The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

James Ward, a carman in the employ of Mr. /3rooker,
an extensive fruit grower at Halstead, in Kentona brought
up late in the afternoon charged with causing the death of
a woman, whom name sad address is unknown, by throw-
ing her out of a van in the Old Kent-road.
Richard Tack, a lad in the employ of, toffee-house-
keeper near the costal bridge, in the Old Kent-road, said
he was employed all eight in attending to vans and carts
going to market. At 20 minutes past two that morning he
was near the canal bridge, having been sent for a mug,
when he saw the prisoner and a female in a van loaded with
fruit, coming towards London. They were sitting in front
upon some baskets of fruit, aril all of a sudden he saw the
female fall from the van into the road. She screamed out,
" Oh you brute, you have shoved me out of the waggon and
ran over me." The prisoner was driving, and he dis-
tinctly saw all the wheels pass over the (-male. lie was on
the right side, and she on the left. As soon as she fell,
witness called out to him to stop and look at the woman,
but he proceeded fifty yards before he did so. The woman
was then lying in the road, arid witness helped him to get
her on one side. He asked the prisoner whether he did not
intend to take her, when be replied " Oh let the bide
there." R. then went away, leaving her screaming. Wit-
ness then proceeded to the coffee-shop, and told his muter
whet had occurred. While at the door of Mr. King's
ooffee-shop he sue a constable pue with the deceased.
Mr. Comte—How do you know the prisoner ts the man
who was in the van with the deceased ?

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Tusk—l knew bin well. Igo of errands for Mr. King,
and the prisoner panes every day with his van loaded with
fruit for Covent garden market.
Mr. Combs here asked what evidence there was of her
death

George ant, police constable 154 11, said about a quo:
ter to four that morning he saw the female lying insensi-
ble near Marlborough-mews. lie went up to her and with
the asaistance of 44 id, he lifted her up against the wall.
She then appeared to breathe, and he told the other eon-
leable to go to the station-house and fetch a stretcher.
While be was gone she expired in his arms.
Inspector Stead here informed the magistrate that :he
deceased bad two ribs broken, and several bruises on her
head as if she had fallen out of • vehicle and the wheels
passed over her.
Mr. Combs asked whether there was anybody in court
who knew the doomed ?

Ann Williams, an unfortunate female, said, she lived at
2, Church-place, Peckham, and she saw the deceased at
twelve o'clock the preeediog night at the Kentish Drovers.
She was not than trunk. She did not see her get into a
van. Shortly after three o'clock, she saw her in the main
road, when she appeared to be drunk. She spoke to her,
but she could make her no answer. She seemed very
drunk, but witneu was sober. Witness waited till the
stretcher came, when she went home. The deceased never
spoke.
Mr. Combs—Did you see any marks of violence?
Witness.—No, I did not.
Sergeant Hart, BM, said, from information he received
from the lad Tuck he apprehended the prisoner shortly
after one o'clock that eft...moon, near New-trees turnpike,
going towards Kent. Witness told him that he was charged
by the lad with causing the death of a female by throwing
her out of his van, the wheels of which passed over her.
He replied " That he knew nothing about it, and he had
no female in his van. He was a Queen's man and would be
righted." In the prisoner's hat he fouad a piece of apron
, staff. _ _ _ _

Tack recalled—That piece of apron staff I picked up and
pat it into the prisoner's hat, when I threw the latter to
him. I knew him to be the man as I have constantly seen
him on the road.
_ _ _

PrisoneronTsl may have seen you, and I know you, but it
is is the market. No woman ever pat a foot in my vat.
from Halstead to Lemke..
Mr. Comb. said that the ass must be further investi-
gated, therefore be shirehl advise Buperintendent Lund, P
division, and eipedskallist Haynes, who were present, to
nee every exertion to smiled* what time Me prisoner's
van passed dumb ths NE pins in their respective divi-
sions. An Mewl would a• inebt be held in the coarse
of another day, therefore he slheeld remand the prisoner
until Friday next.
TRAMMEL

Copt. Wm. Topley Stooks, late meter of the British
barque Queen of the Teign of Teigusenth, W. Nora:ale,
and floe. Goidnooray, English wain, and two Lucan,
were charged with the murder of Au Lanus on the high
was.

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The prisoners and 13 Baglish and Lamest witneseee had
been sent over in the British Queen steamer by the autho-
rities at Gibraltar.

There being no prosecutor, Mr. Buperintandent Evans,
by the desire of Mr. Yardley, made a formal charge,
founded upon the documents sent over with the pri-
apism.

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Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, appeared for the captain.
The nature of the affray will be seen front the following
evidence:

Mr. William Burford Truitt, the mate, who received 14
wounds from the Malays in the Goan* of the affray, and
whom life was for some time despaired of, said, I j oined the
barque at Sunderland. We took in Lascars at Singapore.
They were commanded by a Serum and under him was a
Tindal and they numbered 14. Their conduct previous
to the 22nd of July was very good indeed, and they had no
man of complaint, and did not complain of their treat-
mot. I relieved Adam Cunningham, the boatewein who had
charge of the watch, from 8 to 12, and during my watch a
portion of the native crew were on deck. They consisted of
four men and the Tindal. Then were also in my
watch two Europeans, Thomas Goldsworthy and Robert
Mills, in all seven hands besides myself. About one o'clock
in the morning I observed two or three Lasears coming aft.
There was one on each aide of the poop. 1 took no parti-
cular notice of them, because I bad been in the practice
of allowing them to come on the poop, and suspected no
treachery. The Lunn had reached the middle rigging, w hen
the prisoner Goldsworthy, who was at the wheel, sung out,
" Look out, sir, look out, they have got something in their
hands," and immediately raa free the wheel into the cabin,
evading the blows aimed at him by the Lemurs with their
crease. One of the Leman, who was tinned with a stout
iron bar with an eye at the sad of it, advanced stealthily
towards me, and raising it with both hands above his head
made a blow at me. (The iron bolt, about two feet in
length, was produced by Mr. Evans.) That is the iron bolt.
I was too quick for him and evaded the blow, and I caught
hold of him and dragged him on to the male deck. I got
him nader me, and while struggling with him another
Lascar aimed a blow at me with his ems and it pene-
trated my coat and waistcoat and cut me. I let go of the
man with the bolt to catch bold of the fellow who stabbed
me, and he made a second blow at me with his creel..
There were three, or four, or five Lascars upon me, and I
defended myself against them as well as I could, and called
out the names of the watch be ow. I could see other Las.
can about more than my watch at the time. The man who
stabbed me did not belong to my watch. One of the men
with a cream was the Tiadal. I should say,making allowance
for the hurry and excitement I was in, all the natives were
on deck. When I called aloud for the watch to come up,
Adam Cunningham and William Northcote came up. The
captain was soon on deck and saved my. life, for he came
while the Leman were jobbing at me with their creme,
and caused the fellows to run away. I was then holding
one man as well as I could. He had stabbed me, and in
seising his muse I pulled it from the handle. The struggle
was short, but very bloody. I received a great number of
wounds and contusions. I was faint from lose of blood. I
was completely disabled and carried below.
In answer to Mr. Yardley, the witness said the Lascar
prison. ere Ahalt and Allen ran on deck when the attempt was
made on his life. He saw Ahalt going alt before
the attack was made upon him. He heard no report of fire-
arms on deck. He had then fainted from loss of blood. He
could not swear to all that were on deck. He had told all
he knew. He heard that the two prisoners, Ahalt and
Allen, were in the conspiracy, and also heard they intended
to kill the coloured watch below, consisting of the Strang.
a Chinaman, the steward, and another. He was quite sure
that was on deck.

Mr. Yardley—Did you know the cremes were on board
Mr. Treatt—No, sir ; if we had known such weapons bad
been on board we would have taken them away. The in-
tention was, no doubt, to murder all the Europeans.
After some further evidence, Mr. Humphreys quite ad-
mitted the necessity of a strict investigation when there
had been such a great loss of life on board a British mer
chant ship, and he spoke the sentiments of the captain when
he said he was anaions for a thorough investigation. It
would in the end be flood that the captain and European
crew had saved a valuable ship and cargo from destruction,
and that the leas of We on board wu inevitable.
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whisk Mr Yardley 4.4 kr Wopals himself in 2001.
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