The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-25 00:00:00

IMPORTANT CABS TO COACH OWNIIRI.

Last week an information was exhibited et the
Town Hall, Southwark, under the 25th Oro. 111. cap. ,
51, against ✓awes Fraakliii, the proprietor of one of
the Chatham coaches, iin the new construction, charg-
ing him with not hiving his christian and surname
painted thereon. as directed by the statute. Mr. Back-
land appeared for the informant, and Mr. Trowse for
defendant.

Mr. Nswassx, the Magistrate's clerk, having read
the information, and the defendant pleaded not guilty
thereto, an Attorney opened the complaint, and.
called William Jackson, a piano-forte tuner, residing
at No. 4, Bennett-street, Pancras, to prove his case,
who stated that he saw the Chatham-coach passing
through the Borough on the afternoon of the 27th
of Aug. ; that there were passengers on the outside,
and in the inside, in the usual manner. The is-
scription• on the coach were, "The Life Preserver,"
Franklin's Invention ;" but the latter had net
the christian name prefixed. This, with the deur*
tion of the coach, and an extract from the register of
icenses, was the case of the informant.
In reply to this, it was urged by the Solicitor for
the defendant, that since the Act on which the infer-
mation was grounded another Act was passed, the
50th Geo. 111. esp. 48, which must be preowned tote-
r-red all.kwenst Acta c ,at lee* of to those riots wil'
it professes to legislate upon, among which wallas
painting of the owner's same. By this kaiak ft it
directed, that the name or names of the proprietor or
proprietors of the firm, should be painted on a me.
sp'cuous part of the coach. By the words, "wires,"
he contended, it seemed that " Cloud aid Cs."
" Messrs. Harris and Adams," and such like, was such
a description as, in the opinion of the Legisistait,
would be sufficient for the identification of the coaches/
its owners, without the addition of the Clifisdas same.
The Act of the 25th of the late King required tbat the
." Christian and surname" should be inscribed; hat
as those words were omitted in the last Sate*, it
was supposed very naturally that the surname aloes
was all that was required. He did not, however,
mean to rest his defence here; he would show that the
Christian name was on the dour, and would call. the
painter to prove that it bad been so done at the time
th rest of the inscription was painted.
The painter was then called, who produced the
coach door, and pointed oat the word " James" paint-
ed on the soffit, ur under the upper part of the win-
dow frame, but without the groove where the win-
dows shuts in. He said there were at least fifty stager
running with the christian name painted in a similar
way, from the general conviction that it was not re-
quired at all by the law as it now stood.
Mr. BUCKLAND replied to this ingenious defence by
reading the preamble of the 50th Geo. 111. wherein it
states it to be an Act to repeal certain Acts passed in
the 28th, 34th, and 46th of the King, but makes no
mention of the 25th, the Act on which the present in-
formation was founded : aid he put it to the Worthy
Alderman whether the provisions of the. latter Act had
been complied with, by the manner in which the Chris-
din name had been painted in this instance.
Alderman SMITH said that this information vista
under a special Act of Parliament., the terse of which
were evidently net complied with bjc•the tuba ii '
ed by the defendant; the christian and_ 01111111110110 INK
to be written across the outside of the posel.
regard to the question of repeal he was of opiates AM
as the Acts intended to be repealed by the 50th Ow
111. were enumerated, and the Act on which the
'nation went was not one of those so recited, it ill
be held to be in force. However as it appeared
him there was no intention of concealing 0100360 a
name, and the offence rather arose oat slthe paillset
taste than the order of the defendant, be should mid'
gate the penalty to the lowest amount, viz. U. saddle
coots. At the same time he would rommesead
Franklin wearer the question by appeal to the Cost,
of King's Bench.
The defendant said be would appeal, built hobs.
since understood that helms *handmaid that :kW
mistake.

MARRIED.
Yesterday. at Streatham, J. B. Smith, Esq. 10 Karr Aar
only daughter of the late Richard Shawer Esq. of WOK
bill.