The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-17 00:00:00

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THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.
no.tx OV AFL CAVNT.
Mr. Hen. Cannt, the celebrated pugilist, and landlord of
the Coach and Horses publio-house, in St. Martin's-lane,
attended before Mr. Henry, in consequence of the receipt of
a paper purporting to be • summons from this court.
Mr. Quint stated that he had received through the post
the paper he now produord, requiring him to appear to
answer • charge of conspiring with Pierri, Orsini, and
AUaop, to asemeinate the Emperor of the French,
and also of keeping secreted in his holm a quan-
tity of combustibles intended to be used in the
attempt. He was fully prepared to answer the charge,
and to produce the articles alluded to, which were only squib
cases, left at his honer for mate keeping by a firework maker.
(Mr. Cana had brought with him a brown paper parcel con-
taining the articles in gaieties.) On hie presenting himself
at the entrance of the court, end making inquiries of the
officers, he was awned that the paper he had received
was not one of the sunarsesese el this court, and that in
feet he had been hoaxed. Bat he thought it
would be mire satisfactory if he saw the magistrate. Some
Mends of his had assured hint that the summons was a
regular document, and had somewhat alarmed him by
intimating that be stood in danger of being handed over to
the Preach authorities and transported to Cayenne.
Mr. Henry assured the applicant that the document he
had received did not emanate from this court. A summon
would have been served by the officer of the court and not
by post. The whole matter was • hoax.
Applicant thanked his worship sad withdrew.

SOUTHWARK.
MARGE OF MANSLACONTIR IN A WORKUOV,i.
ABOWS 1110111101., a powerful looking young fellow, a
pauper, belonging to St. °laves Union Workhouse, South-
wark, was brought before Mr. Muth= for final examina-
tion, charged with causing the death of William, en elderly
eccentric man, an inmate of the same workhouse.
It appeared from the widows of another pauper, that about
six
o'clock on the evade( of Saturday, the 6th inst.,
theprisoner, deceased, and several others were in the
"01d man's hall,' and the prisoner teased him by
calling him "Yorke.," a name he did not Mo. The
prisoner, however, continued to bother him, and at last the
old man got ins passion and attempted to strike him. The
prevented him and .truck himhima blow which canoed
rittrirofal l. He recovered himself shortly afterwards, when
they all went into the supper-room and then the deceased
GU down in a fit and never recovered. He died on the
following Thursday.
Mr. James Thomas Mackintosh, the medical officer of St.
Olave's Union, said that on Saturday night the 4th instant
hews. calked to ACO the deceased iu the infirmary. lie was
insensible and 'turning from compresaion of the brain. He
attended him until Thursday afternoon the 11th instant,
when he died. Witness hod since made a poet marten ex-
amination of the body, and be found a large quantity of
cosanlated blood on the right side of the brain, which was
sufficient to cause death. Witness had no doubt it was
caused either by a blow or a fell.
Police-constable 223 If said he took the prisoner Into cus-
tody, who, ^n the way t ) the station-house, said that the
&cared struck him first.

Mr. Raynor, the master of tho workhouse, said that the
decumed was • very quarrelsome man, and he had had con-
siderable dillicalty with him. The prisoner knew hie temper,
end ought not to lave annoyed him. Since the last &mini-
Dation an inquest had been held at the vestry-room, sad a
verdict of .4 Allsnalaughter" returned.
The defendant, who denied striking the deceased but mid
that both fell down together, wee fully committed to Rew-
rite for trial for the 'manslaughter.