The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.-----Mr. Acton, of Queen Anne-street,
waited upon Mr. Jardine, to ascertain if the New
Hackney Carriage Act enabled a cab-driver, who was
hired by time, to charge 2s. for the fraction of an hour.
The applicant stated that having hired a cabman for
one hour, he bad occasion to detain him a few minutes
over the time. He consequently gave him 2s. &I.—
' that is, 2s. for the hour, and 6d. for the overtime,
which, being within fifteen minutes, was all, he con-
ceived, that the driver was entitled to charge for. The
man, however, demanded 45., on the ground that, when
engaged by the hour, drivers can claim 2s. for every
fraction of time exceeding the hour. He (Mr. Acton)
was rather startled at the interpretation of the act, but,
being in ignorance on this point, thought it best to pay
the demand, and apply to his worship for information
upon the subject.
Mr. Jardine was of opinion that the cabman was right.
On looking at the schedule of the act it was clear that a
cabman, hired by time, could claim an additional two
shillings, if detained even for a minute only beyond the
hour. The only doubt that could arise might have been
suggested by the terms of the 4th section, which admits
of a division of the time, and directs a payment of six-
pence for every stoppage of fifteen minutes • but this
section only referred to fares by distance, and was in-
tended for the protection of cabmen, who, being engaged
by the mile, might be detained at intervals during the
hiring. There could be no splitting of the hour under
the new act were the hiring was by time.
Mr. Acton—The fact is, then, I am bound t• pay 4s.
under the new act, instead of Is. Bd. (or at the most 35.)
under the old act. (A laugh.)
Mr. Jardine—l am afraid that is so.
Mr. Acton said his only object in making this appli-
cation was to put the public on their guard. He in
common with so many others, had derived a great deal
of useful information upon the subject from reading the
police reports, but this was a point he has not yet seen
mooted. He hoped the press would take notice of it
for the benefit of the public.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Caroline HarPis, a neatly-
dressed child, who was stated to be only eight years of
age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged
with having uttered•two counterfeit shillings.
The child offered the base coin to a tradesman in pay-
ent for brandy. When the fraud was discovered the
prosecutor hastened after the prisoner and found her at
the corner of the street in conversation with a well
dressed woman, who started off as soon as he made his
appearance. The prisoner also darted away with the
rapidity of a deer in an opposite direction, but after a
sharp chase extending over at least half a mile, he at
length overtook her and gave her into custody.
On being questioned by the magistrate, the prisoner,
with an appearance of truthful simplicity, repeated her
former statement that she had received both the shillings
from her mother, who was the wife
of a hair dresser in
comfortable circumstances, residing in Caroline-street,
Hackney-road.
The constable who took the girl into custody was di-
rected by the magistrate to proceed with her to the above
address to request the immediate attendance of her pa-
rents, but he reported on his return thatno such persons
were known in the street, and that he had been unable
to obtain any information whatever respecting the pri-
soner.

Mr. Hammill said it was perfectly obvious that the
prisoner had fallen into the hands of designing persons,
who had employed her as a tool for their criminal pur-
poses, notwithstanding his reluctance to commit a child
of such tender years to prison, he felt it his duty to re-
mand her to afford an opportunity for the detection and
apprehension of her more wily confederates.

SOUTHWARK.—CharIes Trumison, a respectable-
looking young man, was charged with intermarrying
with Constance Mary Nolin, his first wife being then
and now alive.

The second wife, a young woman with an infant
in her arms, stated that in the early part of 1849
she became acquainted with the prisoner in the city of
Norwich, and they kept up a continual correspondence
until October, when they were married at the Superin-
tendent Registrar'-office in Norwich. She afterwards
came up to London with the prisoner, and they lived
very comfortable together until lately, when he took ft
into his head to beat her and treat her in a cruel man-
ner. She could not live with him any longer, and she
was induced to give him into custody on the previcoila
day, being aware that his first wife was living.
When,
she married him he told her that he was married, and
that he was not comfortable.
Mr. A'Beckett—Then you married him with your
eyes open, well knowing that your marriage could not
be legal ?
Prosecutor—He told me his first wife was nothing to
him, and he wanted me to elope with him. I thought
it was all right, therefore I consented to be his wife,
and we were married in a room at Norwich shortly
afterwards.
Prisoner—l acknowledged having a wife when I mar-
ried the prosecutrix. She and my first wife were in the
room at the time with some friends, and a mutual agree-
ment took place between us, and we were married by
the Superintendent Registrar. •
The prisoner was remanded.

PRINTING PRESSES, PULPITS, AND WOMEN.- -These
are the three great levers that govern the world. With-
out them the bottom would fall out, anksocicty would
become chaos again. The press made people patriotic,
the pulpit religious, but women answer all things. There
would be no going to church if there were no girls there,
neither would there be any going to war were the sol-
diers to meet with no applause but from the masculines.
Without the sunshine shed by women, the rose-bud of
affection would never grow, nor the flowers of eloquence
germinate. In short, she is the steam-engine of life, the
great motive power of love, valour, and civilisation. In
proof of this truth all history speaks trumpet-tongued.
—Anlerican Paper.