The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Griffin, driver, and Thomas Harris, conductor
of a Highgate omnibus, were brought before Mr.
Hardwick for misconduct.

Police-constable Adams, 62 C, said he was on duty
in Great Pulteney-street, on Sunday evening, when
he saw an omnibus coming along at a very rapid rate.
A cab driver perceiving that the omnibus was not on
the right side, called out to the driver, but without
effect, for the omnibus ran against the cab, knocked
the horse down, and broke one of the shafts. As
soon as the omnibus wits extricated the driver whip-
ped the horses, and went off at a gallop. Witness
called out to the driver to stop, but his request was
disregarded, and witness was obliged to jump up
behind, and to ride until the vehicle stopped. He
then proceeded to take the driver, who was very
drunk, into custody. 'While so doing, the conductor,
who was also intoxicated, attempted to prevent him
from doing his duty, and he was eventually obliged
to take the conductor into custody also.
The cabman, whose cab had been injured, said he
called out to the driver, who was on his wrong side,
but no attention was paid to him. He drew on the
kerb, but could not avoid a collision, which did
damage to the amount of 20s. There were a lady
and a gentleman in the cab at the time.
In defence the driver said he was going at a steady
pace when the accident occurred. lie did not stop,
because he did not think any damage was done, nor
did he hear the police-constable call out to him.
The conductor denied that he was drunk.

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Mr. HARDWICK said he would never excuse cases
of misconduct on the part of drivers or conductors of
public vehicles. lle should not inflict a fine, but
would convict the parties at once.
The driver was sent to prison for twenty-one days,
and, in addition, sentenced to pay the amount of the
damage ; and the conductor was sent to prison for
ten days.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday, a woman, named Hannah Palmer, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, the sit-
ting magistrate, upon a charge of having felonious
possession of a watch that had been stolen from a
Mr. William Hill, resident in St. George's-fields,
Southwark.

Sergeant Brannan, of the G division, stated that
the prosecutor wai robbed on the 28th of last month,
and information being given, with a description of
the watch, he subsequently ascertained that the
prisoner had pawned it a few hours after the rob-
bery, but had afterwards redeemed it, and it was
then pledged again at another pawnbroker's, in So-
mers-town.

William Hill, the owner of the watch, who had
rather the look of a countryman, was now examined,
and stated that about four o'clock in the afternoon of
the 28th ult, he was going through Tooley-street,
when a smart looking young fellow walked before
him and dropped a glove. He picked up the glove
and presented it to that person, who appeared to be
exceedingly pleased at his doing so, and insisted upon
treating him with something to drink. They accord-
ingly went to a public-house and had some gin and
water, and the stranger expressed a most friendly
feeling towards him, discoursing about his family and
his affairs. lie wore spectacles, which his new friend
examined, and admired very much, and when they
had finished their gin and water and left that house,
the other pressed him to go to another and have some
ale. He, however, refused, and went home, already
the worse for the liquor he had taken, and he then
missed his watch, which he knew to have been safe
in his pocket when he met with the stranger.
John Norris, shopman to Mr. Sowerby, a pawn-
broker, in Chisvvell- street, said that about eight
in the evening of the 28th ult., the prisoner pawned a
watch 4vr 205., but the next day she came again,
stating that she had lost the duplicate, and received
the usual form of a declaration to that effect (equiva-
lent to an affidavit), and having got that signed by a
magistrate, she redeemed the watch.
Robert Dixon, shoprnan to Mr. Blackburn, a pawn-
broker, in Skinner-street, Somers-town, now pro-
duced the watch, and said it was pawned at their
shop fur 255. on the 29th ult. It was not the pri-
soner, however, but another woman, who pawned it
there. _ _ _

The prisoner being asked what she had to say,
proceeded to state that on Friday se'nnight she went
into a public-house, where she saw two men who said
they knew her, and asked her to drink with them ;
and she then recognised one of them as a man with
whom she had been acquainted 25 y€ ars ago. After some
conversation, the man asked her to go and pledge his
watch for him, and told her that he was going to
America on the following day. She did accordingly
pawn the watch, as stated by the first pawnbroker,
but the ticket was afterwards lost, and the next day
she procured the usual declaration of the loss of the
ticket, and redeemed the watch, by direction of the
man for whom she had pawned it, and to whom she
then delivered it. lle gave her 2s. for her trouble,
and that was all she knew about it.

Inspector Tierney said he received:charge of the
prisoner at the station-house on Saturday night, when
she refused to give her address, and in answer to the
charge, told him she had pawned the watch for a man
in a sailor's dress, who was a stranger to her.--Re-
manded for a week.

THAMES POLICE.
Yesterday, Henry Hasentan, a young man, was
charged before Mr. Broderip with stealing a mare
and harness, the property of a general dealer, named
Ladd, of No. 9, Charles-street, Stepney, under very
novel circumstances.

The prisoner entered the prosecutor's service on
Tuesday last, and on Friday afternoon, after deliver-
ing some goods, he came home with his master's horse
and cart, and it was discovered the animal had lost a
shoe, and his master desired him to take the mare to
a farrier and have a new shoe put on her foot, at the
same time giving him half-a-crown for that purpose.
The prisoner mounted the animal and rode off, but
never returned with it, and Mr. Ladd ascertained he
had never been to the farrier at all, and that his horse
had been disposed of oa the same afternoon in Smith-
field market. Yesterday morning a City policeman,
named liarrild, was accosted by.the prisoner, who