The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

THAMES.

Gecrie Taylo•, a cab driver, wearing the badge No.
0,881, was charged on a summons with nit! inning a ticket
with the number of his eats printed on it to a passe/ion who
hired him at the Bt. Katherine Dock wharf on ?I.'. 23rd of
JO!y.
Diimerell, a police constable, No. 140 H, stated that he
saw the defendant take a fare into his cab, and stopped
him, and asked the gentleman who hired Wm if be had re-
ceived a ticket. The gentleman said he had received a
ticket from the defendant, but that it was a blank one, and
no use to him, and gave it up to him. Damerell then pro-
duced a blank ticket, and said the defendant observed at
the tons." If that don't do I'll give him another," and then
drove cff.

The defendant, in reply to the charge, said the job in
question was the first he had had for two days previously,
and he forgot to bring his tickets out with him. Ile saw
some tickets lying about the bottom of the cab, and whets
the policeman spoke to him he gave the gentleman one of
them, not knowing there was nothing upon it, and
upon discovering his mistake, he told him he would obtain
some on the road, and did so. On the gentleman alighting
at the Birmingham Railway Station, he gave him a printed
ticket, and asked fur his address, which he refused to stivi•,
and said he did not want to be bothered with tickets or the
new act.
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Mr. Ingham said it was pos.ible the defendant did not
do it wilfully, and therefore he should deal leniently with
him. lie would fine him Is. and costs, but he must not
think to get off so easily if he did so egain.
The defendant said be Lad the option of delivering a
ticket at the beginning of the drive or during the progress
of it, and it had been so decided in another police court.
Ile had delivered a printed ticket to his fare.
Mr. Ingham said the act stated that the ticket should be
delivered when the carriage was hired, and he should hold
that It was to be delivered at the commencement of the
drive, at the time the cab was first hired.
The defendant's master gave his servant a good character,
and said he had no intention to do any wrong whatever,
and was perfectly innocent.
Mr. Ingham—And I have dealt with him accordingly. I
believe all he says to be true, and I have inflicted only a
nowise' penalty.
Richard Fleming, a cab driver, wearing the badge No.
8,514 was charged with a similar offence.
D.inierell said that on the 23rd of July a gentleman got
into the cab, No. 3,163, at the St. Katherine's wharf, and
ne ticket was given to him, lsut be could not swear the
defendant was the driver.

Fleming said that ho had not been to the St. Katherine's
Duck for two years. and was not there on the 23rd of July.
Mr. Ingham said the case must be dismissed, for want of
identity.
Fleming vaid he had come all the way from St. John's-
wood, a distance of seven miles from Stepney, and bad lost
a day's work, sad he did hope he should have some rccom•
pease for his loss of time.
Mr. Ingham said the defelVant must settle that with his
master, who was summoned to produce the driver of the
cab No. 3,160, sad had sent the wrong man.
Fleming said his master was in the country, and that
none of his calm were at St. Katherine's Wharf on the day
na ued .nthe summons.

Mr. I ngharn—l really cannot help you, my good man.
Fleming said he should sue the inspector who summoned
him to the County Court, and see if he could not obtain
compensation there.
Yesterday Char/es Ryan, a labourer, was brought before
Mr. Ingham, on remand, on a charge of endeavouring to
'once men from their labour by threats and intimidation,
under the circumstances detailed in our impression of
Tuesday.
Mr. Ferry, a builder and contractor for erecting the rew
buildings at the Commercial Gas Works, Stepney; Mr.
Christie, the engineer, and Mr. Magnus O'Brien, district
superintendent of the gas company, entered into lengthened
statements, from which it appeared that the men induce°
to strike had returned to their work, but that none of them
would appear against the prisoner.
Mr. Ingham said he had carefully looked over the act of
parliament, and he did not think that the words used by the
oraoner, Wh .t b—y fools you are to work fur 3s. per
lay," came within the meaning of the words "threat, in-
timidation, or molestation," and the prisoner must be dis-
charged.