The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBLY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John &oft, a cabcTrivei,i;dWNO: ti,0411, was summated
before Mr. Bingham for taking more that his legal fare, on
demand, from Mr. Renton Nicholson, of the Cider Cellars.
Complainant stated that the defendant was fetched to
Berkeley-villas, Brixton, on Sunday evening last, from the
neighbouring cab stand, to take him up. He was detained
certainly not more than three or four minutes before starting,
when he was directed to drive to Titchileld-street, Haymer-
kat. On discoed he and a gentleman who bed accompanied
him stopped three or four minutes. On arriving et their
destination he tendered the dedendant 2s. 6d., width ha re-
telling him his fare was 3a., end this he oonsepasnUy
gave him, when he assailed him with much gams and env.-
vexing language. Finding he could not get old of hint he
told him to drive to the station-hones, and demanded his
ticket. It wsa shown at the station-house that the distance
was, from Brixton Church to the top of the Haymarket,
ander four males.

Mr. Alexander Murray, of Bath, who was with Mr. Ni-
cholson all the time, said, although he did not look at his
watch, he could swear the time the defendant stopped did not,
in the whole, exceed ten minutes. The language of the de-
fendant was exceedingly abusive.
The defendant, in reply, said the distance he was brought
from to take up was half a mite. He stopped than twenty
minutes—he Insure of that. Coming along, he was di ected
to pull up at Hart's, in the Westminster-road, where the
complainant and his friend went in and remained from ten
minutes to a quarter of ea hour. He was quite certain he
waited altogether more than twenty minutes.
The hackney-carriage attendant at the Marsh-gate cab-
stand, called by defendant, said he saw the gentleman go into
Hart's, mad was sure they remained there from ten minutia
to a queer of an hour. He did not look at the clock when
thu, wl.t in, but he did when they came out.
t said he knew who complainant wu. lie was
known to most cabmen, and they always had a groat oblec-
eon to take him, and frequently refused.
Mr. Bingham said the defendant's remark seemed to give
a clue to the whole affair. It would have been better if he
had said nothing. The eloquence of some people wee a den-
geroiu thing; it frequently got them into gad saapr. He
was of opinion the case had been proved, and should fine the
defendant ss. and coats.

Mr. Nicholson begged to be *Bowed to hand the ooets to
the poor-box.
LAMBETH.

Thomas Goose, late a eargeant to the polices, was nun-
wooed for obstructing the public thoroughfare ce a " tout "
to one of the numerous photographic chops in the West-
minster-road.

It appeared that within the short distance between West-
miostee-bridge and the York-road there were no fewer than
ten of these places for taking photographic noncoms, and
the rival shops had air many:as eighteen touta,whom language
and abuse of each other seriously interfered with the oonve-
nience of the public. The principal business was conducted
on Sundays, to the great annoyance of well-disposed people.
The charge against the defendant Goose was, that, notwith-
standing repeated cautions from the polim, ha was in the
habit of getting the worse for liquor, and placing himself on
the pavement before people puling by, and thrusting a
baud of likenesses in their laces, and =g them to employ
his muter instead of any of the other
Mr. Norton said he had before him the letter of a respect-
able inhabitant. complsining of the gross nuisance caused by
then " touts ;" and having denounced the conduct of the
defendant as saandalona and imppreooppesrrhe adjourned the
summons, for the purpose of esoertafniogwhether the pro-
=l of all the shops would agree close them on the
to
ra If sot, he would try to atop the system by the
natation of heavy Ones.