The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-19 00:00:00

SINGULAR DEATH IluM lOUL AIR

A very lengthvuevl investigation was gone into
yesterday before Mr. leagiwat, depdvuoyeaer for Wish.
a..odsr, at (it. George's Hoepstal, eowcernieg the death d
James Ifololian, is the employ of the Imperial this
Caen
-The shore rompeay haves amber of mew at went layiag
dewy a Dew new ta Geeepelsplace, X earbtshridge.
Ts pins. after beteg laid dons in the trona deg for thew
see Greenly &levied as the outside joints with lead sod
tarred rope, and the Waisr of the }seta are Wed in wile
Roman cement. The deceesed and a bey maimed Owns
wee, implored in reineetieg the joist.. For this perm*
th,y li.el nol ...'oeg maids the pi ms (will& in this ease
are :7 ugh,. in diameter), with Onendllit ail other
wisterials for the week lA hat Friday siternoon they went
tut. the lop. a. 14. and, am-online to the boy's sesiseen
they Isith rompli.ned of a eery stems and Inin-
pmenng smell of gas, dereaml making the rework
that they most wort through it. They euettimied on tall
they .Orr 15 piper up each pipe eieassznar 12 feet in
lrugth tusking I 1 feet hem tbe estrus" which weld not
bw iweri from the orris, to curie.), when the boy's
heed begs.• t.. melee, sad M corophour4 .4 feeling stupid.
•tty aft, r h. fell dews, arid wee puked up by the de-
ceased. but be was made to stead, and deeesaid-heain to
help bun out. After setting a short driftage. ton-Ards the
meat!, of this etas. I'. lead the bow to lie down, as be roast
awe hiceeelf. had hardly asps) from the boy
hr fell ourrpowered, amid the boy, who tiot OD lan
lass at tlus period, called for help. The ether works's°
alkinately serweeded in dragging thew eat with
bled.has was quite dead aa errata at the hearitalM
the boy wee recovered. The m.dk.lyellows dimmed the
)wares) to have hsea a veer bea'dby was, sal that hia
annik was sambaed by foal air such as might be essalawal
Twl pa.
he Jury returasd a verdict that " tie deasseed died trout
widgets( death from szemerse isbelatisa 1 ealphuretted
bydrugsa go," and aided that there ought tele mere is.
sell .seer tie men. and that they should as. be allowed to
go 101,1t1 than live or sin joists up at • time as the pipes are
Imbed.
Mr. Hersey. the sapseinamelsat of the campaey, rid be
weitlii attend to tbe resammuldidica.

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tU 33D were new twat
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g —Ph)eleel lltrearth.— ?or the proper stevetoptoeitt sod
w.ottoluneet of the Mama bodp It le necktie! that the fusatkete
of She Nowa*. Ilrer, tldaryr, &ad beech he performed with
seder sz.l revierity. Ilidkorays vestedtee mealy easere both.
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Negri.- Juice aerrelod hi shutdown, when dot oloteneol m dolt.
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t.t as. I olm-ntertable It to 'Mean ell the loners Retritift
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wtahty w the sahrgetes of a woke.

somas CZAltel of 111184 ULT.

At the Pubbevadis• at Birmingham, yeetemlay,
before T. C. ansyd Kyonersley4tipendiary) and Ss mud
Thornton. raga, Mr. Edwin it solicitor (on be half of
Mr. Ihnend Griffiths, the we disown iros mad metal
bother, of Wolverharoptoo), made IPPilentiot under the
14th sad 15th Victoria, c. 19, which contemplates the
kith', purslane fat the punishment of aggravated ammonite
with Mesh le dogrievous bodily harm," for an informa-
tics span width Kr. Henry Sparrow, also an iron broker,
the held to bail upon an io.lictment to be preferred
his at the snot sessions, fur an offence committed
sdhia the mean and intentions of the statute. The
eiItIMIASOCIPI which pre rise to the proceedings were the
following :—Os the nth of this month Mr. Orifilths was
stooling ia a tobsomaist's shop is the iligh.street, Mr.
raises= ; lir. Sparrow, the defendant, was phoning
the shop. Awarding to the statement of Yr.
iriffhlia, the eyes of the two met, and Mr.
Sparrow estersi the shop ; as the former was quit-
ting it, Operrow slandiag on the steps said, " Headsaid, this
letter." at the same time handiag it to bin ; Oridahs re-
p Lied Met he hod no wish to read it, sad upon that Spumy
dealt him two violent blows with he fist, one os the right
gide of the south, another on the left ; these eased hint to
GO upon the kerb ; other injuries upon the temple sad side
Mime elherwards sustained under circumstances which Mr.
sedd not very well explain, sad ultimately he wee
emletwil, it • slate of partial ineeseibaity, into the shop
whisk be had past previously quitted. According to the
states of Mr. Griffiths's solicitor, the only supposed
cause for that which he described as an "vaunted assault
wee ens allusion in the Staffordshire iron trade
circular issued weekly by Mr. Griffiths, to the Wilt-
shire pig iron tr.ole, for which the defendant is
agent. After the assault, Mr. Griffiths was at-
tended by • physician, sod ups atomization it was
insertainal that four or five of his teeth had beep
loossed ; and altogether the nervous system appeared to
have smileheed so severs • shock that at intervals rot two or
three Mum be appeared to have lost hie reason ; and, so-
eonHeg to the statement of Mr. Griffith,, he has suffered
mesh hem end lose of memory ever since the occur-
ream. De. • physician and magistrate Birming-
ham. who Griffith., described the character and
violence cif the result as indkated by the symptoms at the
time be use called Is attend; he added that Mr. Griffiths
would We at Wet two al his teeth, and that he was not
sow the same man he was before the assault had been corn.
sniffing. The deetar's a/idiom wee corroborated by Mr.
Cartwright, surgeon, of Wolverhszopton.
Jams, who appeared for the defendant, admitted that the
assault was not justifiable, bet be urged that to knock •
couple of teeth out in the manner described was nut an
offence within the meaning of the statute in contemplation
of "grievous bodily harm," and that, consequently, it
ought to be dealt with summarily by the bench. Mr.
Kyseraley said that it was clear it wee • case for the see-
aces ; and ea the offence upon which the committal would '
take place would be for indicting "grievous bodily harm,"
and not for • common assault, the bail required would be
two sureties in 50i. each.

THE ASSAULT BY AN INDIAN' OFFICER AT
SUNDERLAND.

Thomas H. Levius, lieutenant of the 31st
nifim_atilAhiao Infantry, sarreadered at the Sunderland
ea Monday, 012 the charge of sessaltiog W.G. I
ritarM, aitoolbey, on Friday week.
Mr. 00111beilkle Potts, the surgeon, the boy himself, and
oae of hisplayaistes, were examined, sad they described the
mean ia terms alsailaz to those which have bees already
puhliebed.
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Cooper, for the defence, proceeded to contend that
Mx. Potta's statement was exaggerated, and laul
strew upon the fact that the boy was present
without a scratch or mark on his face. His client was not
the ferocious man repro sated. He did lose his temper
the beat of the moment, and now regretted it. He had the
honour to be decorated with two clasps and a medal fur the
protection of women end children, and was specially men.
noised in General Wyndham's despatches for his bravery at
Cawnpore. His good name ought to be his shield and not
his reproach in the time of difficulty. lie hoped the bench
would remember his good deeds.
Mrs. Lewin, the wife of priioner's first cousin, mid that
on the Friday afternoon slie was nisch annoyed by about 20
or 30 lads, from school, bresking into the shrubbery, shout-
ing, breaking pleats, trampling upon beds, kc. She asked
het slake to request Mr. Lewin to speak to them. He did
so, sod went quietly after the boy. He took him by the
collar, and jerked him out of his hand to • distance of about
two yards, sad certainly sot more then two feet from the
'mend. After the boy was taken home witness sent several
times different persons to the boy's home to inquire after
him, who met with much abuse
Miss Ada Prior said she heard a peat noise in the shrub-
bery, but did not hear what wee said pracieely. About 20
boys were there from the school. She oonsidered the In-
juries done purely accidental. Mr. Potts wee in an excited
state, and took hold of Mr. Lewiee's left arm. Tho I
need by the bolo wee mocking language. Witness ainglt
al
the boy s house after the accident, and met with abuse from
the mother.

Detective Kidd said he apprehended the prisoner, who =-
pressed great regret for what he had done.
Mr. Orton, surgeon, said that the use was not &dangerous
one. There was no fever, and hence he concluded there had
been no cowman= of the brain. The boy only vomited the
blood he bed swallowed. Witness, however, did out see him
until % bows after the injuries were indicted ; but he was
of opinion that the boy remained in Led when he might have
been up, dreamed, and at phiy.
The magistrates retired for about 15 minute., and then
sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 201.,
oe
includingcoste.
Mr. Cooper applied for a certificated copy of the Won.