The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

BOW-STREET.—Thomas Stewart, the proprietor of
cab No. 387, was charged with suffering a hackney car-
riage to be used in Trafalgar-square, on the 30th ult.,
the same not having been certified by the Commissioners
of Police to be in a fit and proper condition.
This was the first summons taken out under the new
act to enforce the introduction of a better class of cabs
for the London traffic.

It was proved that the defendant's vehicle was an old
ricketty brougham, with one of its panels broken out,
and the cushions and lining so torn as to exhibit
quantities of shavings, hay, and straw protruding in all
directions. It had never been submitted to the Com-
missioners of Police, and consequently bad never been
licensed.

The defendant stated that he had had an accident
with one of his cabs, and had merely put on the one in
question for a day or so, while the other was undergoing
repair.

Mr. Jardine declined to receive this statement, even
if true, as an excuse for using a cab in so disgraceful a
condition ; but as this was the first conviction under the
new act he would consent to mitigate the penalty from
3/. to 1/.

The fine was paid.
Mary Hearn, a servant in the employ of Mr. Chap-
pel boot and shoe maker, Strand, was charged with
stealing a pair of ladies' boots.
It was proved by the shopman that the prisoner
brought the stolen property to him, and observing that
the boots were a little too tight for her, begged him to
stretch them. He saw, however, from a private mark
on the lining inside that they belonged to his master, to
whom he communicated the fact. She stoutly denied
that she had taken them out of the warehouse, and said
that she had purchased them of a shoemaker in New-
port-market, mentioning the tradesman's name. The
latter, consequently, was sent for, but he declared that
the boots were never in his possession. They were not
his manufacture, and he knew nothing of the prisoner.
Mr. Jardine said it certainly seemed extraordinary
that the servant girl, after stealing a pair of boots from
her master's shop, should go and ask the shopman to
stretch them for her. But the facts deposed to looked
like this, and there must be a remand for further
inquiry.

The prisoner was then remanded accordingly.

WESTMINSTER.—AIfred Jellep, the conductor of
a Chelsea omnibus, was charged with demanding more
than the legal fare of an old lady, named Mary Fog-
harty.

Complainant said, she hailed the omnibus at the
Bank, and said to the conductor " I want to go to
Chelsea ;" he replied " all right," and then she got in,
but soon afterwards discovered herself at Hoxton, when
defendant said he would take her to Chelsea, but she
would have to pay 9d. instead of 4d. She rode to
Chelsea and tendered 4d., which he refused to take, and
dragging a basket out of her hand, put it on the roof
until she paid the 9d.
Defendant said, he never heard her say a word when
she got in, and as they were going to Hoxton she was
conveyed thither. He denied having taken the basket
from her by violence, but said she consented to leave it
while she fetched the money. He called two witnesses
in proof of this. _

Arnold Mr. said it was possible that defendant did
not hear what the complainant said on getting in, but
it was quite clear that she had been carried to Hoxton
by mistake, and it was unjust and unfair to exact the
sum defendant had claimed in consequence. He should
therefore order him to restore the overcharge, and pay
the complainant 4s. costs.