The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

wrong, and ht s could not decide in favour of what is
wrong against fro fact. His judgment, therefore, must be
is favour of .0 r. O'Connor, until corrected by a superior
trihunal or authority.
Dr. O'Cont .or contended that the act must be inters
preted it. its F ,opolar meaning and intention, which was
to est a.hlish a correct autlyTity in dispu, ed points between
cabmen and t he public. It could not be supposed that
the Legislatu 7e ever intended the act to give support to
that, which, whether by accidez.t or carelessness, was
grossly incon .ect. He had gone to some expense and
of tirtie i a this matter, for the purpose of getting it
corrected by the proper authorities, and be was glad he
ha lso far en :seeded.

The eabira n applied for his expenses and the costa of
the pre:ent e amnions, which the magistrate declined to
grant. .

Dr. O'C,,n, ior, iu reply to a question, declined to press
for his exp2n, ;es against the cabman, although be eonsi-
dered the ca bman deserved some punishment, for he
admitted he vas aware the distance was under a mile,
and that he v ras taking advantage of the error in th•
commissioner s' book of fares, which he supposed, right
or wrong, wa s conclusive authority in his favour.
Mr. Tyrwh itt, under these circumstances, advised the
cabman not t ) say any more on the matter, lest it should
turn out that he would be the sufferer. He hoped this
error in rhe b ook of fares would be represented to the
Commissioner aof Porice, with a view to its correction.
The parties then left the court.

WORSHIP- STREET. --IMPUDENT RosazßY.—Henry
Williams, an i 11-favoured youth, of peculiar aspect, was
charged with .he following impudent and cruel robbery:
Hannah Mi, ler, a dejected-looking woman, in widow's
weeds, living in Great Conduit-street, 13ethnal-green,
said that, since the death of her husband, she had con-
verted her sittii .10. b room into a small shop for the sale o
trifling articles of chandlery, by means of which she had
endeavoured tc obtain a scanty subsistence for herself
alld her fathei -less children. On the previous evening
the prisoner a nd another lad presented themselves at
the counter, E tnd purchased some nuts and sweet-
meats, on sup! )lying them with which, she expressed
a hope that tl ivy would not serve her in the same
manner as she had been treated on the prior night,
by two wicked boys, who had made a similar purchase,
and after an a rtful contention as to which of them
should pay for it, they both started off without plying
her at all. .The ► prisoner clo,,ely listened to her simple
narrative, at the conclu;iun of which he etclaimed, with
a broad grin, 1 Thy I was one of them ero chaps, but I
means to make ,t up to you now, mother, and so hand
me over some baccy,' and I'll pay you 'ansum.'"
Witness accordi ugly served him with half an ounce of
tobacco, from wl iich he filled a short pipe, and made his
way to the firep !ace, with the observation that he did
not wish to trot ible her, and would help himself to a
light. The etbe r lad, in the meantime, engaged her in
conversation, an, d was pretending to condole with her
upon her recent I oss, when she heard something fall upon
the hearth, and on turning her head she discovered that
the prisoner, in the course of his efforts to detach her
silver watch iron a a hook to which it was suspended over
the mantel-piece y had brushed' off an inkstand with his
sleeve, and before 3 she bad time to reach him, he managed
to secure the wa. ':eh, which he handed to his companion,
and both of ther n rushed out into the street. Witness
hastened after t hem, raising the cry of " Stop thief !"
and after a protr acted chase the prisoner was intercepted
by a policeman, but his confederate succeeded in effecting
his escape. Th a witness added that the watch was of
inestimable valu 3 to her, as it had belonged to her des
ceased husband, but it bad not been recovered, and she
feared it was irr strievably lost.
The prisoner, who was recognised as a notorious young
thief, declined c iffering any defence, and was remanded
for depositions.