The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-06 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

IttiMMIABLY
Julia Adams, a good-looking young woman, showily
but untidily dressed, and wearing no bonnet, appeared to
a summons charging her with refusing to pay a cab fare.
William Thomas Hudson, the cabman, said that about
half•past 8 that morning the defendant called his cab at
the corner of Westbourne-street, Pimlico, and told him to
drive to King-street, Chelsea. on arriving there she kept
him waiting about ten minutes, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to Leicester-street, Leicester-square, Lisle'
street, and .Kingagate.street, Holborn. Here he
asked her to pay him his fare, and she replied
that she could not do so until she got change of a sove-
reign. Witness offered to get change for her, but she re-
fused to give him the sovereign. She then said she would
go to Bow-street, and " thinking that was the best place to
take her to," he consented to drive her there. At the
station-house the inspector advised him to summon her,
and at the opening of the court he applied for and ob-
tained a summons, "returnable immediately," to which
she now appeared. He claimed 2s. bd. for his fare.
Defendant—lie offered to take Is. or Is. 641., whichever
I liked to give him.
The magistrate—Very likely. But you did not accept
the offer. You have paid him neither Is. Gd. nor a shil-
ling.
Defendant—l shall not pay him for waiting. If he
had waited till I had done with him I should have paid
him, and he would have done so only the sergeant per-
' seeded him to summon me. Now I don't mean to pay
him till my business is settled and it suits my convenience.
The magistrate—l think he has a right to be paid.
Defendant—l don't say he has not, but you don't pay
for your dinner till you have eaten it, and you don't pay
for your cab till you have discharged it. I don't at least.
Inspector Parker (whom the defendant persisted in
calling ' the sergeant ") stated the defendant had been
nine or ten times brought to the station under similar cir-
cumstances. She always declared that she had money, but
refused to pay. He advised the cabman to summon her.
The defendant said " the sergeant" had a spite against
her; but she did not care. She was respectably connected.
She had been in a distinguished family as governess, and
was intimately acquainted with a noble lord, and a captain
in the army whom she named. The captain was with
her the previous night at an assembly room in
Kentish-town, where they danced till 2 o'clock
in the morning. He then drove her in a cab
to the hotel where she slept, but he went to another. She
lay down in her clothes, and got up again at h o'clock to
go out for a walk. She had a sovereign, but refused to
pay the fare at present. The peer she alluded to had pain
er fine on a former occasion.

The magistrate ordered her to pay 2s. 6d. fare, 2s. costs,
and 2s. for complainant's loss of tune, or be imprisoned
seven days.
Still refusing to pay, she was removed in the prison van.
CLERICENWELL.
EXTENSIVE ENHEZ M • .LLENENT -COMITTAL.
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Williesn;;;;; aged Tri. carrier and-carmen, of
Howard-road, Horusey New Town, was charged before
Mr. Barker with embezzling several sums of money re.
ceive,l by him for and on account of his employer, Mr.
Jordan, fanner and dairyman, of Downham Dairy, Green-
lanes, Stoke Newington.
Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. T. Wakeling for the defence.
The prisoner had been in the employ df the prosecutor
for some time, and was in the receipt of a liberal salary.
His duty was to take out milk, and if be received money
from the customers to account for it every day. From
what came to the knowledge of the prosecutor, he spoke
to the prisoner in February last about his defaleations,and
he then admitted that he had received some money for
which he had not accounted. Remy week fresh defalca-
tions were discovered, and the prisoner was given into
custody, and on the way to the police station the prisoner
said that he had taken sonic money, but he had got some
friends who would pay say amount that !Abut taken from
tho prosecutor.
Mr. Wakeling said the prisoner would reserve his
defence, but he hoped the magistrate would take baiL
Mr. Barker asked what was the amount of the prisoner's
defalcations.

Mr. Ricketts said they were extensive. The prisoner
had in many cases been paid daily for the milk, and then
debited the custom's with the amount he had received.
The prosecutor had handed the prisoner bills to give to
the customers, but the prisoner had destroyed them. He
was instructed to oppose bail. as the prisoner since he had
been out on bail had been annoying the prosecutor. The
prosecutor had treated the prisoner kindly, and in return
the prisoner had robbed him.

M. Barker committed prisoner to the Middlesex seuion,
for trial, and refused to take bail.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.