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Refusing to pay fare, &c.
mayor to award satisfaction,
levied on refusal to pay by distress and sale.
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XXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall refuse to pay any coachman, post chaiseman, driver, or carrier, the money justly due to him for his said fare, or shall wilfully break or deface any such hackney coach, post chaise, chair, sedan, cars, drays, or carts, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said mayor of said city, for the time being, or his sufficient deputy, upon complaint made and after one summons directed by him to the party or parties complained against, finally to hear and determine the matter complained, and upon proof made thereof upon oath by one or more credible witness or witnesses, or by the confession of the party to award reasonable satisfaction to the party aggrieved for his damages and costs, to be levied upon refusal to make such satisfaction, by warrant under the hand and seal of the said mayor of the said city, tor the time being, or his sufficient deputy, by distress and sale of the offenders goods and chattles, rendering the overplus (if any be) to the owners.
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