The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-06 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

On Saturday a gentleman named Mills, residing in
Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-gardens, was brought
before Mr. Bingham, charged with having com-
mitted a violent assault on David Jones, an omnibus
conductor.

It appeared that the defendant got into the com-
plainant's omnibus, which. was a Kennington omni-
bus, terminating its journey in Oxford-street, under
the impression that it was a Bayswater omnibus.
When the omnibus stopped in Oxford-street the de-
defendant refused to pay, and he was then told he
should not get out of the omnibus until he did pay.
As the complainant refused to open the door, the de-
fendant with some difficulty managed to get out at
the window, in doing which he was obstructed and
violently pushed by the complainant. Being roused
at this treatment he struck the complainant with an
umbrella he carried, and inflicted several wounds on
the complainant's face.
The conductor said he did not understand that the
defendant wanted to go to Bayswater when he got
into his omnibus.

The defendant asserted that he gave the com-
plainant to understand where he wanted to go, and it
was in consequence of being deceived that he refused
to pay the fare.
Mr. BINGHAM told the defendant, if he had been
misled by the complainant with respect to the route of
the omnibus, or if he had sustained abuse or imprison-
ment at the hands of the complainant, the proper course
for him to have pursued was to come to this Court
and obtain a summons. As the defendant had chosen
to adopt another course, and to take the law into his
own hands, he must take the consequence of his illegal
conduct, and pay a fine of 51,, the highest penalty he
could inflict.
The money was paid.
THAMES.

.On Saturday Mr. John Draddy, a licensed tobacco-
nist and general dealer, of 35, Rosemary-lane, 'White-
chapel, appeared before Mr. Ballantine to answer a
Custom-house information, which charged him with
knowingly harbouring and concealing 681 b. of foreign
manufactured tobacco and cigars, by which he •had

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incurred a penalty of 100/.
The defendant has already had two convictions re-
corded against him for smuggling.
James Jordan, a Custom-house officer, stated that
he went to the defendant's house with a writ of as-
sistance, on the 11 th ult. ; and on searching a room
at the back of the shop he found a chest of drawers
covered over with goods and lumber, which he re-
moved; and in pulling out one of the drawers he as-
certained it was not so deep as the outer case. He
then removed the whole of the drawers, and in the
space behind them was a secret bolt, which he re-
moved. The top of the drawers pulled out in a
groove. In the space bet,%een the back of the
drawers and the case, about six inches deep, he dis-
covered 20113, of cavendish tobacco and 191 b. of cigars,
On further search he discovered in a hollow recess in
the floor, which he got at by removing a portion of
one of the planks, a small place containing 101 b. of
cigars, and under some lumber a quantity of leaf
tobacco. In the shop was a quantity of shag tobacco
which had just been steamed.
The defendant pleaded Guilty.
Mr. BALLANTINE passed the sentence according to
the terms of the law, which was, that the prisoner
pay a fine of 1001. to the Queen, and be imprisoned
until it was paid.
The defendant was then removed in the custody of
Roche, the gaoler, and it was understood he would
pay the penalty immediately,