The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-17 00:00:00

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yofa, IdAsen.lsl

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RAILWAY ACCIDANT.— WAX/SALA C. MI6 COREAT
NOM% or ENGLAND RAILWAY COMPANT.—Special Jury.
—Whit ease Frederick Whitehead was the plaintiff, and
the Great North of England Radrway Company were 'the de-
helms. The declaration alleged that the defendants were
sad are common carriers' that on a eertala day they re-
ceived Emma, the wife of the plaintiff, into Gas el their Car-
riages, and that by reason of the went of due ears and dili-
gence, the said carriage was overturned, and the plaintiff's
wife was seriously injured, and subsequently died. The de-
fendants pleaded, lint, that they were not guilty, and se-
coodly that they were not staanson carriers, nor did they
receive the plaintiff's wife to be carried by them in the man-
ner and form alleged. The prosecutor was a woollen
manufacturer at Saddleswerth. At the period above-
named the prosecutor and kis wife bad been on an ex-
cursion in the North of England, end were on their
return home on the 4th of October. In the afternoon of
that day, they arrived at Darlington, with the intention of
availing themselves of the mail train from Newcastle to
York. They accordingly look tickets for themselves, and
aka for their arriage and hone which they bad with them.
The maid train was late in arriving at Darlington. It ought
to have left Darlington at five minutes after live, but did not
however get off until twenty minutes before six. It had
therefore lost half-an-hour between Newcastle and Darling-
ton, whieh it was necessary to fetch up in the distance be-
tween Darlington and York, end in order to do so, extra
speed was resorted to, The train started, and soon attained
so great a speed as to excite alarm in the minds of some of
the passengers, conaiderable oscillation being felt. When
the traia arrived et the end of a carve about four miles from
Darlington jest atter passing the bridge across the river
Tees, the extra speed at which the train was going, forced
one of the trash with a carriage on it eff the rail. The
nil was bream, a coacsedon ensued, the carriage,
in whisk the plaintiff and his wits were seated, was
she overturned, and Mrs. Whitehead ruatained such injuries
altimeasty caused her deeds. As soon es eh* could be re-
moved ham the carriage, it was hued that both her legs
wen leelmn, and that there was a hole la her back a hi&
is kern beim made by the rail, es semething of
of =lseglaying stew& hey. She was removed to the Muse
Clespeasia, shore residing in the
and remnieed thin/a alma ten weeks, whosadVmogAstlissil
erbium
The
her widen*
he
11th to be rstived
lame. m rine lingered mall the of June, he bat
year, wham dm& pat en end to her esiteinge. The seam&
szpumrawhisk the plustiff kid incurred were stated to have
barn 525L—Oept. limiend, el Merrick Hall, Aid- Meek, of
York, emit ether witness, who wine passengers in the train,
were called to prove the speed end other circumstances,
Mr. Damn Alderson mid the pentiens far the considera-
tion of the jury were, diet, whether they ware Wished that
the dehadeafs were common carrises,ead were employed to
carry the wife at the plaintiff ; and, useondly, whether sr
not they bed been guilty of nagligemee. As to the hat
, =l:he thinglet there was ay deal* end theyeihre the
lUst' be treated so proved ardnst the ere spend. The
ether question he must leave them to dad& If they found
Wilke plaintiff, then it was clear, as is demesiatt:ry
=est give hint ell the expenses which be
=resof this accident, and such further sum as
srawmnable compensation ta him , for the paia he
hsf epdhpyll
_ben the knee of the society of his wife from
oarberiuss when the &oddest took &a to the Ise of
he/deMlt, in June, 1846.—The jury were absent shoat 26
minelosi antes their return into court they delivered their
vordiell far thre plaintiff. Damages 6261, being the amount
rills impsoles, without any allowance for special damages.

POLICE v
_ESTERDAT.
GUlLDHALL.—Fouozar.—Samuel King was charged
with 'forging two bills of exchange of 2501. each.—Con-
stable Colton, 239, stated that, while on duty in Skinner-
street, Snow-hill, the previous evening, the prisoner came
up and raid, " I give myself up into your custody." Witness
asked him what for; and he replied, " for the forgery of two
hills purporting to be accepted by my brother." Witness asked
into whose hands the bills had passed ; and he replied into
those of Mr. Bolomans, Basinghall-street He had drawn •
little money on amount, but not to any amount. It might be
about 51. Witness then conveyed the prisoner to the
house where he repeated his statement. He salt that
he had forged his brother's name—Mr. Johns:Zile
King, of Walshansle-Willowes, near Bury,
and that the forgeries were made in January last.
Mr. Solomon. stated that the prisoner was introduced le hina
by a Mr. Bannister, for the purpose of perched., scam
goods and nexeciating two bills of exchange of 1001: each,
purportingo , by
gt the
prisonerhs w an
re dlerZsdhibl his
for
the purpose of inquiry as to the signature andampastablility
of the parties. He (Mr. Solomon.) bad oceseited hie soli-
citor, and the necessary inquiries having been mai, the
forgeries were discovered, in consequence of which the boa
were sent to the party on whom they were drawn,
with a copy of all correspondence on the subject.—tpri-
soner, who declined asking any quertions or making any
defence, was remanded until Saturday next.
Tres PARCIL POST COMPLIST.—Mr. Clough, the late
secretary of the above company, attended, end said he
wished to make before the magistrate a counter statement,
relative to the affairs of that company, in answer to that
which had appeared in the public newspapers, many
of the representations that wore made being without
any foundation. It had been said that the directors
had withdrawn one after the other from the com-
pany. Now he could state that this was not true. There
were nine directors up to the present time; five had
retired, in ootieequence, he supposed, of being unable to pay
up the rest of their shares, viz. 2151., to make up 2501. ; 351.