The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.
Cling DAY.)

WORMIPSTREET.
A DISGRACE TO THE FAIRLY,

Charier Collins, a-i-rell7dWas;isyrZti,•boot 1G years of
age, was charged with robbing furnished lodgings.
This use was first before the court on the 15th nit.,
when • Mrs. Wrsgg, residing in Eimer-street, Bethnal-
green-rued, stated that the prisoner engaged • sleeping
apartment at her house in the early part of that month,
and left after the lapse of four days; that on the fol-
lowing morning she missed from • trunk which had
been forced open wearing apparel value between tines and
four pounds, her husband's property ; • little girl who was
the only potion in the house when prisoner left, deposed
that she saw him go oat with • carpet bag. A screw-
driver produced was stated to have been seen in his pos-
seesion previously ; marks on the trunk showed clearly it bad
been opened with it. The charge was stoutly denied, and
prisoner was remanded. . . . . .

A mooed case was now brought forward, by the evidence
in which it appeared that another lodger in the same house,
peaked Thomas William,, had been robbed of an entire
suit of clothes betides boots and other articles on the
very morning that prisoner made off. The kiea in this
instance was of corresponding to the other, so that the
thief in the short spare of • sojourn had stolen to the
value of 81., and a pawnbroker producedsomeof the clothing
pledged in the name of Collins. _ . .

Se;leant Chapman, 27K, who apprehended the prisoner
at another lodging in the same greet as that where the
robbery had been committed, said he had strong be.
lief that the remainder of the property would be
discovered, and • segues named Andrews proved
the screw-driver to have been in possession of the
prisoner. The parents and relatives of the prisoner were
present, and it was mentioned that he had left • respectable
borne about • month since, in consequence of some trivial
quarrel with his father.
Prisoner now admitted the charge, and wee fully com-
mitted for trial at the eessioos.
THAMES.
A DANGEROUS LEAP FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

E/11,114 Dear, an interesting, well-dressed, and intelligent
little girl, about 13 years of age, appeared before Mr. We
on • slimmer which charged Ler with leaving a railway
carriage while in motion, contrary to the bye-laws of the
North London and Blac.kwall Railway Companies.
It appeared from the evidence of Amos Maynard, goods
inspector on the North London line, that on the arrival of
a train from Hampstead and intermediate stations on Thurs-
day fortnight at the Stepney Junction station, and before it
had stopped, he saw the defendant with her arm on the
door of • second-class carriage in the act of getting out.
She jumped on to the platform whilst the train was
in motion, and fell, and narrowly escaped with her
life. The step or scraper of the next carriage caught her
dress and pulled her towards London, and her dress becom-
ing entangled in another carriage turned her about again.
He rushed forward and dragged her from the carriage as it
was dragging her along. She was in the greatest possible
danger and was severely injured.
The girl said her head and shoulder were bruised ; that
she saw gentlemen jump out of the carriage, and that it
stopped and gave a jerk, when she laid her hand on the
door, and was thrown down on the platform.
Maynard said the train was not stopped when some gen-
tlemen jumped out of the carriages. The prisoner followed
after them, and the train went • full carriage length after
the prisoner jumped out.
Mr. Selfe said he was very sorry indeed that the girl was
injured, it would be • warning to her as long
as she lived not to leave • railway carriage
while the train was in motion. He regretted that
the railway company had not summoned the men who
jumped from the railway carriages while the train was in
motion. If that had been done he would have fined them
very severely. He could nut altogether pass over the offence
of the girL He fined her 2s. 6d. without meta.
The mother of the girl begged of the magistrate to release
her daughter, and maid she had no money to pay the fine.
Mr. Selfe—You ought not to come to a police court with-
out money. Go home, and fetch the money. Your daugh-
ter shall not be locked up, but the fine must be paid.
The mother said she lived in Islington, and had a small
income. She was about to leave the court, when a gentle-
man lent her half-a-crown to pay the fine, and the girl was
liberated.

MELANCHOLY INTERRUPTION Or A WEDDING.

An inquiry was held by Mr. H. Raffles Walthew,
the deputy-coroner, at the Lord Liverpool tavern, Mile-end,
late last night, mulcting the death of Richard Thompson,
aged 50 years, who expired suddenly on Wednesday last
owing to the excitement consequent on the intended mar-
riage of his daughter.
Miss Eliza Thompson said that her marriage was fixed to
take place on the morning in question, and that when she
attired herself in her wedding dress she went into the parlour
to show herself to her father. He seemed to become at once
greatly excited, and almost immediately fell on the floor,
f3he screamed for help, and Mr. Church, to whom she was
about to be married, ran in and lifted him on to a chair, and
Dr. Tainton was sent for. Witness immediately put off the
marriage, as her father appeared to be in a dying state, and
he died in four hours.
Mr. D. Church gave similar evidence.
Dr. Tainton said that the deceased died from effusion on
the brain, produced no doubt by the excitement consequent
on seeing his daughter in her bridal dream as described.
The Coroner said that the circumstances of the death of
the deceased were peculiarly affecting. He had lately pre-
sided in a somewat similar but more painful case at Totten-
ham, in which the parent of the bride banged himself in a
moment of insanity brought about by the excitement on the
evening before the marriage. The daughter, however, did
not display the good feeling evinced by the parties in the
present case, because she caused the marriage to be pro-
ceeded with, and she wakat the instance of the jury, obliged
to attend attired as she war in her wedding dress to give
art:Macau to the caused her father's suicide.

Tbe jury returned a verdict " That Richard Thompson
died from apoplexy from excitement."

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