The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-26 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius:at Westminster, before Lord
Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)
THOMAS V. LORD GEORGE PAGET.
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This was an actionbrough—t—bythe plaintiff to
recover the sum of £6O, deposited in the Piccadilly
Deposit Bank. The defendant pleaded several
pleas, denying his liability.
Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Ogle were counsel
for the plaintiff; Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins,
Q.C., and Mr. Garth, for the defendant.
This case arose out of the failure of the Picca-
dilly Deposit Bank, which has recently been so
often before the public. The plaintiff was a female
servant at Bath, and had deposited the sum of £6O
in the Deposit Bank, and had received interest upon
that amount. She now claimed that sum as a de-
positor, and the questions raised were whether the
defendant, Lord George Paget, was a director, and
whether the plantiff was a depositor or had invested
her money, and thus become a shareholder, and
liable as such.

After the case had been opened by Mr. Sergeant
Shee, Mr. Bovill proposed that it should be referred
to some gentleman who should shape the facts into
a special case for the opinion of the Court.
A great deal of discussion took place between the
learned counsel on both sides relative to its being
referred.

Ultimately it was agreed that Mr. Garth and Mr.
Ogle should attend before Mr. Turner, the barrister,
who should draw up and shape the facts into a spe-
cial case.

A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff subject
to a special case.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 25.

GUILDHALL.—" THE BOOT IS ON THE OTHER
LRG."—John Baker, a potman at the Angel pub-
lic-house in Farringdon 'street, was charged before
Mr. Alderman Wilson, with assaulting Mrs.
Richardson under the following circumstances :
Mr. Beard conducted the defence.

A great many witnesses were examined for the
complainant, to show that she and her landlady
were out togethei, when she (complainant) was
suddenly taken ill, and obliged to en ter the nearest
publice-house where she could sit down. They
accordingly went into the 'Angel in Farringdon-
street, and soon after the complainant became very
sick, in consequence of which the barman ordered
them both out of the house. They said they were
quite sober at the time, and refused to leave; upon
which the potman pushed complainant against the
door and she fell down. When she got up he
knocked her down again, and afterwards struck her
in the face.

Other witnesses deposed to seeing the complainant
pushed out of the house by Mr. Winstone, the land-
lord, on which occasion she fell, and on regaining
her legs she was again pushed down and remained
for sometime insensible until she was conveyed to
the hospital.

Mr. Beard said the facts of the case were briefly
these—The complainant and her landlady entered
Mr. Winstone's house, and it was not until after
they had been served with some ale, which was
afterwards exchanged for some gin, that it was
observed they were drunk. There was a gentleman
in front of the bar, and while drinking with him
the women hung upon him one on. each shoulder, in
a very unbecoming manner, and it was in conse-
quence of that, and their conduct in other respects,
that Mr. Winstone was induced to order them out
of the house. They refused to go, and no more
violence was used than was absolutely necessary to
get rid of the drunken women.
Several witnesses were then called for the defence,
and their evidence entirely negatived that given by
the complainant and her witnesses.

Alder-man Wilson said if the complainant had not
been drunk she would not have conducted herself
in the disreputable manner it appeared she had, and
the landlord did perfectly right in turning out such
a drunken lot of women. With regard to the charge
of assault, he thought such a charge ought to have
been preferred by the potman against the com-
plainant. Under these circamstances he dismissed
the charge.

SOUTHWARK.—CAUTION TO OMNIBUS PRO-
PRIETORS.-Mr. Thomas Tilling, the extensive om-
nibus proprietor, was summoned before Mr. Bur-
cham, by order of the Commissioners of Police, for
unlawfully neglecting to keep distinctly painted
inside one of his omnibuses a table of fazes to be
demanded of each passenger.

Inspector ClatwOrthy, an officer speciiilly ap-
pointed by the Commissioners of Police to examine
the hackney and metrorolitan stage carriages in
this district, said that on the 14th inst. he saw one
of the defendant's omnibuses in High-street, Bo-
rough. It ran to the Exhibition and Charing-
cross. On examining the vehicle he found that the
table of fares was not fixed on the omnibus accord-
ing to the Act of Parliament. On the door was
painted " London - bridge to Charing-cross, 3d.;
and from Charing-cross to the Exhibition, 3d."
Over that was painted on slides, " To Charing-
cross and the Exhibition, 6c1."
Mr. Burcham--Were both exhibited to the pub-
lie at the same time ?
Inspector Clatworthy—No, Sir. The slide was so
contrived as to cover the original table of fares, and
could be removed at the pleasure of the conductor.
Your worship is aware that the act of Parliament
is explicit on the point that the table of fares shall
be prominently fixed on the door of every metro-
politan stage carriage. As soon as I called the at-
tention of Mr. Tilling to it he had the slide removed,
and now the table of fares was painted plain and
very prominently.
Mr. Burcham observed that such a system of
allowing slides over the original table of fares was
likely to encourage frauds on the public, as omnibus
conductors could play their tricks as they thought
proper.

- gr. Tilling here said that he had 13 omnibuses,
the majority of which ran from the City to Camber-
well and Peckham. He had only one that ran to
the Exhibition, and the old Camberwell fares being
on the door, he had slides made to fix the proper
fares to Charing-cross and the Exhibition. He could
assure his worship that there was no intention of
fraud or to mislead the public on his part. He was
compelled to make a difference in the fares, as the
traffic was all one way, and they came back almost
every journey empty.
Mr. Burcham—But you have no right to have
two rates of fares on your omnibus,
Mr. Tilling said that he had not actually two
rates of fare, as the slides covered the original table
when running in another direction. He had per-
manently altered it now to the satisfaction of the
commissioners.
Mr. Clatworthy said that was true ; and he must
add, that Mr. Tilling was a highly respectable gen-
tleman, always willing to accommodate the public
with good vehicles at cheap fares.
Mr. Burcham observed that he understood the
defendant was a respectable man, but still the sys-
tem of slides gave the conductors and others every
encouragement to defraud the public. The defen-
dant in this instance must pay the costs; and he
hoped it would act as a warning to other omnibus
proprietors to have the table of fares permanently
and prominently painted on their vehicles. It was
of the utmost importance that it should be so, espe-
cially during the opening of the International Ex-
hibition.

Mr. Tilling, on leaving the court, assured his
worship that it should not occur again.

LAMBETH.—CommiTTAL OF TWO NOTORIOUS
SHOPLIFTERS.—Ann Page, alias Johanna Driscol,
and Ann Newman, two notorious shoplifters and
thieves, were brought np on remand and final exa-
mination before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of stealing
a valuable piece of silk from the shop of Mr. Alex.
Griffin, a draper, in Church-street, Camberwell.
From the evidence adduced on the former exami-
nation it appeared that on the evening of Tuesday
week the prisoners entered the shop of Mr. Griffin,
and were shown a variety of articles, but left with-
out purchasing anything, and immediately after a
piece of silk was missing. They were in conse-
quence followed, and taken with the property on
the person of the prisoner Page. They were remanded
to give the constable in the case an opportunity of
inquiring into their former character, and yester-
day the officer reported to the magistrate that the
address they gave were false, but there were two
constables present to speak to their former offences.
John Emery, a City sergeant, 11, was here sworn,
and said he knew ,he prisoner Page, as she called
ut whose real name was Johanna Driscol,

for some years a member of a gang of desperate
thieves and shoplifters who infest the neighbour-
hood of Golden-lane, Barbican, and the vicinity of
St. Luke's, and knew, of his own knowledge, of her
having been frequently convicted of felony, and sen-
tenced to various terms of imprisonment. On one
occasion she was charged at Guildhall with robbing
a gentleman, with great violence, and had it not
been that the gentleman was much intoxicated at
the time, and could not speak with accuracy as t°
what took place, she no doubt would have been
sentenced to penal servitude.
Police-constable John Read, 202 M, said he was
present when the prisoner Newman and another
female were tried for shoplifting, when her compa-
nion was sentenced to three years, and herself to
six months' hard labour.

A Barrister who attended for the prisoners, and
whose name did not transpire, said his clients would
plead guilty to the charge, and hoped his worship
would give them another chance by dealing with
them under the Criminal Justices Act.
Mr. Elliott told him that he had not the power
to do so. The prisoners having before been cone
victed of felony, he was obliged to send them for trial.
The prisoners, who during the examination con-
ducted themselves in a most insolent manner by
making faces at and abusing the witnesses, were
then fully committed for trial.

MARYLEBONE.—ASsAULT UPON A LICENSED
VICTUALLER..—On Tuesday a man named John
Barham was brought before Mr. Mansfield, upon
the following charge, preferred against him by
Mr. Benjamin Dellar, landlord of the Vine Inn,
Fitzroy-terrace, Kentish-town.

It appeared from the evidence that on the pre-
vious night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the prisoner
and some companions went to the house and had
some brandy and water and ale ; when payment
was applied for it was refused, and prisoner used
towards complainant language of so abusive a na-
ture that he was compelled to eject him from the
premises. When outside thereof he continued his
abuse, and while on the step of the door gave com-
plainant two very severe blows, from the effects of
which he was still suffering. Sergeant Butcher,
37 S, came up and conveyed him (prisoner) to the
station-house.

Mr Mansfield inflicted a fine of 405., in default of
payment a month's imprisonment with hard labour
in the House of Correction.

COUNTRY MAKEL2S.

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LYNN-TUESDAY.

The supply of wheat was moderate, and, the weather
being considered unfavourable for the crops, prices were
fully is to 2s dearer. Grinding barley and beans also is
up.
New white 56s to 60s Barley.... 30s to 32s
Red 5 I3s to 57s Oats .24s to 27$
Beans .40s to 448 1 Peas 44s to 48s