The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-23 00:00:00

NEW HACKNEY COACH ACT.

. -.Qt,Wc-rSquette.--in consequence of Alle construction
which' has been put owthis Act by Mr. FIELDING, in oPpU-
sition to the meaning attached to-it by other Magistrates,
complaints against the hackney-coachwen daily increase at
this otlice.

esterday, a Mr. Williams applied fur a summons against
the driver of
,the hackney-coaen, N0..5G9, naderthe folloke-
in .gcireunistances complainant took the coach on 'the
ta,la inst. and seated himself it, 7but Ulf coaebinan refused
to go, tin'ress" he would promise not to dent:and a ticket.,
was refalW, anal the cuachsxan then declines! to carry
Pirating, the 111411 determined,.atid as a mob had co;'.
'about the 'coach, he then left it. He had applied to - of
the Police Otlicers for redress, but the Magistrate•• i-ortned•
him thatkhey tanild do nothing except-- where -,.l>et. was
produced: • At the Hackney Couch-Othce, S,•
he received a similar answer, from 'the • '.•uers; but
learning from the public ;.Tints that-Mr. Fo. held a dif-
ferent opinion; he was induced to apply to
mons granted.
. •Collier, the ovenerof.the haelineye.','-sch, No. 644, against
'whom Mr. IVilliihs6n 113,1 again atteiaded, stat-
ing Chat he had boen unatsle r !iod the driver, '
.INir..IELDING said, tas i!river had refused to obey•the
sitnimmts, he must he brought up on a warrant.—Warrant
•grantcd:
-MAntu-nnotrutf-Sruct-.T.—.-1 hackney co'climan, of the
name of .Grays, was yesterday charged by n,Gentleman with
extortion •flUti abuse. It appeared by the statement of the
complainant, that he hired the coach at the Tneatre when it
was drawn up, as usual, be the side of the pavement. The
coachman was ordered to drive to the north side of Oxford-
.street, the fare being Is. Four shillings was denaanded; and
after much abuse the complainant p.ud its. and received an
eighteen-pcnuy ticket.—ln defence, it was stated that the
coach was hired, and had been kept waiting an hour, and the
defendant mistook the complainant for the person who hired
it.—The Magistrate convicted the defendant in the penalty of
103. and costs. _ _

1107:7STREBT ----Yesterday Antos Crisp,. a porter to Mr.
Harrison, who keeps the Tavistuek Hotel, in Covent-ganten
was brought before Sir N. CONANT, charged on suspiel,n With
having stolen a'llank-note. It appeared that Mr. Harrison
had long suffered from depredations of this nature, and tosuch an exteut were they carried, that one of his clerks had
been discharged hi consequence of not-being able to make up
his money, which was kept. in a desk. At length • Mr. iiiir7-
risun .became suspicions of the prisoner, and applied to
Pearkes,..who recommended to park a certain' number
of• notes:- Accordingly he marked five one-pound' notes on
'Wednesday night, ajid left them in the •desk. Yesterday
morning, upon openfng the desk, he discovered that one of
theniwas gone; the deck, however, remained perfectly se•
cure. Pearkes apprehended the prisoner in consequence, mind
upon searching his person found the identical note which Mr.
Harrison had marked. Upon strarching his lodgings, in the
neighbourhood of Covent-garden, I'carkes found- a gold
Watcb, Which a gentleman, who had been lodging there some
time since, missed, and uttered a reward for its recovery.—
'124 prisoner was fully committed fur