The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Oct. 29.

LAMB ETH.—OMNIBUS OPPOSITION TO Mn;
TRAIN'S TRAMWAY.—Mr. William Knell, a gentle-
man, residing at No. 1, Abbey-gardens, Abbey-
road, St. John's Wood, appeared before Mr. Elliott,
on a summons to show cause why he refused to pay
his fare of 4d. for his conveyance from the Circus,
Piccadilly, to the Horns at Kennington.

Charles Smart, the conductor of one of Ball's
Brixton omnibuses, No. 6,000, said that on Monday
week Mr. Knell got into his bus at the Circus on
his journey to Brixton. On reaching the end of
Chester-street, in the Kennington-road, he stopped
to put down a lady, and because his driver happened
to stop on the tramway the defendant called him a
scamp and a blackguard, and told him he had no
business whatever to go on the tramway. He told
him he was not accountable for the act of his driver
in pulling on the tramway, but the defendant still
kept on abusing him, called on all the passengers to
get out, got out himself, and refused to psy the 4d.
fare. He then asked for his card, which he at first
refused, but ultimately gave it to him.
In cross-examination by the defendant's solicitor,
the witness denied having crossed the tramway
more than once ; that he had not run against the
heads of the horses in one of the tramway cars, nor
in any way endangering the safety of the passen-
gers, who, including the defendant, were nine in
number.

The defendant, in reply to the complaint, said
that on the night in question he got into the vehicle
of which the complainant was the conductor, as
stated, to proceed to Brixton, and the omnibus went
at a steady, proper pace until it passed Westminster-
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would be able to corroborate what I have stated.
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of the omnibus, and
day, when the e adjourned the hearing. to an-
othervestigated.