[Fiom the Loudon Punch.]
John Polk was put to the bar, char
ged with robbing the Mexican Minis
iter of a favorite dog, named Texas.—
iThe circumstances of the case Don
Bernardo Mutphy stated to be these:
Some months since, John Polk said
his Excellency the dog, (a very large
animal, spotted black and white, that
I used to run under his carriage,) subse
quently a fellow, named Huston, a
'countryman of Polk’s, who had been in
his excellency’s service, absconded
with the dog. and he had that day seen
it at Greenwich lair, whither he hud
gone in company with Chevalier Bun
sen. The animal was tied to a van
belonging to the prisoner, and from
I which he was harianguing and psalm
singing to the company at the fair.
Policemen X, 21, said—Please your
worship, there has been more picking
of pockets round that ,ere psalm-sing
ing van than in any part of the fair.
Mr. Aberdeen—Silence, Policeman.
What hasth.it to do with the com
plaint?.
