemen belongLag to the tTendcietv Society, together with Mr. Abrahams, the hono- rary counisel, were in attefidance at one o'clock, and Air. Broderick appeared on behalf of Mr. Hawkins,who was expected to be presenti' but, after %aiting somne time, Mir. Jep~hcon arrived with a letter fromi Mlr. Hawkins to M1r. Broderick, saying, that as he understood tlsere were several wrrits out against him, andi that it was intenaded to ar- rest hima tor debt Eat the office, he should not come forward, but wished Mlr. Broderick to represent him in the case. (This was the fact, for there were several sheriffle' officers in attendance With writs against him.) Under these circumastances, the case was gone into before Mr.Co~. arANT, who not having heard it., Mr. ABnsuAHAis madle the same statement that Mlr. Boakin did on the precedinK day, andI rc exatnin. ed the tw7o Mezsrs. PhliliPs, together with the following perons) who stated their gfrievances :- M'r. Boarwrlg t, residinig in BUrp.street St. h)ines"s, iiated that Mfr. Hawkins took a house fromi him at Padiiqtdn, and referred him for a character to Mr. .Tephson, who gait huin an excellent one;- but, after Mlr. Hawkins hiad occupved thle house three months, he' reMOVed the whole of the furnilture, and a vast quantity of gooas which he Obtained from different tradesPeople in the neiFlibourhoed clandestinely ; and from that time to thil Mi.. Boatwright or she tradesprople never got a shilling. Dip ge h ep 1~crs hop at Northenld, Falham, anad haa seven childiren, stated that Mr. lHawkins and %r. Jephson residledl in her neighbourhood, andrprofessed their intention of ~atrnizng er s se haa lrgefamly,but their patsonage endaed vgeting~ins herdebt aswella.%getting In debt to every, one abou th plae; nd, n fct, heyhadnearly ruliifed her t for, sonoe tim beorethe d1appare, terewasno getting access to their pie though atraarlo,. A and-they onty spoke_to Ppen,yuevoue ogtoe h railing in front of the house, tieere were two large mastiff doK ready to tear them to pieces. She said, that before they camee to Fulham they lived at Bayswater, and she ascertained that there they occu- pied two adjoiniing houses, between which they made a communica. tion underground, and carried on their plan. 31r.Jephson here said, that lie did not owe ;1rs.Htighes a shilling. "No," raid Mdrs.r Hughes, "because you have come outunder the Insolvent Act, and cleared yourself; but Youand Alr. Hawkinshave robbed my Toor family." A poo r namkwonman next came forward, and said that Messrs. Hawkins and Jepheon had defrauded her out of 131. for miilk and butter. And now followed an endless list of tradespeople, who cornm ppeledcly anlled bldb2cked up all the passages, whore brought foro - ward byvthe thenicity Soiety, and wha vere patronized by .i!essre. awwki hns and Jeph son in a si milar manner to Mrs. HughI Th aTh,e last whraon we n. h; 1es- OPetabejweHr n Pceaiii _g~- - ..- -" -d.al.aiUh, at re- spectable eweller in Piccadill; who said that he had the bad for. tune to know Mlr. Hawkins, who got 501. worth of Slate and 'ewlI lery from himn, and which lie diecevered he had pledged at a pawnbroker's' in an hiour after. Mlr. Charman here produced a lctter from Mlrs. Hlawkin, thanking him for his kind intentioni to arrest Mfr. Hawkins, wko, however, was beyond tpWho i "bull-dogs" (sheriff 'I officers) to bite hins m;ncrh oi his he might mp3ke hirngplf perfectly easy, for b~e shoulad aiverget one illing of his money Mr. tJharman had also lettrersfrom r eL~wktn imself,an had seen him wni te. The other produced by Mlr. Philipi, and whifch Mlr. Hawkins denied on the formner day, hie believed to be his hand-writin3g. Upon thi case, Mr. AbraIiannr grounded an application for a werrzltr aummos, o cmpeltheapparmce of.5fr. Hawkins, if hey can find him.VI. Hwkns,an lMIr. Broc, the man a?etr ofthe en8ditity So ety, W it ta t it ea ly was un1sno.w.n the vast rurn of mouev that these twoTney had fiaudulettly obtained.from the public. The Society had aready. in their posiession proofs of their receiving upwrars of 2,000l and there is scarcely a nobleman or gentleman of fortune that caan be named, that Ohey have not gotsunis of mohey fromn: aLd on the Yeryday of the lasi examination of thlc case at this ofEice, Hawkins Went, booted and spurred, and whip in hand, td Mlr. Godsnn' of Piccadilly, after leaving this offiee., and applied to hkim for a sub- scription for .JcphNon. In fact, M1r. Brtick said, that a more exten- ive gang of swindlers than these twro men and thcir associates never was unkenneled. tlFr. CO2rANe said,- that he never heard a c.ae thit was more de- serving oF jsubhicitrythan this, for it wov.Id at all events check their future depredations. Qus~zN.SQUAstE...SATunDAy..../Fwma, RgSuirce, coach mar. tr, owner ofithe hackney coach No. 1ti9, was sutoned before E. lARtKLAND Esq;, at the instance of Richard Martn, Esq., M.P for Galway, for crueltY to a horse. MIr. MIartin stated,that on Thurday he saw the defend3nt's coach in Canhon.row, Westminster, in which one of the horses was so bad as scarcely to be able to stand the fore knee on the near side was swollen as large as a skittle ball, so that the poor animal eould not pidtthAt leg to the ground, and she was obliged to walk on three legs. The coachman frankly told him the mare had been so for four mozithi, and duriag two months she had never lain down. Ar. AMartin considered the perniitting a horse in such a state to be dr,vn at all was a *anton and cruel act.. Defendant.-I hope your Woiship wil hear me spealk. Mfr, Martin._No objection atall, only speakin an audible voice. Defendant.-Tbank God, I have a good voice, and a good coun- tenance , and I tellyou what, Air. AMartin, there's not a hackney. coachman iill drive you, or if they do, they wiU otly walk you, tor fear you should p:ll them up for using the vhip. Air. Martin.-That's strange indeed, for I aIvays pay more than my fare. Defendant-As to the mare, she can go l miles an hour without a whip. Why, she wiiU drive you to Ireland without a whip. She formerly helonged to tle Leicestershire hunt. Mr. Miartin.-Hore shame that her late owncr should let her go into sch bhands as yours. MIr. MAAnKLAD.-Mr. Martin, I sit here to decide on evidence, and not to hear thearguments of yourself and the defendant; besides, it is occupying the time ot the office. If yotf have any evidence, I am ready to hear it. AMr. Mlartin.-Do not tell me so a second tinie-it interrupts rae, and sach a remark occupies more time. I have been brought ttD to the bar and understand the business of a magistrate full well. Mr. I[ARKLAwD.-Then proceed regularly with your witnesres. George Ellis, a Bow-street patrol, corroborated Mr. Martin's statement, and added, that the mare had a dischatge from the knee. and had been several times fired. She was in a yery low condition, and svholly unfit for the work. Defendant._I'll bet you twventy guincas there is no discharge. MNlr. MilAUKLA2rD.. .We had better see the horse, and then we can deside. Defendant.-If you are'so humane, Mfr. AMartin, 1 will sell her you for 71. as a brood-mare. Come, I'll take 5L; and if you won't grve tbat, why I'll make you a present of ber, anl send her home to your stables. MIr.Miartin.-Afterthis businessissettled, I'lltalk toyou aboutit. The horse being brought up to the office door, Air. Martin and the magistrate went to look at her, and she was, in fact, worse than had been represented. Air. IIIARKLAND, on his retum, said he must bave proof on oath of the horse's unfitness for use, in order to convict. Mlr. IIlartin.-Then, on my oath, she is unfit for ute, asid wan- tonly cruel it is to drive her. AIr. MAAKRICAD said, as the defendant was now desiroas of dis- posing of the horse, he would nmitigate the penalty to os. besides r. MIardn's expenses. Afr. MIartin desired the fineto begiven to some chaeity, *nd then left the office with the defendant, in order to arrange respecting the disposal of the horse. POLICE.