The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

HAMMERSMITH.
Dasailileindlord of the Rota andiCrown
hoses, , pablic-
was shamed with Imeing violently
ansaollad Jesse, a cab Myer, badge le. W.
The waluee. whose hie awl heed bees ..lea of recent
siumm, _depend that ea the night of the leth last. the de-
fendant tai his cab at the corm of Beak-street, and di-
rected him to drive to the Rae end Crown, in Knight*.
bridge. Defendant was annespenled by mother person,
and when he reasbed the Rees end Crown It was past 12
o'clock. Witness desseadel la, as his teed Are, being
Is. 4d. for the distance, and ed. bask earrings. The defen-
dant
offered him a shilling, wide It he refuel, end witness
ultimately consented to enter the Maio d Ile request of
the defendant, in order, as he egos-, to receive
hie fate. The defendant Rhin scared Yea a shilling,
and witness declined taking it. The delbadleat then
threatened to throw his out, eed kameilitstely col-
lared him for that posnese. A Meg& took place
between them, and the itchedeat sweet hlm about seven
times upon the face sad eyes. One of the defendant's
friends tripped witness up, anil=h he to the ground.
' While in that position, the again struck him,
and, according to the belief of wilawk eta defendant at-
tempted to Irmo vet Ids sight eye. The whiten here ex-
hibited his bee, and these were amend enstehes visible
under his eye. The detailed she upon hie chest
repeatedly, and witness wee astgtbd to call out for
assistance. The door of the Mese wee ultimately opened,
and witness was ejected by the delleket sad two other
per ens. The defendant refund te she bh nose, and said
it was painted up over the deer. nib use wee not painted
over the door, and witness sebeetesady eseertained the
defendant's name by a notion npos the be.., stating that
Donald Kennedy intended to apply he 'a Nemo to the
house. The witness added, that he had set been abie
drive his horse and cab since theoceurronsai seniequeses
of the severe nature of the injuries he bad steeled.
William Frost, a carpenter, and two Odor erltosseas,
stated on the night in question they heard a dieterionee
11 inside the Hose and Crown. The door war awed, and they
distinctly heard the cries of " Murder " Mild " for God's
sake don't gouge my eye out." The ;Niel became fainter,
and the crowd which had assembled outside knocked at the
door for it to be opened. The door was ultimately opened,
and the complainant was forced out. The defendant struck
him several times in their presence, and threatened to serve
one of the witnesses in a similar manner. The witnesses all
proved that the complainant appeared to have been most
severely ill-used, and that both his eyes were blackened and
swollen.
Witnesses were called for the defence, but inconsequence
of their contradicting each other,
Mr. Hendon said he could not believe them, sad tboafght
the ease for the prosecution had been made out. He im-
posed the full penalty of 51., with the alternative of impri-
sonment for two months. Its also ordered the defendant to
pay the 2s. for the eab-fare, and 21s. costa.
The money was paid.

TIIE EXPLOSION AT OLDHAM.—A third death has
resulted from the boiler explosion at °Wiens, on Monday
last, John Oartside, a man who worked la the Diamond
mill, having died that evening. The impose at the bodice
of the sufferers was essammaed_ by M. Darden, at the
Spread Eagle, Oldham, es Wednesday venous. The evi-
dence showed that dose the boiler whisk bee blunt was put
up in May last, it hae sever been atioadood to by anyone
who has been trained es an engineer. The brother of the
owner of the mill, who Sand for about two years was a
piece' in the factory, as weenie the mem of dos mill, end
the man Ilowarth, who comaseased to reesar the eolith
oa the morning of the explosion, althea* Ise it mid to
have manned engines praviossiihiaarp
spears le ben been
only an engineer's labourer. The at the eM Wier
were put (by Clough. the *woof of the mil) ayes the new
one, although it was of 21 breve power es eempared with
12. The mercury in the steam gale harks bees waned
when the new boiler was pot up, these he. new been a
steam gene in oonneedos with it. Akbs Ile wine
wed wee wobsdated only he the math/ bean, the en&
has bona kept within as ink ef the end ed he Ines ; eel
it news to ban bees ansidsred that the steam was not
ethleiestly high unless it tens escaping with thee
arm the valve. Tb• water has been, asseediag to
statensan ofMoak wed Ms brother, hes at a
whisk bee been beef wroth ea the Sep et Wm la.lt
thing was a4sened to Weiland ay ant, ht order that
Nee ownpolen miner wry moats he been, gad that
the widths, of Rower* may,if penible, be elleised as
to the state of the thin ea the sendag of the espieeka.