The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-18 00:00:00

sat* for improving and enforcing the laws for the pro-
tection of women, watched the case, and Mr. Ricketts,
of Frederick-street, Gray's-inn-lane, defended.
The be
this ease have been reported, and it will
be imeembe ofred that about fortnight ago the prisoner
and his wife were both the worse for liquor. The lodgers
head a scuffle, and then the daughter of the landlady
)sad the window in the prisoner's room opened, and the
I=er say " Out you go." Shortly afterwards the in-
woman was found lying on the stones in an insen-
sible deaa. She was taken to the St. Pancras infirmary
wimp) she remained in a dangerous state, her life being
&guild of. The deposition was taken last week, and
she than stated that she was not aware that her husband
impcts to throw her out of window.
sergeant Parry, 14 Y, now handed in the fob
low*.,inedical certificate :—" St. Pancras Infirmary, April
18,
—I hereby certify that Sarah Hoyle', aged to, is
favourably.—W. F. Burr, Surgeon to the St.
Infirmary and Workhouse.*
gr. Ricketts hoped the magisteate would now take bail
for* prisoner's appearance.
garker asked if the police knew if the woman was
tysopet=er
le Gifford, 228 Y, said that the surgeon
bad Wormed him that the injured woman was still very
fo. sad not out of danger.
Barker said that under those circumetancra
cot like bail at present.
Nr. Ricketts said that what the oonstable had beard was
sot evidence, and his statement ought not to prejudice the
*goner. The certificate stated that she was progressing
favourably, and such being the case bail ought to be taken.
The prisoner had nowbeenremanded for a fortnight on mere
suspicion, and on evidence on which no jury would ever
sunvict. He could put in bail to any amount, and by not
admitting the prisoner to bail the court was punishing
him without giving the primmer the right to be tried.
Mr. Barker said he would not take bell at present, but
Mr. Ricketts could apply again when the woman was out
danrieketts
Mr. asked the magistrate to fix the amount of
mil, so that the prisoner might not be kept a day longer
is imprisonment than was necessary.
Mr. Barker declined to fix the amount of bail, and the
rienser was then removed.
LAMBETH.
CHAIIOI or 110kOM-STILALIZIG.
William /mos, • horse-er, was charged with steal
jog 6 pony of the value of 41.4
45., the property of Thomas

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prosecutor said that on the 2nd of October last be
• pony from the prisoner for 41. 45., and he
VAsewarranted the animal to be perfectly sound and quiet.
s day or two after he discovered that the pony was
des, and meeting the prisoner at the Elephant and
castle, Newington, he told him about it, and wished to
have the money back for it. The prisoner said he should
'sake that all right—that he had no wish to take ad-
Thasage of a poor man—but instead of returning back the
ixibey he got possession of the pony and drove him off.
The prisoner, who cross-examined the witnesses in such
a way as satisfied all present that he has had much aspa-
rtame in that way, was remanded to a future day.
PICKING UP A BTRANGIB.
Sarah Ass hut, a middle-aged female, was
charged
rids robbing Mr. John Hutchinson, a tradesman, residing
g High-street, Chelmsford, of about 61. in gold and miser.
TM the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor " picked
app" the prisoner in the railway carriage when going to meet
kis brother at Norwood. They got drunk and the prisoner
managed to rob the prosecutor.
She was fully committed for trial.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN SOUTH STAFFORD-
SHIRK.

THREE MEN KILLED.
Yesterday, inquests were held in Wolverhamp-
tee sad at Deepfields respecting the deaths of three men,
Jae Gardner, 18 ; Thomas Snap., 19 ; and Joseph Swift,
dapun. All three men were working together on Satur-
y sight, at one of the blast furnaces of Hr. T. Furby, at
Nobel& One furnace contained about four tons of molten
iron,and about four tons of cinders and the like. Soapewasthe
keeper of the furnance, and the other men were his assist-
ants. It was Snipe's duty to have run out the contents of
the furnace at half-pmt 7 o'clock, but at half-pest 8
he and the other deceased were talking together about
Needing for some cheap drink, and Snape stopped up one
of the exits of the molten metal. Owing to this opera-
tion, and the delay in tapping the furnace,the molten iron
rose until it came up to one of the tuyeres—huge hollow
pipes which contain water, which runs between their two
sides. The molten iron having risen to the to ere, it was
burnt through, and the water micaped into the furnance
occasioning a generation of steam, the force of which blew
out the front of the furnace just as the deceased were
stripping to tap it. The whole eight tons of red hot stuff
which the furnace contained was bulged out, and Gardner,
being buried beneath it, soon became a perfect cinder.
Maddened with pain, Snape leaped into the canal, and
then ran home, where he died. Swift, too helpless to
mope, was conveyed to the South Staffordshire Hospital,
where he expired on Sunday. A verdict of " Accident..!
death " was, in each instance, returned ; but the Coroner
mid that had Snaps lived, he would have been guilty of
manslaughter.