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now ?" and the guard replied, 

 «< Drive on, you must not keep 

 the mail all day." Plaintiff was 

 four or five yards from the coach. 

 Witness could not say he was 

 near enough to hear what passed 

 between the coachman and guard. 

 He then went into the Harp, 

 eight or ten yards off; by this 

 time the coach had passed on, 

 having staid its full time, if not 

 more. 



On cross-examinationhe stated, 

 that the ferry-charge for foot- 

 passengers was a penny ; for a 

 man and horse two pence ; but 

 the coach outside passengers 

 paid sixpence, the inside a shil- 

 ling. The coachman never went 

 off without the passengers paying, 

 for they alwaj^s paid, though he 

 had known difficulties arise. He 

 usually made his demand after 

 breakfast, when the coach was 

 going off. He went himself to 

 the magistrate with Mr. Salmon. 

 Did not recollect four passengers 

 being left behind. 



Mr. Roberts the post-master of 

 Conwa)', related the circumstance 

 of the altercation about the fare, 

 much in the same way as the 

 preceding witness. The plaintiff 

 had said he would never pay such 

 a d d imposition. 



Chief-Justice Abbott. — He was 

 perfectly justified in saying so. 



The witness proceeded to state, 

 that 30/. had been taken off his 

 salary to pay for the ferryage of 

 the mail bag. He had formerly 

 been allowed?/. IO5. for the same 

 purpose, but he had never paid 

 any part of it to the ferryman; 

 General Lloyd was the proprietor 

 of the ferry ; and, he believed, 

 had a remuneration for a term of 

 years, for caiTying over the bag. 



Chief Justice Abbott here in- 

 timated that the ferryman, post- 

 master, and coachman ought all 

 to be indicted. 



Roberts, a shopkeeper, gave a 

 similar account of the transac- 

 tion, and stated that he did not 

 see any one hinder the plaintiff 

 from mounting the coach. After 

 the dispute was over plaintiff' 

 went down the street. 



Rev. Robert Williams said, 

 that the ferryman prevented 

 plaintiff from mounting, but the 

 coachman did nothing to prevent 

 him. 



Chief Justice Abbott. — No- 

 thing but driving off. 



Another witness of the name 

 of Williams stated, that a person 

 came to plaintiff, and said, the 

 coach was waiting for him. He 

 answered, he would be bothered 

 with it no longer. 



On cross-examination, he said, 

 the coach was out of sight, and 

 he only heard a person shout. 

 The road turned round a corner 

 close to the post-office, where 

 the coach stood during the dis- 

 pute. 



Mr. Scarlett, for the plaintiff, 

 having commented on the cir- 

 cumstance that neither the guard 

 nor the person who shouted were 

 called to give evidence, and 

 having stated that the plaintiff 

 had followed the coach up the 

 hill out of Conway, and had made 

 a second attempt to mount, which 

 the coachman resisted, unless the 

 plaintiff would pay for the ferry, 



Chief Justice Abbott summed 

 up, and stated that the demand 

 of 6d. or Is. for the passage of 

 the ferry was an illegal demand ; 

 that if the plaintiff had been left 

 behind in an attempt to resist the 



payment 



