The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-11 00:00:00

_NoItIVIBER
.11, 1869.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

THAMES.

PATISG RATES. —Ten persons, owners of property, were
summoned by Mr. Barth, clerk to the Board of Works, for
non-payment of paving rates.

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, appeared for the board,
and said tt.at body had paved a great many new roads and
streets with the money of the ratepayers and owners of
property, and wore compelled to call upon those whose
property had been jimproved, and who had neglected the
calls upon them, to repay their quarter of the rato. Mr.
Audorton was callea upon to pay .£ll 17s. 9d. He said
he had already pad .£5 of the claim made upon him. Mr.
Young said the board could not accept the rates by in-
stalments.

Mr. Anderton said lie had two houses and they formerly
let at 6s. 6d. per week each, and now at ss. 61 only, and
fur a!ong time wore standing empty. One rate was for the
road and the other for the footpath. He received £lO
profit on the two houses in 12 months.

Mr. Benson iron don't mean to say your property has
been depreciated in valuo by the new pavement ?
Mr. Auderton—No, sir, not the pavement, but the dul-
ness of the times.

Mr. Benson—You have paid .C 3, and I make an order
upon you for £6 lis. 9d., and .C 1 3s. costs.
Mr. Anderton objected to costs.

Mr. Young—We bring defaulters here instead of going
to the County Court, whore the costs would be £3 or £l.

Mr. Benson—The costs here are moderate. They must
be pail.
Mr. Simpson was next called, and it was stated that ho
had settled and paid the amount of the claim made
upon him.
Mr Henry Weaver was next called. He made no an-
swer, and the service of the summons upon him was
proved, and order was made on him for payment of £l6
19s. sd. and 235. costs. It was stated that the defendant's
houses were useless, and he only wanted time.

Mr. Benson—My duties here are only magisterial. Ap-
ply to Mr. Barth, who will act justly and give time.
. Mr. Samuel Gladstone was ordered to pay £3 13s. id, and
235. costs. '

Tile defendant objected to costs. .
Mr. Benson—You put the Board to the trouble of coming
here, and I must give costs.

Mr. Edward Moore was summoned for non-payment of
£26 Bs. 9d., and as ho did not appear, Mr. Parker, the sur-
veyor, and Mr. Coleman, collector, were called upon to
make out the case.

An order was made for amount, wttli 239. cyst.
A gentleman, on behalf of the defendant, said Mr. Mooro
bad no objection to pay if othors were compelled to do so.
Mr. Barth said no favouritism was shown to any one.
The defendants were summoned as fast as they could be
got at. £B,OOO was now outstanding for paving rates,
and the Poplar Board of Works wanted the money for new
paving.

Mr. Young said great numbers must bo summoned to
the County Court, which was open to suits for six years
after a demand was made for rates— the Police Court for
only six mouths after demand.
Mr. Benson said the Police Court was the cheapest tri-
bunal.

Mi. Yourg—That is the reason we come here.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

REcKLEss Dniviso.—Alfred Crosford, traveller, in the
employ of Mr. Taylor, ginger-leer mauufact firer, was
charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and incapable
of driving a horse and van, and also with injuring Joseph
Porter, a turncoek, residing in Naylor's-yard, Golden-
squarJ. _ _

Joseph Porter, turncock of St. James's parish, said that
yesterday afternoon about five o'clock he was at the corner
of Regent-street and Argyle-place, when the prisoner, who
was driving a van at a fast rate, knocked him down, and
severely hurt his arm, and went on. He ran after the
prisoner, as also did a gentleman, and stopped him. He
afterwards went to the Middlesex Hospital, where he was
informed that his arm was fractured.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said he believed the
prisoner was the worse for drink.
Mr. Charles Jeanea, of No. 118, Great Portland-road,
said it was dark at the time, and he d:d not think the pri-
soner could see the turncock. The turncock ran after the
prisoner, and he did the same, and stopped his horse
The prisoner seemed very excited, but he did not think
he was drunk.

Sergeant Jeffrey, 21 0, said he saw the prisoner driving
a horse very fast down lOgent-street, and saw the turn-
cock and the last witness stop him. The prisoner was
drunk and incapable of taking care of his horse.
Mr. Jeanes said he did not think the prisoner was drunk,
and it was dark.
Mr. Knox told the witness that he was evidently, for
some reason or the other, doing all he could for the pri-
soner. The sergeant said the prisoner was drunk, and it
appeared that be ran against the man, knocked him down,
and hurt his arm. What he (Mr. Knox) could do for the
poor fellow was to fine the prisoner for driving to the
common danger of passengers, and order him to pay £lO
compensation, but if he did that he could not bring an
action.

The turncock said he would rather have the matta
settled at once.

The prisoner said he did not see the turncock, and was
very sorry such a thing should have occurred, and until
informed was not aware that any mischief was done.
Mr. Knox fined him 435. for driving to the common
danger of passengers, and ordered him to pay £lO com-
pensation or three months' imprisonment, giving him the
option if ho had goods to levy upon of paying the amount
by that means.

The prisoner said ho had no goods, and he must go to

prison.

THE CHARGE AGAINST THE LONDON
GENERAL OMAIBUS COMPANY.

Yesterday, at the Marlborough-street Police-
court, James Riddell, a driver in the employ of the
London General Omnibus Company, appeared be-
fore Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer a charge of wilful
misbehaviour.

The case was originally before Mr. Knox, but in
consequence of what occurred during the exami-
nation Mr. Knox declined to bear it further, and
adjourned the case for the decision of his colleague.
Mr. Clarke appeared for the complainant, and
Mr. Froggat for the defence.

Mr. Clarke said the summons was taken out by
Mr. Mitcham, a small omnibus proprietor, against
the_defendant, who was in the employ of the Lon-
don General Omnibus Company; but the real charge
was against the company: who were enneavouring
to run the complainant off the road. The complain-
ant had been a driver himself, and had a few years
ago started three omnibuses on his own account,
and since then the large company had done all
they could to obstruct and annoy him. The de-
fendant in April last was fined by Mr. Knox for
carrying out his instructions against Mr. Mitcham,
and was then told that a sentence of imprisonment
was hanging over him if he offended in a similar way
again. Instead of this acting as a caution the de-
fendant had conducted himself worse than ever, and
had been convicted no fewer than nineteen times for
loitering, furious driving, and cruelty ; and in fact
was the terror of the road. lie contended that Mr.
Mitcham had as much right to cart' on business
on the road as the London General Omnibus
Company, and that having received a licence
he had a perfect right to use the road so long as he
conformed to the statute and conducted himself
properly. One portion of the defendant's defence,
or rather that of the company—for, seeing several
of the directors in court, he had no doubt they were
defending the case—would be that Mr. Mitcham
ran his omnibuses during what was termed their
" times;" but that defence could not be sustained,
as he contended that Mr. Mitcham was entitled to
run his omnibuses at any time he thought proper.
He was crtain that nothing but a severe example
would teach the defendant to do what was right,
fines having hitherto failed to have proper effect.
Evidence was given by Mills and Scarlett, Mr.
Mitcham's driver and conductor, showing that when
their omnibuses started from the Royal Oak, Bays-
water, on their journey to the City, they were
" nursed" by the defendant, who was driving one of
the company's omnibuses, and that as Mr. Mitcham's
omnibuses went on they were preceded and followed
by the company's omnibuses, the last time being
the 29th October, the day for which the present
summons had been taken out, the defendant having
" nursed" from the Royal Oak" to the Tottenham-
court-road.

Police-sergeant Dobell, D division, and two other
police-constables proved seeing the defendant
" nursing" Mr. Mitahani's omnibuses.
Mr. Froggatt, for the defence, complained of the
attempt to import prejudice into the case by refer-
ring to the directors of the company, who really
had nothing to do with the matter, and were as
anxious as the complainant that their servants
should conduct themselves fairly and properly.
The complainant was more the aggressor than
the defendant, and that he should prove by
witnesses.

Mr. 'Tyrwbitt, after going over the evidence said
the defendant must pay a fine of 40s. and costs.

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