The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

BOW-STREET.
A middloeged man of military aspect, sassed Christopler
H
Musgroee_, wee charged bier the chief seagistrats. Sir
Thomas enry, with writing threateeieg letters to the Mas-
ter of the Roth. The primer was brought op in custody
of the warrant °Moir, Georges Weevers. It was understood
that he was formerly a clerk is the Audit OSais.
The particular grievance of the prisoner which bad io.
&wed him to write the letters to Sir John Hominy was not
made very apparent, but be appeared to have bun noder
the impressioa that the learned judge had uttered soma in-
sulting remarks respecting him, an impression which was
shown to be quite %refounded. Further explanations were
about to be given, but
Sir Thomas Henry interposed, observing that he really I
could sot go into that question at all. It would establish •
most dangerous precedes t if a person concerned in a enit
weld be permitted to suppose that by making threats
against the judge he would be enabled to obtain • rehear-
ing of his ease before a magistrate. Hie clear sad simple
duty was to take cars that no person could be permitted
with impunity to threateu a judge for anything which he
might have mid or done in the performance of his public
dut It was beyond all question that the prisoner had
declared has intention to take every opportunity of insult-
ing the Master of the Rolls in coesequenee of somethieg
which he was supposed to have said. It appeared that the
supposition was enormous ; but if it bad been correct, sad
Sir John Rentilly had in fact need the language attributed
to him, even then the prisoner's conduct, writing a threaten-
ing letter to • judge of one of our courts of law. would
still have been equally unjustifiable. This was a very grave
offence, end happily a very rare owe, for be only reool.
lected one other mu of a similar character, which I
was one that had occurred within the last few days. Day
by day numerous suite were determined and numerous cues
tried, and it could not be tolerated that any perms imegie-
ing himself to be unjustly treated should seek to threaten
or molest the judge. He must say that it was highly cre-
ditable to the people of this country, that so great was
their reverence for the judges of the land that this was only
the second cue of the hied which had °warred. He should
feel it his duty to bind the prisoner over in his own recog-
mimeses' of WM. and two sureties 011001,mb to keep the
peace for the nest twelve rooriths towards Sir John Homily
and all her Majesty's subjects.
Sir John Remaly. who had previously interfered on be-
half of the prisoner—l beg to repeat that I should be per-
fectly satisfied with the defeedant'a formal reoopissoces,
especially as I imagine he may possibly have some difficulty
in Sliding bail.
Sir Thomas Henry—l consider that von have already
shown great forbearance in not requiring bite to be indicted
at the Central Criminal Court. la justice to others DO
further clemency an be permitted.
The prisoner, having failed to provide bail np to the risk
of the curt, was removed in the prison van.

ATROCIOUS CHILD MURDER AND SUSPECTED
POlBOllllO OP A Wires—Mr. O. J. Owner, 007000 T for
West Heat, and Mr. Trail!, the sitting magistrate at the
Woolwich police coon, were engaged nearly the whole of
yesterday afternoon in investigating circumstances relating
to an atrocious reorder of • child and the alleged poisoning
of its mother. The ioqued was held at the Royal Oak lon
on the body of au infant, found io &decomposed sten in the
river Thames with its throat out and skull (metered, with
a fiat-iron tied round the neck. The Midis; of the body
having been proved, and medical evidence addnoed to the
effect that death had resulted from violence, the apprehen-
sion et a young men at one of the factories, named Thomas
Jones, on a charge of murdering his child, was deposed to,
and the inquest then adjourned. At 3 o'clock, the
prisoner. who gayibis age 25, and hie &Urns se of Raglan-
road, Plunsiteed, was charged before Mr. Trill at the
police court on suspicion of murdering his wife and child.
Louisa Beer said she was aunt to the deceased child, which
was born on Good Friday last. The mother died on the
30th April, and witness bad charge of the infant more or
lees since then. The prisoner never seemed to oare about
it. Oa Thunday, the Bth Jane, be asked her to brier the
child home to him, saying he was going to send it to Lon-
don to be taken care of. She took it home, and at the pri-
ma:nes desire placed it on • bed, and she had never seen it
after. The clothes now produced in court were the iden-
tical ones she dressed the infant in when she took it to the
prisoner ors that day. She also identified the inn am hay-
iog been in the possession of the family a great number of
yeah. She had since frequently asked the primmer about
the child, but she could get Do satisiaotory answer.
Sarah Smith, a married woman, of 75, Barran-road. Plum-
stead, said she !Wooded the mother of the deceased in her
confinement. She bad a very favourable time, and no
medical man was in attendanoe. She went on well until
the fourth day, when she complained of suffering from
riding, sad purging. with greiit thirst, a burning ignition
of the stomach, and a convulsive action of the heart and
face. Witness got some medicine from a chemist which did
the deceased woman good, and she partially recovered, but
two days afterwards she was again seised with the same
symptoms. lir. Trill said the fen of the woman having
died under symptoms of poisoning, coupled with Member's
spinet the prisoner of murdering his own child, nodered
the one one of great suspicion, and ordered Inspector
Townsend to communicate with the coroner to issue his
order to have the body of the woman exhumed, and the
contents of the stomach met to a professor of chemistry for
analysis. The primer was remanded till Tuesday nen—
and subsequently, when in the cell, said to the impactor,
" Well, they ems only bang me."
THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE gitOrnannt Hot=
—Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Bedford, coroner, resumed at
the Greavenor Hotel. the inquiry
which
the givieg way
of the lift at that establibment, by which Ambrose Roes-
brook,.aged 34 years, and Emile Coeseement, agedTh 24, lost
their hies, and two other person wen injured. e pro-
ceedings lasted three bows, aid • seer of sokratilie endless,
was takes. Mr. B. Einem, ei the Ina of Fosters. Arnett,
and Son, Botithwarkotrest, the ocestreetors of the lift, and
Mr. W. Mills, C.B. stated that Montt was erected in 1861;
it was a hydraulic lift ; the shaft was 100 feet high, and it
woe calculated to raise seven persons with their loggers.
There was a eounterbalaseing weight but no safety breeks,
such net being need is Lo don as a rule, though they ate
in en is Maniester and eleawkwe. Major Murray, the
chairman of the Grosvenor Hotel Gompaay, stated that no
expense should be spend to get the best and safest useehlee
for the public. They paid constant attention to the late lifts
sod it was not believed to be is any way diageron. TN
JUT, returned a verdict et " Assithetal Die" aid bandies
in the following addend® :--"')tie jury, deploeteg the lo-
of human life by the aseddent, &eke to express to the di-
stators • sting °O ion se to the .wearily—inter tie en e-
steady &pendia, on it--that the madden, el lie desond-
fag room should be of Vie bon nebenal sad iseetweetioe ;
that the girders should be of wrought inn, end the eslnfor
weight secured in • hex to bold it is It. proper Omer."