The Sun. — 1828-09-05 (London, England)

HATTON-GARDEN.—The driver of what is called a " go-cart," or a one-horse-chaise, w,s yesterday brought before Mr. Serjeant Szetox and Mr. LAING, charged with obstructing the carriage-way, plying for hire without licence, and assaulting a constable. The complainant, a constable of the name of Cope, stated; • that sit.* the Comrhttictrherit of artlitjlorneet-fitir, Uri roads on each side leading from the Angel inn, at Islington, to the city, have been completely lined with carts, waggons, wains, and other carriages, plying for hire, and taking np passengers to and from Smithfield ; and so greA was the nuisance created by these vehicles, that the long stages and gentlemen's carriages could not possibly draw up in any one convenient spot. He- had orders, he said, from the Commissioners of the parish to remove these obstructions ; and accordingly, perceiving the defendant's cart for the space of three or four hunts that thorni--g to beet tatted in the catriage-way, without any person attending to it, he went to it, with a View of taking it to the green-yard; but he had no sooner laid hold of the horse's reins, than the defendant rushed out of a public-house, where he bad been at the time drinking, and wresting the reins out of his hands, swore he should never take his horse and cart away ; to a green-yard, and dared him again to lay bands on it. ,1 Cope, in the execution of his duty, persisted in removing what be considered to be a nuisance, and turning the horse's head in the direction of the green-yard, the defendant imtnediately struck him, and became so violent and obstinate that he had to take _him into custody and brit% him before the magistrates. The defendant being asked was his cart licensed, he replied that it was, when Mr. LAING informed Mr. Serjeant SELLON that those sort of vehicles, one-horse chaises, were licensed only to ply in Surrey,—that is, from London to Greenwich, from London to Croydon, &e., but. hail no permission whatever to ply at this side of the water, and inquired of the defendant where he had come from? The defendant replied, that he had come from the Kent-road, sent, thither by his master, who wished to turn his horse and earl to the best advantage during the time of the fair ; but he insisted that be had not drawn tip above ten minutes when the constable interfered; and he denied to the Magistrate the charge of having assaulted bins. Mr. Serjeant SELLON thought there was no harm in a man's endeavouring to turn to the most advantage such property ae a horse and cart during the fair, • but agreed with Mr. LAI so in fining the defendant ss. for the asasault. •  A person of the name of Bele, clerk to Thomas Stirling, Esq., the coroner, brought a woman in custody to this office yesterday, and applied to the Magistrate for an order of commitment to send her to the New Prison, under the following circumstances :—Some time ago a man having murdered a child of hers, in the parish of Maryleisure, an inquest was :held upon the body, and a verdict of wi;ful murder was returned by the Jury. Upon the Coroner's warrant the man was taken into custody, and fully committed. The woman, however, having since manifested a disposition to refrain from prosecuting the murderer, and having fled urwards of 70 miles into the country to avoid the necessity of doing en, she was pursued and taken, and he (the applicant) producing the Coroner's warrant for her apprehension, wished to have an order to secure her within the walls of a prison till the murder should be tried. Mr. LAING said he would have nothing to 'do in the case, and told him to get either a 'commitment from the Coroner or take the woman before the magistrates at Mary lebone police-office. The applicant and the female then left the office.