. Punch . manvagrants, members ofa brass gang, for con-tinuing to make anoise in the neigh-bourhood of his houseafter they had beenordered to move Mr. Herring ap-peared for the bri-gands, and took occa-sion, in the course of1 he case, to offer a piece ofadvice; for which hecould hardly have ex-pected six-and-eight-pence. We quote thePolice Report:— Me. Babbage. Al-though I have had no lessthan 165 cases of disturb-ance, tins is the first sum-mons I have taken. Mr. Herring. If youwill take my advice youwill not summon anymore ; for you will findthat they will come everyquarter o
. Punch . manvagrants, members ofa brass gang, for con-tinuing to make anoise in the neigh-bourhood of his houseafter they had beenordered to move Mr. Herring ap-peared for the bri-gands, and took occa-sion, in the course of1 he case, to offer a piece ofadvice; for which hecould hardly have ex-pected six-and-eight-pence. We quote thePolice Report:— Me. Babbage. Al-though I have had no lessthan 165 cases of disturb-ance, tins is the first sum-mons I have taken. Mr. Herring. If youwill take my advice youwill not summon anymore ; for you will findthat they will come everyquarter of-an-hour, andat your request one willgo and another take hisplace, and so it will keepon throughout the day. How very kind of Mr. Herring, who appeared for the defendants, to volunteer advice to the prosecutor. How disinterested too; for the more vagabonds Mr. Babbage summons for annoying him with their din, the merrier for Mr. Herring. The more clients he will have to defend at Marylebone Police The Wrong Word in the Wrong Place. An evening conte; nporary informs us that thereis great excitement about the Match for theChampionship that is on the tapis. From thislast word, one would imagine that a prize-fightwas fought in a drawing-room, and not in anopen field. Perhaps, the tapis above mentionedmeans the tapis vert, in allusion to the gamblingthat takes place upon it, to say nothing of thestakes that are necessary for the formation of thering, before the little game can be opened ? ordoes the tapis vert refer to the Turf, and thenumber of green blades that on such blackguardoccasions are always to be found collected on it ? It is doubtful, however, how far he is correctin suggesting that German brass bandittiand Italian organ-grinders might, by a systemof mutual co-operation, be enabled to create acontinual disturbance under Mr. Babbageswindows with impunity. That gentleman madeno reply to the friendly counsel gratuitously pre-sented to him by the defendants advocat
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