The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-01 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COCRT.—YMTIRDAY.
More Mr. Baron Alderson.
Tan COLLISION ore MB SOITTI WWWIIII RAILWAY.
S. Freaky, 22, enene.driver, and W. Watkins, 20, labourer,
surrendered to take their trial upon an inaie'ment, charging
that they being employed upon the South Western Railway,
and having the care of the Vulture engine, contrary to their
duty drove upon the main line at a time when they well
knew another engine war about to arrive, thereby causing
a collision and the death of Richard Perry.
Kr. Bodkin opened the case for the prosecution, observing
that the only object sought by the prosecutors was, that a
matter of such strives importance to the public as a death
arising from a .collision allfged to be the result of negli-
gence upon a railway should be fully and properly inquired
into.
Kr. D. Campbell, eminent to Mr. Locke, the engineer of
the railway, poodaced a plan et the Richmond line, upon
which the accident cionerred,poisted out the spat where an
engine, coming from the obi shinned maiden, would
diverge to go aim the min Lae; and he enpleised that a
distance ct 190 yerde would intervene between the point
when two makes would just clear cask other and the mis-
time. It likewbe appeared that sa engine coming down
from London might bi men at a distant, of 655 3 ards from
a Mein point shown upon the plan.
Oesee•aamiaed.—Tbere an two stations at Richmond,
eau kr the Dalastlien sad the other bolouging to the old
Hishmend Mae.. There wan am elbow, or curve, before an
enema got upon the meta line, and at that elbow then wee
&VIM up and clown die line. By the court: It was quite
dark at the time this accitlent happened, but there were two
powerful lamps on the front buffers of the engine of the ex.
was train (between which and the Vulture the collision
teak place):
Mr. Gooch, the superintendent of the locomotive deport-
ment upon the railway, deposed that the prisoner Healey
was employed as driver, and Watkins as stoker ; and on the
17th November they were In charge of the Vulture engine,
which was in the employment of a sub-contractor for thZ
purpose of ballasting. After concluding the day's work it
was the duty of the privoners to report themselves, and to
place the engine in a shed and not go out ago' without
o-clers. A book containing the roles and regulations of the
company with regard to the duties &engineers was here put
in.—Witness relined to the rule which provided that an
engine should never be changed upon the main line or be
lett upon the main line at a period when strain was
to arrive,—and by another role the engine driver was :Told
to keep a amanita look-out forward, so that he might be
prepared to see any obstruction upon the line, or to observe
any ognal that might be made, and the &MAW wee res.
Meld- to do the same. By another rule, the dtirats were
direeYd net to allow any persons to rids the engine,
withal* eke vsibtln authority of a super &Beer of the
Kr. Gooch then stated that had tried an ex.
nab on engias in the some mitten as that driven
himiaats ea the night when the aseident happened,
and r owed the Mess in a abase of thirty-seven
—. The &dm of the oe teak paseelly shat elf kis
sham at a Khans, dash hase•Mmi el a mile hem the
Itishmood states.
ga=eMs:ste, • Mama in the envies of Mr. Brainy, a
„ tossed that be bed teen working et bal.
Imllagiellit lOW INglime on the hp la "Mien It was his
Ms a ash of the time the • was employed when dew gel to the stadia at Mdimenti, it wanted
them abate w Ire. The ballot-wygeaa were pat away,
cad the
at
left is beet OM Whams after-
MI6 Dew at a bemehep am the station where he
me Need by atkias. Is a few mimeos, same ate maw
In eel Paid Uwe was emel the man with the engine,
and Watkins wait away Wilms thsa west,
assempaniral by the deemed, and a man named Andrews,
sell mother lamer, to the engine, and they all got up
with the Omen eel the eosins was put in motion; and
what tiAthefiragarieldisimen Healey said, ".0k deiram,
aweppiersei
the info the ems. leabs." Watkins umaslistely
linen sad the effect was sash has
witness was throws isekwasi, and almost inmedlaisly
the sedition took gime. Hs that he Women was
wanlJ Mjured, sad the deemed was thrown off the
bend killed.
lur. Ballantim—Aitheesk the break gave a very
great Met, ft did rest Mop he saline, but the speed was
very. miseblly amiesed when the sollision took plays.
H was at his prmeaSegt the engine when the Ged-
des% and vas mho at his place by the
breles, ad they were set am than four or Ave
miles ma boar. Their Woad= was to go up to Vauxhall
kr Me. The pelmet Healey himself was very severely
Waved by the modish.
J. Aadrews,aaelinklabourer la the lonia Ilmm,
gave Moir *Mimeo with roped to the aramer la wuren
Me saddest tesk Peen He also amid that a few Mahn before
they started Bede, pedal out his watch, sad looked at •
time bill and then add they mat be alf. and they all went
"I 411.2 amile= Milen—By Mr. Ballstrainit
H all people ea the aghe to jump MI,
butte Massif Mopped la it td the edibles teek pees,
I mills hi all he maid to mend It. He was endued to
bis ad esvirel weeks afterwards, la massermase lithe
110Calle resolved.
Pitt, a labium mmieged on the lien deposed that
he me ieformaties to Walkih mho,h was set
that
waft la lbe boiler of the Valens and be mid that
be immedisisly west is the melee and moved it in order
week so the water We the IMSer. At this Me there was
sa bah the Mesa miautos to six The
md that
WM was la debar—Dy the Coen : The omen Iran
• seppossi to Wee be Whalen atm this whom rash.
Kenn Aidesesa semkeiltine mike prime's WOO aware
ef this feet, they might have sepias& that they mesh lave
bedtime to get ups the mash Ike bobre the mom train
weeidemive.
that► Webber, • poiatmem implepti upon the lien
he saw Widths Ewe the-eights, and he told %t
meet set go up Ike Mee as a tnia was la eight. He replied
that he was only rig to get water, and he west up
the
ihe a siert ham sad Una retuned to the Md. he
welkary ad. them sone up, and directly sibiewoods he
Va*Net alertewpd a mmeadbola and at the ems mime be
=he eassiag u He immedistely
11. awl —bibiled aad lights" a signed if eager to the
Mean the Vamp sad abo **gamma bah bet the
driven,7z. phases passeeded up the liate, smiths
tech anset immshately.
Ihnkanisi am, the elver of the mem train, dopes&
that they were two minales beidad time when they Marled
from Leaden. They wit des at Bielmend et sir *Meek
bat they were five or sk Wombs WS. He shut et the
steam at the mail apt, add when be arrived at a plebs
shift Wooden Bridge be saw a nivel to come with WM-
tics, ant that signal was eadhaly tamed away, :whisk it
Yin to lisle abed sal be taw as eagles am
eat ef the al sialka shed. As inamellatelg ph ea the
breaks and monad lis tapas, but was mbie to prevent a
'ethos
there
keen is .
sell plea. By Mr. Belkatine : It a•
Mang rainywere a peat many decayed
leaves Mem ands the lino greasy sad prevented the
breaks *ea meddas repel,. He howl gnatdialolitis
=the breaks to sok ant he had frequendy stoma in
Kelm, that he wee able to do ea this night.
Mr. Dash and the sieges of the eceapaay, deposed
that saw Meshy hed be the bask Its had no
beldam to OMB eau elpda wthsaturempress
sal if be heiLlim, asks k meld have besartidiry°lttZ
get Mlles to kr it.
The woe me lir the prosecution.
Mr. Balleadne then abused the jury on behalf of the
The pe
prison ees.
g returned a verdict of nott2.l:solat at the same
time said they were ordain' the bed
peat nosiest in not of
sheadkg strenions.alma The
mike me thee reseeded, and the Omen were ordered
le be diesherged frem antody.
The islimeint win MI been wined at hem
smisas, =
spa
he wheat t wee memed Is mem a
01 law lalead, whisk lave boss
la t Court of Crinkled Appeal, were lbw
le mesh* matimes, the jape having
*tit mt
hsreal to
amid ere Msollbubd• *died
Sara% Waters, madeled ef nosilt la kaki
mama Ms death of her illegltindedditryn=lasa
a thwitsep, ins sestmeed to be in
hind Mem ter two yam
11•110 Wpm, a ink is the Paholles, combed if
=rims whib amigo& la that capacity, inn ass
hiliherdst kesems yea..

foe 21

P. Riguripma,42, a peeS44« knee venire, pleaded
entity to the *lmp el sl. a year anniebe two belb
seveneliss, prennyntilliToolllllllll—He was
nos mewls& le be teemplisi Int sena
POIMMOMION P.03311T....W. G. 23, pennen.
wee Wined der neellag a i i a kw end ether
smoke the et Ibi Peannoter.einnei.—On eke
ith el iisplonber, a nsined Venom. petted a letter in
Welikestnet, eddrened to bar date, lli. ilinbeth
Way Milo Mirka Meal, Wahnsesseew. Tbis letter
esninied s key sad another letter sidneted to • Min Kidd.
Nethisi vie Mad Otitis liner ustil the len of the sun
an* when *Openness et the easel rescind the ewe-
lope end the kap wink had ben beat end entned ; end
there was she a dip elfmer in width was written, "Wy
nano i, Widemsehe SOL I Ilenght *neva geld, Sala.
I seat the hem le the disc I say pt 12s. a week, mg I shall
thieve whoa I an, norm, end yea ewes help yentesit"
litioienes baying bees pen into, the jury ntersed a ver-
diet colGriity, end this wart sentineed Ma to be trensponed
in seven yearn

POLICE.-YErrERDAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
followieg same have been resolved for Senor llamado, whose
sem appeared a fortnight aco : From "W. It ." 21.;
" Zonal," (damps) ss. ; "T. K..," 10e.; "J. A. K.," 11. ;
"J. W. 8.," le., and postage.stampe, ss. The magistrate
requested our reporter to admowledge the receipt ot the
above sum.

—The

YLARYLRBONE.—Rouitazas ow TEE Guar Warr-
sax RAILIIAL—RoIart Frost, one of the Groat Western
Railway Company's guards. was re-marained, charged with
having stolen a quantity of haberdashery and other articles.
In addition to the format robbery, width appeared in the
Express of Saturday, end re sponftg whisk no trail par
Gambia was mow goo kik he was tamped with having
stolen property to a large Silleuat belengteg is the Earl of
Craven

--Y.Tignist was charged as the receiver of the sulkies
but, after a little Mena had been adduced, ad-
:tsiti ea a witness against Frost.
Mr. Joseph Scott Weill, steward to the Earl of Craven,
deposed that on the 10th of November last he sent eleven
packages hoe his lordship's seat at Ashdown Park, by a
carrier named Ta lc*, to convey to the Bhrivenham station,
addressed to his at his other country residence,
Combo Abbey, sear Coventry. Oa the 25th of the same
month he (witsew) arrived at the Abbey, when he found
that the proper swabs of wdre had bees received, but
on examining one of them &seemed that the lock had
been forced, mad peeped, to a large amount abstracted
therefrom. The Miele slam Postdated of a gold enuff-boz,
a prayer-book with mood mver, a large gold mufti' seal,
a ltitite with egad bee& and silver gilt blade, a can-
dl and a gilt sup with *she let into it.
Mr. Mine he the peneseation : In opeaing one of the
bona from whisk yes Mina the Greeks you found an
empty case, did yen net P—Widow : I did, and from that
case the gold hoz bad bean taken; it was an emedingly
valuable one, sad highly prised by Lord Craven. The said
cam was here shown to the witness, as wee also a gold aril,
both of which he identified es belonging to his lordship.
Murat (the guard) who debited the prisoner, stated that
he had moo the seal in Fret's pommies at a tavern eight
or nine weeks ago ; he odd ft did not Wear to him, bat that
it was picked ops by a pecker working se the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway. tees article won retemed in consequence of
a tun named Braoks having given up the ,duplicate thereof
to Mr. Collard, who concluded the cm.
T. Aase dapigar that be was brother-in-law to Frost,
and disi h.masaggln Pivot'e-row Old Ford. He first
eau andpernend ooze a meek ego at his freer's.
Saw the who edge him *Mks the seal down to
014Fssiemdmileit. A ma-'t aimed Brooks said he'd
was ft Did we know that it Mee paused. Several other
wilmemes; WON examined whale edema was stswollY
emeigebey of Ike Monet ; and Kr. helm requested that
a aimed Wide Ides plass immusk as he led every reason
es believe that sewn ef the deign =I, belonging to the
Mad at Cram wield be *walk
The presser was remwdea as We ay.
lAMBETII—CIII.IIOI OF UIIIIOI.3ILT FLOOOINO •
Cleete.—Mr. J. Meehassii, sobsaimeter at the Bt. Mary's
"Missal School, in Prieserregyeand to answer to a
eseemess charging him with demsfully dogged sad
VJ. J. Powell, a wird*, S.
ett little sufferer said that. Friday last he was ordered
by the sidewise* to hold out his hand to receive a blow from
a me, sad, ea his yawing to do so, he was struck, knocked
dews es the door, ead was used very severely. He had lost
the me ef Ms eight eels by pasalysis. The boy's father ex-
hibited hie left side, which dashed the magistrate and every
ieta sourt. left arm, from the shoulder to the
was sewed with large weds, sad the whole of Me
left was, ma at this remote Fried, wady covered with
bins. Meek, sad livid patehee.—The defendant, ea reply to
the deep, ad the lsoy was so obstinate that he could
emeedy is myth's, with him. On the day in question 'a
Cl=le held out his hand to moire abeetimmont for
Mese as that of whisk the primes wee :squally
ffbat ea its meting to bit tars to reedve a slight
be mimed Is held east his bawl He, the
wee however nay time held Ma led to punish
him so severely.
Mr. Dunn, the beadle of the perish of Lambeth, spoke to
thsgeneralconductofthedelbedsetterbiadsomandhumanity
fir the 18 months whisk be ha been ambler et the school.
Dlr. Ellett remarked that theeembi be sodmbt from the
sideadant's own showing that the punishment administered
wee highly improper, and that he had no right whatever to
beat a child in the body in the meeker io whid be seemed
to Wee done; aid to mark his (Mr. Elliott's) disapprobation
of the dakedeet's mime, he ahead coke hin to pay a
=.1"../. *lo=o lbs mod% telpther two
semen. k to eked mandited to prim