The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-22 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCISE, June 20.
Before Sir JOHN MORTtOCK. Bart.;
_J. F. S 7 EP HKNSON,

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Frederick Rayner, a waterman, was charged with retailing
spirits on the River Thames, on the 22d of April last, without
a license, by which he had incurred a penalty of 100/.
Mr.PELIIAM appeared on behalf of the defendant.
Mr. MAYOW, in opening the case for the Cream, said a
prosecution bad been deemed necessary to check a practice
that had lately existed, viz., that of selling spirits fr am boats
on the River Thames; and it was evident that, if it was
allowed to continue, the interests of licensed victuallers
would be seriously compromised thereby. The Crown was
fully empowered to take a severe course for the recovery of
penalties, but rather preferred adopting the present mild
course to stop a practice which circumstances imperatively
demanded.
Mr. W. T. Gregory, a supervisor of excise, stated, that on
the 22d of April het ent, accompanied by an officer of the
Thames polite, in a boat on the Thames, and shortly after-
wards pulled up alongside the boat of the defendant, lying
nearly opposite Masterman's brewery, and within ten yards
of the shore. He purchased spirits of the defendant, which
he poured from a stone bottle lying on the bottom of the boat.
He had no slops (clothing) or any article of that • description
in his boat.

Mr. J. C. Evans, an inspector of the Thames-police, corro-
borated the 'above, and added that he asked the defendant
why he undertook to sell spirits, when he produced what he
called his license, granted to him by the Waterrnen's Com-
pany. It was produced and read, as follows :
" Bun BoAT,—I hereby certify that Frederick Rayner, of
the parish of Stepney, is this day registered in a book of the
Company of Masters, Wardens, and Commonalty of Water-
men and Lightermen of the river Thames, kept for that pur-;
pose, for the purpose of selling, disposing of, or exposing for
sale, amongst the seamen or other persons employed in or
about any of the ships or vessels upon the said river, any
liquors, slops, or other articles whatsoever, between London
Bridge and Limehouse. Hole, but the. said boat is not to be
used on the said river for any other purpose than the afore-
said. • " F. BANYON, Clerk.
" Watermen's Hall, 1841."
The defendant also produced a certificate from the Trinity
Hotise, dated 1835, by which he contended he was authorised
to' pursue his calling.
Mr. MAY-ow here remarked that the Police Act of 1835
repealed. these privileges of the brethren of the Trinity-house,
since which timethey: had ceased to issue these certificates.
• -Mr. Pelham; for the defendant, contended that he had sold,
under the authority of the license of the Watermen's Com-
pany, and had acted under the fmpression that they were
fully entitled to do so. It was true by the Act Of the 6th
George IV., the Act of the 2d George 11. was repealed, but
other Acts passed to amend that Of George H. were not re-
pealed. The Watermen's'Company had been in the habit of
issuing these licenses, and at the present time there were
upwards of eighty of them in cireulation. If the defendant
had done wrong, it was the Waterman's Company alone that
were to blame, for he had paid for the license he held, and
which he had-every reason to believe they had the power to
grant. He trusted, therefore, under the circumstances, that
his client would be dealt with mercifully by the Court.
Mr. Mayow said the Act 6th George IV., which oyer,rode
all former Acts, especially provided, in the 28th section,
"That no person shall hawk or sell spirits in streets, high-
ways, or in any-boat or other vessel in the river."
Mr. Commissioner STEPIMNSON said, as this was the first
case that had come before the Court, they were not inclined
to inflict a heavy penalty; but they wished it to be knowa
on the river, and to the Watermen's Company, that should
any other cases of this kind be brought before tile Court, they
would be dealt with with severity.

The defendant was then fined in the mitigated penalty of 21.
Several dealers and retailers of glass, viz. : Mary Yates,
Robert Sawyer, James Fullaloe, and W. P. Freestone, were
fined 51. each, and a quantity of illicit glass forfeited, for
having that article in their possession.

CENTRAL,. CRIMINAL COURT.
SENTENCES SESSIONAL RESULTS..
The following sentences were passed during the session just
terminated : .
Death—Augustus Dalmas.
Transportation for Life—Henry Holdsworth, William Cur-
tis alias John Johnson, Sarah Bennett, against all of whom
death was recorded.
For Twenty Years—Edward Youngman Cotton, George
Clarke, Andrew Murphy, Charles Saunders, Emma Farmer.
For Fifteen Years—Daniel Dearlove.
For Twelve Years—Daniel Wright.
For Ten Years—Samuel Withers, William Tanner, William
Sullan- Frederick-Hamilton alias Andrews, Denis M'Carthy,
Edward George Barrington, Peter Clover, Jeremiah Marge-
son, Thomas Jenkins, Thomas Patterson, Hannah Walsh,
Martha M'Laren, Stephen Chandler, Benjamin Frankland,
James Ferguson, Henry Hill, Thomas Johnson, Charles
Edwards, William Johnson, John Higgins, Eliz. Whitbum.
For Feven Years—Henry Dawkins, William Johnson,
Robert Neslo.n Paddon, William Brown, Edmund Worley,
John Jones, James Wooderson, Richard Burgess, Charles
Simmons, John Heaney, John Quin, James Parker, Eugene
I'Carthy, Thomas Boyle alias John Watson, John Hunt,
Catherine Lynch, C. Williatn Maddon, James alias John
Collins, John Joyce; Denis McCarthy, Francis' Harris, John
Read.
Imprisonment with Hard Labour, for Two Years—Henry
Giles Atkins, Thomas Frederick Webb, Henry Page Bryant.
Without Hard Labour—William Burton Newenham.
For Eighteen Months—William Thompson.
For One Year—William Atkins alias Thomas John Sulli-
van, J. Waller, Ann MUrphy, Mary Geary, Owen Suffolk,
Margaret Kelly, Denis M'Carthy,, John Brown, Thomas
Stubbs, Susan Smith, William, Grimslale, Parthenia Ellis,
John Lineham, J. Abbott, John Burchell, Joshua Cannon,
Daniel Garrard, John Fryar, Elizabeth Nicholson.
For Nine Mouths—Rachel Ward, Jane Porter, Ellen Saun-
ders, William Buckhan, • Thomas Riley, Edward. Bevan,
Henry-Herne; Margaret Hayes, Charles Samuel Emersfield,
John Knull, Elizabeth May, Wm. Gregory, Mary Ransom.
For Six Months—George Buckstone, James Edwards, Mi-
chael•Doring, Charles Smith, Benjamin Ru,nxtman, William
Baker, Thomas Harris, James Cousins, Henry Norval, John
Penman, George Sharman, John Hannon, James Roiers,
Ann Davis, Mary Coventry, George Brown, George
Gebrge Hatton, Frederick drant, Edward Roe, Henry Al-
fred Young, Thomas Hussey, John Smith, Mary Ann Hunt,
Emma Bray, John M‘Nally, Timothy Tobin, William Good,
Francis Daniels, Elizabeth'Ahorn, Edward Houghton, Mary
Ann Saunders, Ann Smith, Edward Grimsdale, William
Parker, William Goding, Eliza Neville, William Stephens,
William Webster, Esther Phillips, John Bayley, Thomas
Chappell, Charles Ward, Jane -Hamilton, John Williams,'
John -Plume% Sarah Watts.
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