The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-24 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

(THIS DAY.)

XA3LBOROUGH4TRIUST.

BIGAXT.
Witham Omen Taylor was charged before Mr. Tyrwbitt
with feloniously intermarrying with Sarah Ellen Holton,
his first wife being at the time and now alive.
Charles Butcher, 137 C, produced an extract from the
registrar's book of marriages of St: George's, Hanover-
square. The extract was a truo copy of the entry of the
marriage between William Taylor and Hannah Green, in
g ber, 1852.
etten. Christians Green, of Charlotte-street, Old Kest-
road, mid she was present at the marriage of the prisoner
land her niece, Hannah Green, and signed the register. Her
niece was in court that day.
Swab Ellen Holton, a respectable-looking young woman,
living at 4, Stanhopestrect, May Fair, saW ebe was mar-
ried to the primmer on the 18th of August BM at High
Wycombe Church, Buckingluunshire, the 'prisoner always
representing himself to her as a single man.
Emma Holton, sister of the last witness, deposed to being
present at the marriage of the prisoner and her sister, and
mining the register.
The primer was committed for trial.
It appears that he was taken into custody this morales
on leavieg the Hones of Correction. when be had been
coofiDed for one month for ameaultiag his second
wife, be being at the time in the service of Lady Carteret,
as coachniao. His conduct to both females has been
of the most brutal nature. A week after be was married to
his Ant wile be amosalted her, sod his conduct became so is-
tolerable that she was obliged, with her child, to leave him. He

followed her to her friends and prevailed on her to live
with him egatuoind she cioneented to do so only to be treated
wane than before, end at last he left her with the child
dependent upon her. Ills conduct to his mooed wife wan
of snob • nature that at last she was compelled to give him
late custody, and he was, as above stated, committed
for a mouth with hard labour.

WORSHIP-STRUT.
Deriainirea smiler AT 5ILS•DINTIIII01401.
Maria Pearson, 90 years of sr, was charged before Mr.
Cooke with attempting to comma suicide poise.
The prisomer, a tins young
_woman, but whose Counts.
tines was eiromply marked with trams of much and reosat
sedetteg, was masted late the deck, end with difieul •
supported Derail through Mie following examination go' •
witaisseis
Dr. neib—Abont 2 o'clock yesterday was
salad Is.
Gua-skeet, wheztittri
upper book foam, I found the primmer in a most
state, and Mahe violently; a bottle that had contained
laudanum sad a Moil bra with oxalid acid in it were near
her. I ladaatlyperseired that she had takes a portion of
each, sad proase Sat bur the expulsion of the palsies
by etnetice—the acid, Swaim unintended by her, acted to
a certain extent as as astitiote to the lands:um, of which
she must have taken a isiadderable quantity. The ex.
haustion, which at intervals boded to insensibility, con.
timuld until 8 o'clock in the seeming, and she is yet very
weak.
Penn, 39 ll—Prom information given to me by s lodger
in the house, and who had beard the prisoner groaning, I
went there, and she was then in such • state that I instantly
went for Dr. Tandy. She has not made any statement to
me withrspeot to the cause of the attempt, or as to where
she rreedd the poleoas from.
Dr. Tandy—l have been given to understand that she is
la great distreee, sad that her husband is an inmate of the
loosi=zate
(to pissed—Do you wish to my anything
now
Primaer—Only that I took the poison in consequence of
sot having any food. My Instead has been in the hoepital
a eoasidetabie time, and dads( it I have been compelled to
part with everything for food. He was to have come oat
this day, but I afterwards heard that it was imposaiblc,
and I andd bear my position no longer.
Mr. Cooke—Where are your parents and friends'.
Prisoner—l have no father, mother, or friends.
Mr. Cooke—Where do you come from, and how long have
you bees in London !
Primmer-1 came from Norwich four years since, and have
best in Leaden during that time.
Mr. Cooke—Have you any family!
Prisouer—Not say, sir.
Mr.Ooeke—l shell remaadlyon that some inquiries may be
made, and also to aseertain what eon be done to assist you.
The primmer we removed in a cab to the House of Do.
testier.

CLERICENWELL.

21T111011DUILIIT SLOVEN/AT.
John Baton, aged 34, a dirty-looking fellow, described as
• brick maker, was charged with stealing a coat ands large
quantity of other article., the property of Jonatkuut Row-
land, a pig feeder, of Hormey-
The complainent said—The prisemm is a etionntral,sod
eloed with my wife on Sa,& night. She was a very
kindp wife, but she went away wish him and took all my
thinp, and I have since got beak a cart-load. The primmer
has lodged with me since last Whitsuntide. Although my
wife went away with him on Saturday night, he forced her
away, saying he would kill her if she did not go. My dear
wife has told me all about it, and it is a bad lob, for she
would not have gone had he not been • bad fellow and
forced her.
Prisoner—Why, she would have gone away with me
three months ago if I would have taken her. You have
used her badly, and not behaved as a man towards her, and
that's why she liked me. She loves my little finger better
than your whole body, and you know it. Yon never gave
her lialf enough to eat, and all you are fit for is to feed the
pi (A
u
tor—My wife is now in mart, and loves me. (
la 1.
gh;.o6)
Mr. Mould (chief clerk)—She appetites to be • very nice
wile!
Presecator—She was always a good wife to me until
three months ago. She has always stuck me until that
fellow there (pointing to the prisoner) came to my home,
and was very kind sod good.
The pass here stated that the prisoner slept in the same
mom with a• prosecutor sad his wife, and that the prisoner
did net go out of • morning until some hours after the pro-
genitor went to work.
Mould (to the prosecutor)—Yon were good enough to
let the prisoner sleep in the same room as your wife? You
mid& to be ashamed of yourself, and are old enough to .
Imre better.
Alfa prosecutor—My room is a large room. and I did not
Seat it was any harm for us all to sleep there. The cost
produced in my property.
Mr. Samuel Dyer, in the employ of Mr. Bryant, pawn-
broker, produced • omit pawned by the prisoner on the 15th
inst.., and stated that the prisoner had pawned other articles
beloagiog to the prosecutor.
Other evidence having been given,
The prieoner said he was not guilty. He was cohabiting
with the prosecutor's wife, and she bad given them to him
to pawn.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial, and bail re-
fused.
WANDSWORTH.
CHURCH RATE DIBIPOTZ AT ligthan.
Mr. Jams C. Hodes, at Balham, was summoned before
Mr. loghnm for refusing to paying • church rate.
Last week a number of the tants of Wham were
summoned by the churchwardens of St. Mmy's,
Balbam, which is an eceleeisatic4 district foamed
out of the parish of Streatham by an order in
council, dated August, 1555, for ref using to pay • tate of
4d. in the pound made in June last. The proceedings
excited considerable interest, and the court was 3Usd by
gentlemen anxious to bear the summonses. The parties
objected to ray the rate, on the ground that the thatch-,
wardens of St. May's, Haltom, had so bower to make
a church rate, as the inhabitants of the district church
were still liable to pay rates to the mother church
of Streatham. In consequence of the defendants
having given a bond fide notice of their intention to dis-
puta the validity of the rate, the jurisdictioa of the
magistrate was ousted by the act of George the Third,
and Mr. Ingham accordingly forbore giving judgment, leer-
ing the churchwardens to settle the dispute in the Ecclea
siastical Court. All the defendants answered to =immoral
with the exception of Mr. Hodges and another gentleman,
and as it was necessary that they should attend to give their
reasons for not paying the rate, warrants were Maned
with instructions that they should be used in the foam of
summonses.
On the see Wei called, Mr. Hodges appeared, sod first
apologised for not attending on the last occasion. He did
not attend, simply for the reason that there were so many
gentlemen that he thought they would be suflicieut.
Mr. Ingham said he did mot with to involve him in litiga-
tion without his consent. He was desirous of knowing
from him whether it was his iutestiou of joining the party in
their opposition to the case, or whether be would submit.
Mr. Hodges maid he concurred entirely iu time opposition
given to the rate, and gave the same notice of objection as
in the other crass.
Mr. Ingham aompted the objection, and forbore as in the
other mess to give judgment.
In the ease of the other defendant, Mr. Deno, the °Meer
stated that he bad paid the rate.

CILOWN-OFFICE, DEC. 20.—ME.tuthu KM:ImM
TO WAVE it Slsu Mann PAR HAM Witt,
of Beaton Lodge, is the county of Southampton, I,eq., fee
the borough c 4 Andover, is the room of bleary Beaustost
Cola, Req., deossenl-04unfte.
CONVICTION OF AN ENGINE Dutyßß. —At the
Guildhall, Rochester, yesterday, George Mellor an engine
driver is the employ of the London, Chatham, Dove
Railway, was charged with vow neglect of duty. The
prisoner was the driver of the passenger train, which left
Dover for Victoria at 8.48 p m., on Sunday evening. On
arriving at Rochaitenbridge, the train which had Pte.
viously been travelling at its proper speed, euddealy cams
to a standstill in oonnequenoe of the prisoner laving
failed to keep the boiler supplied with • sufficient rime.
tity of water. On the engine being examined the tube-
plates had become rent, and the fire-box nearly destroyed.
The gym at which the train stopped was one where had not
the proper precautions been taken, an accident was exceed-
ingly likely to have taken place. The engine tinder had
taken in a sufficient supply of water at the Chatham station,
and it was only by the grimmest negligence on the part of the
prisoner that the engine had not been kept !applied. The pit-
sonar, in his defeat" stated that in parsing through the
tunnel the glass water gum,u of the boiler was broken, ass
he bad then to work the boiler by tape. The injectori
filling the boiler had been working uutil the engiue amved
at Chatham. The magistrates convicted the pr.wrer in •
penalty of SI. and costa, and is default 14 days immisoa-
moot. Their worships remarked that, in any future we ci
negligesoe oa the London, Chatham, and Diner
Railway,
they would be imprisoned without inflicting
iu this ewe • ems. The
company bad acted very properly in prowicutiog .
Tan CASE OF THE RSV. Ma. Dl'L•commt.--,
Although the petitions—referred to in our columns yesten
y—Wd down at the Royal Exchange, Tontine, and other
• ass throughout the City of Glasgow, were ooly permitted
to remain a few hours, so fewer than 8,000 sigoatures were
attached to them, thus showing the pretty general interest
taken to the manner by all depominatiom. At the
change sloes shout '270 gentlemen adhibited their name.
One of those who signed in the Royal Institution Roma
was the Rev. Norman Macleod, of the Barony. We under.
stead that the petition and signatures were sent off to Sir
George Grey an Monday eight; and in the afterooon.
Messrs. Burns !iodides:4mm, writers, proceeded to Edinburgh
to instruct their agent' to raise an action of suspension and
liberation io Mr. hi'llinghlin's behalf. Another petition
has been laid down for signature, praying that "no altera-
tion of the sentence should be sanctioned, "
exospting apes
ea
application direct from the offending party. containing
se eAmowledgmect without reservation, of his error.--
North British Neil.
Mali PACIIT CONTRACTS.—It is stated that the
tender of the Royal Mail Steam Cempaoy for the service to
Brazil and the River Plate, for a period of seven years, sod
far an annual payment of 33,5001., has been accepted. nil
payment is but little more than the prevent amount of so
postage ; and it is folly expected, from the gradual Marcelo
of the postage, that, taking the whole period into accoviti
this service will be self erupporting.

Tits

AT anmaNrts MAIN

COLLIERY.

BARNSLEY, TS/18DA7.
Alter two and a half hours' deliberation the jury
reiessed the following reshot :

" We And that William Davy and George Pickering mane
to their deaths by en explosion of gas In Edmund's Man
pit on Monday, the Bth of December, 1862. For their ins.
mediate death we are unable to attach blame to any indi-
vidual, The jery at the same time desire to express tbsir
unanimous opinion that the MIN) of the explosion was
owing to the incautious and unsafe working of the clip board
of this colliery. The mode of blasting with powder they
(the jury) consider to have been highly injudicious, and feel
sure that is ought sot to have been allowed by the ander-
viewer or prosecuted by th. workmen."
Mr. E. Parker protested against the verdict.