The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

GREENWICH.

Christopher Turner, of Sunning-hill, Readin, Berk-
shire, was charged before Mr. Trail with interfering with
the comfort of passengers travelling on the London
and Brighton Railway, and also assaulting Mr. Frank
Stanley, of 20, Georges-square, Hinton.
The complainant said be was a passenger by the 4.15
p.m. train, on Saturday afternoon, from the Crystal Palace
station to London. The prisoner was apa singer in the
same compartment, together with a respectable-looking
middle-aged female. After the train had started the
prisoner took hold of the female by the leg and on
being repulsed, he commenced making use of very bad
language, and afterwards behaved in a similar manner
towards the woman with his feet, saying if he *maid not
do so with his hand he would with his feet. On the train
arriving at Forest-hill station the female left the car-
riage, and he told the prisoner it was well for him that he
had not been given into custody. The prisoner then be-
came very abusive, and struck him a violent blow in the
eye. At New-cross be made a complaint against the pri-
soner, who mouthed him a second time, and he was then
given into custody.
Reuben Godfrey, ticket collector at the New-crom
station, said on receiving the complaint be ordered the
prisoner to leave the carnage to take him to the office of
the station master. On the way there the prisoner struck
the complainant on the back of the head, and was prevented
by witness from committing further violence towards him.
Mr. Traill asked if there was any likelihood of the
female who had been insulted by the prisoner being dis-
covered'

Inspector Carpenter, the chief of the company's police,
said inquiries had been made, and the female in question
was leasing England for Australia that day.
Mr. Trail said had she been present and made her com-
plaint, he should have committed the prisoner to the
House of Correction for two months. For the assault on
the complainant he should not impose a fine, but should
order a commitment to prison for 14 days with hard labour.
The prisoner, who appeared surprised at the sentence,
was removed in custody.

REGULATION AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBE2B.—Yes-
terday a new regulation was issued at the judges' cham-
bers to the effect that if any summons is altered after
granted by the judges' clerks without permission, the
mane will be dismissed with *Oats. _

Arrliff Prep MIIRDIR AND BillOws —Yesterday
morning Mr. C. St. Clair Bedford, the coroner for West-
minster, held an inquiry in St. Ann's vestry-room, Dean-
street, Soho, relative to the death of William Mold, who
committed suicide after having attempted the life of a
young woman with whom be had cohabited, the attempted
murder and suicide being committed almost in the pprseeessnsose
of deceased's wife, and at his residence. Elizabeth
Mold, the wife of the decried man, said, " I live MII2,
King-street. The deceased was my husband ; he was fifty-
one years of age, and a public-house broker. He had
several times threatened to destroy himself, and generally
had poison by him. He sometimes threatened to do so
owing to peatwary pressures. He has been in a lunatic
asylum have been married to him three years, and pre.
Timis to that time he had twice attempted suicide with lau-
danum. On one occasion he took too much. He weaned of
eiberhabits. In 18b4 he receivedaninjury which affected his
brain. He wasattimeededirima His affairs wereinaoonfussd
date, which affected him, and on Thursday last he said he
should not live throughout the day. I said, 'I dart believe
you, for you have said it so often. He replied, ' You will
And it out.' After tea he lay down, and a young wawa
being in the room he attempted to poison her. She
screamed out, and said deceased bad tried to force vitriol
into her mouth. I rushed into the room, said I saw my
husband lying en the bed. The young woman wee also on
the bed, both being deemed. All my husband could my
was, ' Water, water.' I gave him some, from while/ he
drank, and he never spoke afterwards." It seemed teem
the doctor's evidence that it was not vitriol, but cyanide ef,
potassium, which the deceased took, and veld& he Isaac
aimed to pour down the young woman's threat. The sio-
taunt gives by the latter was extraordinary. It learned
out that, though she had lived with Mold before his mar.
singe. she still resided is the slue house with him and kip
wife sad illsenette child, Ass peels old, of Cdr be we
the father. The jury found that the deosesed was in use