The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-30 00:00:00

LAMBETH_ STREET.

Yesterday William Parish, the driver of one of Thorough-
good's Blackwall omnibuses, appeared before Messrs.
COOMBES and TICKELL, to answer the complaint of Mr.
Sharp, a gentleman residinc, in the Borough of Southwark,
for having refused to take himself and seven friends to town
from Blackwall, on the night of Saturday week.
From the statement of Mr. Sharp, it appeared that on
Saturday week, himself and twenty-two friends dined at
Lovegrove's Tavern, at Blackwall, and anxious that they
should all get to town by a proper conveyance, he agreed
with Rowland Hanson, the driver of one of Thorough-
' goOd's omnibuses, to take them. Ranson bargained that
he would make arrangements to have those of the party
whom his omnibus could not accommodate taken to town
by another vehicle, and agreed with the defendant to take
seven of the company. The parties in consequence got
into defendant's omnibus , but after waiting there a consi-
derable time, they were told that they could not be taken,
unless they paid the defendant a shilling each, though they
had paid the driver of the other omnibus which also be-
longed to Thoroughgood, 235. for the party. They remon-
strated with him, and told him about the agreement they
had entered into, but it was all to no purpose ; he, the de-
fendant, took the plates, with the numbers off—said that he
was engaged to take a private party to town, and positively
refused to take them. The result was, that after losing
much time, and all the other vehicles on the road having
started, the parties were ultimately obliged to walk to town.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said that on the
night in question he was engaged to take a private party
from Blackwall to Farringdon-street, and his licence only
extending to the Royal Exchange, he was compelled to
take off his plates, and obtain a post-horse ticket to work as
a glass coach. In proof of this he handed in a ticket, pur-
porting to be a post-horse ticket, which he said he had
received.

On examining the ticket, Mr. COMBES remarked that it
might have passed a dozen of hands, and there was nothing
on the face of it to show that it might not have been taken
out after the offence was committed, merely to give a co-
louring to the defendant's conduct.

Mr. Sharp, the complainant, and several gentlemen who
accompanied him, swore distinctly that the defendant agreed
to take them, provided they paid a second shilling, knowing
well at the same time that they before paid Hanson.
Mr COMBES observed, that it was perfectly evident that
the conduct of the defendant in taking off the plates, and
afterwards producing a post-horse ticket, was a mere trick
resorted to to cover the shameful fraud which he had at-
tempted on the complainant and his friends. The conduct
of the drivers and 'conductors of omnibuses on this road was
most disgraceful, so much so, that he (Mr. Combes) never
entered Blackwall omnibuses.

The defendant was then convicted in the penalty of 25s
and costs.

THAMES- OFFICE.

Ann Grant and Ann Wood, the former a spinster, and
the latter describing herself as a " married widow," were
brought up before Mr. CLARKSON, the sitting magistrate,
in the custody of a policeman, on a charge of robbing a
sailor named Elliot of 371., in three 101. Bank of England
notes, and seven " golden sovereigns."
After hearing the evidence,
Mr. CLARKSON discharged Wood, btlt remanded the pri-
soner Grant till Thursday.