The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

David Hymns, deacribed as a hawker, was charged with
violeotly assaulting James Griffiths, in Issadeohall-market,
by striking him on the head with a 'Jam enpr-basin.
Mr. Phelps appeared for the complainant.
The complainant is a butcher employed in Leadenhall-
market, and it appeared that the defendant went into this
shop where be is employed on Tuesday afternoon and offered
a glass sugar basin for sale to a gentleman who wee there at
the time. The gentleman said it was cracked, and the
defendant said he would bet him a shilling it was
not. The bet was taken, and to be decided by
the men in the shop who were all of opinion that
it was cracked, together with the complainant who
went into the counting-home and went on with his
books, but the defendant made such a noise that he was
obliged to leave off. The defendant went to the door of the
counting-house and was making use of bad language, and
he put his hand out giving him a push, and told
him to go away as he could not go on with
his accounts while he was making that noise.
The defendant, however, remained in the shop, creating
• great disturbance, and when complainant had finished the
books, be took off his coat to than his clothes before going
home, and defendant said he would wait for him outside if
it was till 12 o'clock. and do for Dim. Upon that the com-
plainant took him by the collar and put him out, and be
then struck him on the forehead with the agar-basin,
which was broken to pieces. The complainant had a severe
wound on his forehead, and also • wound on his arm. A
constable happened to arrive during the struggle, and saw
the complainant bleeding, and took the prisoner into
custody.
A witness, who saw the whole transaction, corroborated
the evidence of the complainant.
The defendant said be was going to the hospital, as he
was affected in the head and chest, and wanted to get oat
of the shop, but the men would not allow him, and knocked
him about,and he had been obliged to have bighead dreamed
at the hospital.
He was fined 40a., or 14 days.

LAMBETH.
Frederick Layton Cleft, formerly a quill merchant, and
who, io October, 1861, was tried at the Old Bailey with his
brother George, and convicted and sentenced to transpoitso
tion for 10 years on a charge of arra, was charged with
being found at large before the expiration of his sentence,
and with steeling articles of the value of 341., the property
of Mr. Kellimworth, a jeweller, at New-cross.
The prisoner was committed to take his trial on the charge
of stealing the property, but was remanded on the other
part of the charge.

LLAZ no' LAII.
Mr. King, a toy salsonan in business at Hampstead, was
charged with assaulting Mr. Worth, the editor and proprie-
tor of the Highgate and Hampstead Weekly Exprem, co the
22ud inst.
In this case the complainant bad been attending the
Hampstead vestry meeting, when the defendant addressed
bins and said he wanted to speak to him. The complainant
said be did not know him, on which the defendant said,
"Protect yourself, for I will show you bow to insult me by
calling me the King of the Sots." lie then struck him, and
gave him a severe thrashing, sea the complainant stated
he bad been ill ever since.
The defendant did not deny the charge, and said it
"served the complainant right" The complainant had
libelled him and his neighbours, and be produesd some of the
papers with the offensive expressions. He said be had told
the complaisant that if he inserted anything about him of •
scurrilous nature he would thrash him, and be bad kept his
word.
The court fined the defendant ss. and coats, and said If
anything of the sort again occurred they would have to "
More severe.

.Thieoutid oy js
cwhaseer pedid, and as the defendant left the nowt he

SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCI DENT. —A singular and
fatal accident occurred at Sheffield on Tuesday night at the
terminus of the Midland Railway Company. A number of
carriages were being shunted in order to form a return ex-
cursion train to Chesterfield and Derby, and either from the
engine driver having too much steam on, or from the negli-
gence of the signalling porter, they were backed with great
violence &Oust the wall, which forms the end of the
station, making a clear breech, and sending one carriage
through into the station yard. At this moment some dozen
or more reopls were pealing, but all escaped without
serious injury, excepting one poor woman, who was so
severely injured by the Ming of the wall, that she died a
few minutes afterwards. Her name was asoertainad to be
Crouch, a resident of Derby, and she had, slang with her
husband, visited Sheffield on business. Mr. Crouch was a
few feet in advance of his wife thus escaping injury; and
what is most remarkable, a little girl, who was sent to *bow
the way to the station, and who bad hold of Mrs. Crouch's
band, was only slightly injured in the foot.
ANOTHER STREIT OUTRAGE.—On Sunday evening
a most brutal attack was made upon Mr. Oirvan, a re-
porter, from the effects of which be is at prissiest oocifioed to
his bed. He states that while pasemg, about 7 o'clock in
the evening, from Whilehiare into t-street, he was
followed by three man, one el whom spoke to him. Upon
turning round he received a terrific blow from some blunt
instrument, which rendered him insensible. He was found
in that state by the pollee sad conveyed to Bartholomew's
Hospital, where his wounds ware dressed, and be was con-
ducted to his home at ll st night, when be became eosecious.
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