The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-03 00:00:00

TOIVIV-HALL.

LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY.—Robert Hatred n' a s
brought before Alderman KELLY, charged by R'obert
Longsden, officer, No. 11, to the Croydon Raiway
Company, with being drunk and disorderly on the
Railway oa Sunday, and with attempting to de-
fraud the Company out of their just fare.
From the statement of the officer it appeared
that Mr. Hatred got into the Railway carriages at the
.1.,,11v Sailor station, and rode to Tooley.street, for which
- the fare was Is. 3d. On arriving a> the latter place, it ap
geared that he bad not paid, although the rules of the
Company were, that a party going by the Railway, should
pay befo e lin entered the Company's carriages. Upon the
Aire being demanded, he stated that he had only ls., and
being rather intoxicated the cfficer took him into custody
and brought him to this office.
Hatred said that he had all the money but 3d., and that
he offered to leave his trunk in pledge for that.
Mr. Alderman KELLY—You ought to have paid before
you started.

Hatred—And so I intended your Worship, but the train
went off so quick, that I was afraid I should lose my chance
if I stopped.

Mr. Aid. KELLY—WeII you must pay the remaining
fare, and then you will be discharged.
George Creed, the proprietor of one of the Peckham
otnnibtr,ses, was summoned to this office by Stowell the
informer, for having violated the Act of the 2d of Victoria,
commonly called the Carriage Act, in not having a plate
at the back of his omnibus.

Mr. Lewis, the Solicitor, appeared for Mr. Creed, and
submitted that the summons should be dismissed, inasmuch
as although the Act inflicted a penalty for the offence, it
did not say by whom that penalty was to be paid.
Stowell said that objection was met by the Statute of
the 3d of George the Fourth.

Mr. Alderman KELLY—The common sense of the thing
shows that the proprietor is the party who should be fined.
Mr. Lewis considered that the Magistrates had no juris-
diction in the matter, and Mr. Stowell must know that
the question had been decided both at Queen-square and
Marlborough-street.

Stowell:—Several convictions have taken place under
the statute in the city.
Mr. Alderman KELLY said he recollected several
cases, similar to the present in which convictions had taken
place.

Mr. Lewis--Yes, but no warrant has issued.
Mr. Ald. KELLY—WeII, if it be necessary, we crust issue
the warrant in the present case.
Mr. Lewis—Very well, Sir. We submit that you have
no authority in the matter, and if after the objection I have
taken you think it right to convict, we must pursue our
own course.

Stowell said he had no objection to the case being
allowed to stand over for the purpose of the point being
cleared up.
Mr. Lewis wished the case to b, disposed of; and if the
present objection failed, he had several others to urge to
the summons.

Mr. Alderman KELLY thought he had better consider the
point before he decided it.
Mr. Lewis then objected to the summons,. on the ground
that it was the summons to produce the drivor, and not the
proprietor.
Mr. Alderman KELLY held that the objection was fatal,
and dismissed the case, very much to the discoinfiture of
Stowell