The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1862.

A juror—Can you judge at what speed the train was
?
ing
go
W iteess—l shouldsey at 25 miles an hour when it primed
the bridge.
By Mr. Marigold—l know nothing whatever of the
practical wisdom of the signaL 1 have known the nivel
for five years, and have watched it when I have been at
home. It always exhibits a red and white light. Since the
accident I have been up to look at it. There were some
gentlemen came down on both sides, and they disputed my
word, and since the accident I have satisfied myself that it
is a green light and not a red light.
By Mr. Metcalfe—lt is difficult at my house to make out
exactly what is the colour of the signal light. There is no
difficulty about it when it is white. In oar home when it
is not white we call it the dull light. lam certain it is the
danger signal. There was a continuation of the danger
signals from before the time they passed the signal-post
down to the time they reached the station.
Mr. Gold Symington—l am son of the last wawa. I
was going to bed when I heard the second excursion train
coming. I was half-undremed when I heard the denies"
whistle. I ran to the window to see what was the
matter. I saw the train coming over the bridge at the
rate of about 20 miles an hour, with all the breaks our, and
then I watched it till it ran into the other train. I did not
see the signal. I cannot see the signal from my bed-room
window. I heard the collision.
. _

A juror —ls it anything unusual to bear the danger
signal?
Witneu—lt ie. We seldom hear it there. When I first
heard the train, I heard two whistles. The sparks were
flying from the breaks.
The inquiry war then again adjourned until half•put nine
tomorrow morning.

Fawley, Bucks—E. Bairstow and S. Lister Bradford, Yorkshire,
cab proprietors—H. Hinckley and It. Hinckley. Queen'sroad,
Pimlico, cheesemongers—L W. Fogarty, 11. D., and .1. Bartlett,
Perey-circus.Pentooville, sai*eons—J. B. Roberts and L Smith,
Rood-lane, City, engravers—C. Davison and J. Davison, Man-
chester joiners—J. J. Wolff and F. Touchard, South.cretwent.
Tettenhamcourt-road, manufacturing jewellers—H. Wild and
J. Whitehead, Oldham, Lancashire. manufacturers—O. W.Lamb
and C. Parsons, Launceston and Liskeard. Cornwall, veterinary
surgeons—K L. Bullock, A. H. Bullock, and T. W. W. Bullock,
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, coalmasters, so far as regards A.
H. Bullock —T. Hughes and A. Darts Guildford, Surrey, hotel
keepers-11. lioldsworth and G. K Ashburner, Sheffield, and
New Broadatreet, London, hardware manufacturers—Joseph
Stevenson ;deceased). and John Stevenson, Sheffield comb ma-
nufacturers—ill, Lowe and J. Knowles, Brampton, Derbyshire,
earthenware manufacturere—C. P. Pitt and H. !Pick, Bir-
mingham, japanoesi,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
/AXES CROINLET, jun., Paisley, yarn printer, Sept. It at the
County Hotel. Paisley.
ALZIANDIER CARLYLZ SOMNIRVILIX Edinburgh, draper, Sept.
IS at Chapman's Rooms, Edinburgh.
JAXIS ROBERTSON, North Mains, of Letham, farmer, Sept. 13,
at the White Hart Hotel, Arbroath.
THOMAS Slavic. CLARK. Glasgow, clothier, Sept. 13, at the
Faculty Hall, Glasgow.
JoEl CsKelilLir Wills, !Krone, Argyllishise, baker, Sept. 11, at
the Faculty Hall. Glasgow.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION•HOU9g

A respeetable.looking man, who gave his name as Jobs
Penne, and described himself as • perfumer, residing at
1, Russell-terrace, Old Kent-road, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, in the custody of Packman, a detective officer,
with having in his possession in the shop of Mr.
Char es Hasa 15, Fenchurch-street, money changer, •
Bank of EngtAid note for 10/., which had been stolen,
without giving • satisfactory account of the same.
The Lord Mayor said the prisoner had not given such an
account as to clear him from very grave suspicion, and even
if he were innocent he felt that the evidence was such that
he ought not to discharge him without another examination.
He bad stated that he took the note in Baden Baden,
and he them comes to London to get it changed.
There were so many suspicious circumstances in
the ease, that he thought he was quite justified in detain-
ing the prisoner, and he should therefore remand him, in
order that the officers might make some further inquiries,
and ascertain, if ppoossasible, something farther respecting the
prisoner's antecedacte.
Mr. Wontner hoped that his lordship would allow the pri-
soner to go on bail, but his lordship said that, even if the
prisoner were innocent, he had placed himself under very
grave suspicion by the amount which he gave of himself,
and under all the circumstances he would decline admit-
ting the prisoner to bail.
The prisoner was then remanded.
A rather good-looking young woman, having the appear-
ance of a trpay, who gave her name as Isabella Bartlett,
was placed at the bar charged with stealing a child, aged
three years, named Maud Oraveur, from the door of her
parents' residence, 7, Duke-street, Aldgate.
It appeared that the child's parents, Mr. and Mn.
Oraveur reside at No. 7, Duke-street, Aldgate, and on
Thursday evening the servant took the child for a walk,
and returned at half-past seven, and was sitting on the door
step with the child in her arms. Mr. Gravear went out, and
the child seeing him went after him to kiss him, end the
servant happened to look round a minute after and saw the
prisoner walking up the street with the child in her arms, end
the child's bat on her head. She followed her up the street,
and as they pared one of the houses a young man, named
Joseph Meyers, knew the child, and seeing her in the pri-
soner's arms, stopped her, and asked where she was taking
her to„ and the prisoner replied that she was only taking her
for • walk, as she did other people's children. The servant
told the prisoner she bad the child's hat on, and she said she
knew she had. Mrs. Gravour was then sent for, and upon the
arrival of • policeman the prisoner was given into custody.
triaL
The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed for

George Sheen, a young man apparently about nineteen
years of age, was charged with burglariously breaking out of
the warehouse of Messrs. Fisenden, No. 1, Idol-lane, fruit
brokers.

At about three o'clock yesterday morning police.
constable Moseley, 588, was on duty in Idol-lane,
when be heard • noise as if a door were opened.
He drew into the shade of a doorway, and heard some one
whisper, "It's all clear," and the next minute he saw the
prisoner jump from the loophole on the first floor of No. 1,
Idol-lane. He followed them down to the bottom of the
lase, where they separated, and he followed the prisoner,
who, seeing him, ran away. He followed him twice round
St. Dunstan's Churchyard, and on the road the prisoner
dropped a dark lantern. He was, however, ultimately
stopped by police-constable 525, in Botolph-lane. He wee
taken to the station, and on being searched 229 pency
postage stamps, one receipt stamp, 3e. in money,
and two bundles of cigars, were found on him.
On the warehouse being examined on the arrival
of Mr. Fisenden, it wee found that two desks
had been broken open, and about 21. in postage stamps,
21. 16.. in money, four bundles of cigars, sod some smaller
articles, were missing. A chisel was found in the counting-
house, which erectly corresponded with the marks on the
desk. An entrance, it appeared, had been effected by the
attic window, to which a plank wee stretched across from •
new building opposite
The prisoner, who seemed to treat the matter with perfect ,
indifference, wee committed for trial.

Witness—The left-hand barrel.
lir. Yardley—What with ?
Witness—Powder and hell, and there was a cap on the
nipple (witness held up the pistol for his worships inspec-
tion. It was an ordinary sued pistol).
Mr. Yardley—ls the barrel loaded now?
Witty—. o air. The charge was drawn at the station.
He then produced the ball taken from the left-hand barreL
Mr. Yardley—Who has the other ball?
Witness—The surgeon, your worship On searching the
prisoner at the station we found on him LIMO percueince
cap two bullets, and a peso° warrant
Mrs, . Yardley—A pesos warrant! Let me look at it.
After looking at it, his worship said it had been granted
from this court upon the complaint of the prisoner's wife.
Mr. Henry Smith hood surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital,
said a woman named Barkly was admitted into the hospital,
suffering from a pistol shot wound in the chest. She all in
a the W very condition, from the wound being so near
ag.
Mr. Yardley—Did von extract the ball?
Mr. Smith—Yes, sir. (He now produced it, and it fitted
the pistol °sadly).
Mr. Yardley—Can the wife attend here in a week ?
Mr. Smith—No, sir. It will be at least a month, if she
recovers at all

Prisoner was then remanded.
HAMMIUMMITII.

Stephen Joseph Messy, wbo was described in the polies
sheet as the editor of the Lancashire Free Press, was
brought before Mr. Dayman for re•examinatton, on a charge
of obtaining goods by false pretences.
On this occasion Mr. H. F. Wood defended the prisoner,
who appeared to be suffering from illness, and was allowed
to be slated in the dock.

It will be recollected that the prisoner wu charged with
obtaining goods on the faith of letters purporting to hue
been sent to him from the Audit•office of the International
Exhibition, in which be was made to have a sum
due to him from the commissioners for advertising in the
Lancashire Free Preu newspaper. The letters bore the
signature of a Mr. Henderson, for Mr. J. J. Mayo.
The first witness examined on this occasion was Mr. John
Joseph Mayo, who stated that he was the chief financial
officer of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1862. He
was shown two letters dated the llth and 21st of Anguet,
and he stated that he knew nothing about them. They
had not been written by the commissioners or his authority.
They had no officer of the name of Henderson iu their ser-
vice. He had had no dealing with a person of the name of
Maury, and he believed the commissioners had not. The
two letters had been written on their forms.
In cross-examioation the witness said that all letters
which were sent out of his department were written on
paper of the description of the two letters produced. There
was an office in the building not connected with the com-
missioners, where the public could write letters by
paying a fee. He had never been in that office, and he
could not state what description of paper was used. The
paler on which the two letters were written was exclusively
supplied to the commissioners for the use of their offices. So
far as he knew the paper was only used by the commis.
doziers and their officers in the building, and not anywhere
else. There is a room used by reporters. They &resup-
plied with the paper in question. That room was one
of the offices of the commissioners. He did not know any
gentleman connected with the press of the name of
Henderson.
Mr. Dayman inquired whether the commissioners had
wed in ' • -

advertised in the Litileadirc Pme Press oewspaper.
Mr. Mayo said be was no aware that they had. He bad
been informed that the newspaper had not been published
for some months.

In answer to further questions,
Mr. Mayo said that moat of the advertisements weed
through his office, but not all. lie, however, could produce
the advertising agent to swear that no advertisements had
been sent to the Lancashire Free Press.
Mr. Wood submitted that there was no evitesce to show
that the letters had not been written by Maf. Ilendorson.
The paper in question was used all over the building, and
any person could obtain it.
Daymao said it would be a question for a jury to
consider whether the letters were of the apparent genuine
character as to induce tradesmen to part with their goods on
credit.

Police-constable Smart, of the D division, was next exa-
mined, and he created some confusion in the case respecting
the finding of the two letters. Ultimately, he explained
thatone wee found upon the prisoner when he was taken into
custody on Saturday night, the 23rd ult., and the other was
handed to him by one of the prosecutors. It appeared that
the second letter was found in the prisoner's room two
days after he was taken into custody, by the landlady's son.
Sergeant Warren made a statement which confused the
case more. Be was at the station when the prisoner was
brought in. He at first hesitated to take the charge, but on
the production of one of the letters he entered the charge.
The letter was found on the prisoner. and it was dated
the 21st of August. The prosecutor, John Martin, in the
name of Mr. Whitby, a stationer, of Westbouroe-grove, stated
that it was on the strength of that letter he was induced
to let therrisouer have the church service.

The avifauna of the witness Martin was that the transac-
tion took place on the 16th of August.
Police•constable Smart further stated that on Wednesday
last he searched the prisoner's room, and found in his trunk
several of the commissioners' blank forms.

Mr. Wood appealed strongly for the dismia►l of the case,
on the ground of the discrepancies in the evidence, and also
that there was no false pretence. He said it was simply •
cue of credit.

Mr. Dayman fully committed the prisoner for trial on the
three charges ; but at the request of Mr. Wood he formally
remanded him for eight days, to pass over the next serious.
Re consented to accept two sureties in btll. each.