The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-15 00:00:00

SURREY SESsioNS.

LYON IIoLt4N,
Yesteiday, at the Surrey Quarter: ,(I.ssiorvi„ art
Appel( W;as made. hy John I folder), propiki, of a
zinehain stage-coachi against the
whii,4 Ile had been ftmnd by the Mogi—
trate of jlow.'-street foe carrying a atet
number of passengers OH the outside of
cim tball IS allowed by the Act 'of Parliament.
The cire!no (-11),.!era of the-ease werenra follow
(hi the 9th of julylm, Mr. Lyon of Londn-
otrvct , mei ch„nt, took a place on the outside of
the aeleodion.'B coach to. Mtchani;"front
otreet Hill. Mr. Lyon observing that there re=ar
u great numb. of outside passengers, cautioned
the driver not to allow any others to take places.
0-7.Notwitl!stainling this caution, the driver did
take., several other passengers ; find- the plaintiff
coniddered, his a3af.aa ctttstr , 10 dangerous that 'he'
mune off the coach at Stockwell, at tlik" 'time
there were fourteen persons oil the- outside of the
coaah, although it was license& to earrvito Thom
than twelve. "rhe plaintiff, when he quitted the
coach, tudied the driverto
_tell 108 name. This,
however, he'refnsed, and gave nu evasive. and in-
solent answer. Mr, Lyon observing
,'the of
''John .1.1 olden" upon the coach, took it for
granted that this Was the name of the driver; and
Ativlntlinglyr, on the ~22d July'; lodt.;ed a cunt-
pitting against John llohleu at the liov.,,,treet
office. The time specified by Act of
,PLirliainent
for enternwft coMplaint against anotlenee ni ditch
pattire, :is fourteen ilays, so that the cornidaint
of Mv. • Lyon was Made within the liailted
'time. •The.cottiplaint stated, .that the driver had
..takew- fourteen persons on the outside of -the.
coach ; but it was found that out of ,therae."WaS ti
girl under 'seven ,yeitts of age, and of course could
"Jot be considered a 3 ar pa,o4eoger. But as there
was one `more than Qu Act pertnitted, the Bow-

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'Area Magistrate found 'The rieteit brit
the penalty of 101.: being The 'sum which the Act
of Parliament threats to be paid tot every paq-.
..sehger above the ninfitier which t ;e coach is li-
'tensed to carry. It. Ntias againtoVs•• se:at:nee' that
the defendant appealed. %Vanes ,es having, been
examined, Mr. liarrovr. on the 'par.: of 'the :Aopel-
lant,:tontended that the plainti r hod made his
complaint against the PiOprictor of the corteli, in-
stead of the driver. • ,
The, pleaurged by Mr. Nolan, On behalf of the'
plaintiff, was- that the driiiit had refused in'
give his name, To this it was replied, tlatt if
Mr. Lyon had mttdc proper nit the road,
he could 'have found persons to tell hint the name
of the driver.

Chairman (Mr. RANDALL JACXSON) ,ob-
served that this argument was amenable : for if it
was made to hold good, ,the "Act of Parliament,
which had for its object thesafety of the passen-
gers in stage-conches, would not serve the. pur-, ,
pose intended. Instances might occur, in which,
if it was necessary to enter a comPlaint' against
the driter of a Portsmouth coach; should it be in-
dispentable to procure the name of the driver, the
person aggrieved might be obliged to go all the
way to Portsmouth beftYro hp could find nut a per
son who could tell hint the name of the driver.
'fhit Court then confirmed the
,sentence of the
Botv-street Ma!ristrate. And, on the question of
costs, One of th-C Magistrates observed, that, con-
sidering the enormity of the case, and the frequent '
occurrence of it, by which litany, .lives were en-
dangered, in order that the punishment might be
more exemplary, he propo§ed, that, in the present
case, the defendant should he fund liable in costA,
which should he rated higher than ordinary. Ac-
cordingly, the Court. found the defendant liable,
not only in the penalty of 101. butin 201. for costs.
The nanie .of the driver was Henry Holden,
and it appeared that he was brother to the pro-
prietor.

POLICE'.

• . • , •
ROBBERY AT 1:08T-0F,FICE e • .
Bo w-s.r WedneSday Henry Johns,'
and Louisa tionnah GiViiins, were .9guiu placed
at the bar. John Blanshard stated, that he had
known the prisoner in :.Park-plate for about four
or live months,. and had "frequently vilited theni,
fl,, asked Mrs. Griffiths. to lend hide 51. a Short
timeshiee,' which she said was not in her powur,'
but as he greatly distressed for that sum,
silo . let him liavet a two pound Bank' of I.,ngl:ind
note, and lent him a silver tea-pot Anti stand
to pledLo.:, to Make up the remainder,
the same day that he bad pledged -them he Saw
Mrs. Griffiths ; be jolt( -her what he had- done,
%hen she , had several Batik note's, and' gave
him a sufficiency to go'and redeem the ~pot and
stand, Which he acebrilingly did. Site told hint
to givethe acknowledgment for the 51. to the nri•
soner, Johns, which lie did, by letter, althotigh he
considered that It had borrowed the money front "I
Mrs. Griffiths, He stated a variety of other cir-
cumstances. relativeto the Connection between the
prisoners.
Ruth Page, svhci had lived servant with Mrs.
Griffiths, said, she considered Mr. Grillitbs as her
master, but he was seldom at the lactase., The
prisoner Johns livei4 conskintly with her ,
ysndStress
Jeling Wellt out at "half-past live o'clOck 'ever
morning, except Sunda, to go to the P osty
Office. Returned: at one o'clock to his dinner.
Went again to the 'Pot..:()ilice, awl returned 'home
at nine o'cltnik. She frequently saw MrS. Grif-
fiths with rplantities of Batik-notes, and she Was
frequently s„ent out to get them changed. At One
tittle she saw aboat fluty Ilatik7notes dratver
ht tt room -where thii' p'risoner. slept. Site fre-,.
(ineptly hearethe i»lsotter Julius ask her mistress
for looney, and she gave it to hitn, but only a few
shillings at a flute, Mrs. Griffiths obServed, that
she expected to have a large suit of money front Johns at Christmas:
A chnir.woutau, who worked for Mrs, Griffiths
after Ruth Page had quitted her service, :c orm-
bonded Page's testnuonyas to the line of con-
duct pursued by the prisoners, and that She ,w,as'
very freqitently sent out. by Mrs.'Griffiths tri.get
Ban ~-notes changed.
• The Deptitt,y Post-mistress of colebestq, in•iyed
that a letter curiae to her office from l'hirrp Post-
office for LOndon, on the 2.-ith of September last,
whieh site Weighed ; awl the weight being nbov
an ounce, it Was, under charged eight-pence,
which site ni,irked accordingly, and:sent, It' to, Lon- don in due t=utu se. This: letter.provezl.to contain
Harwich and Mniiningtree Bank-note 4 to the
at.,owir of between two and three hundresipottuds.
,e..as al. 0 proved,: that 'the prisoner henry.
Jobus tVIO, out ditty al the, (irtteraL .Poet- oi-heel ars
a sub-sorter or resorter of letters, on the morning
time letter would lone come in due cotti%e from
olehester, and; that it watt, not deliversdas direct-
ed in London ; but that all: the country Bank
notes whicb it contained:were paid into the Batik
of ;Messrs, Pry, Sons, and:Co, Bankers,. in St.
Mildred's-court, in the Poultry, where they-trete
Payable,,the same morning, and Bank of Emgland
notes for large stuns rereivedfor them : and these
same • large notes, were, according :to the ,confes-
Atiott of William Griffiths., he linSband of ,the pri-
soner•Louitta ,l-f.attualt Griffiths, taken to the Bank
of England, and notes for one and two pounds oh,
taitieutlf6r them in change ; at least he waited on
the outside of the Bank while he sent a mart in,
who, brought him out the small, notes. Thh,'
MO corroborated by two clerkt4 front the Bank of
England,

PARKIN, the Solicitor to the General Post
Office, stated, that he had no more evidence to
produce at present, but. requested that the pri.
sooners might he :committed for farther examina-
tion; as lieexpeeted on a future day to be aide ttk
produce somee-very material witnesses. Ile ,'lye
stated, that it WM not Ids intentitin to indict tliit
prisoners at the present Session. .I
rrevious to the prisoners being taken from the
bar, Mrt.Griffiths addressed the Magistrate, and
and hoped that a veouvan might bt... allOkved to come
to her. : .

NAIES Said, there was now no occasion for
the.reitriction to prevent her from seeing people,
and gave orders aceordingly.