The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

WANDSWORTH.

Henry Head, guLtl,Ororiteß;;;tt„ moistest gaud,
Hooey Mitchell, engine driver, sad A. Fordyce,. fireman,
ali in the smelly of the Lledos, Brighton, and &oath Coast
Railway Company, were severally summoned for leaving a
train of which they had chance wholly unattended.
Oa the night of the lOth inst. Sergeant Pearce, of the V di-
vision, wee on duty is Merton-lane, mar the level crossing°,
the Wimbledon, Mitcham, and Croydon Brooch Railway,
belonging to the Brighton and South Coast line, when he
saw a tram, consisting of an engine, truck laden with cools,
and carriages, come apices the direction of London. The

train &topped near the gate on the Whirl,lirtiOn side, and
I Zute of the men on the engine jumped off ams directed
another man who was on the engine to OA* oho
twin through the gates. Baker, the gets keeper,
then closed the gates, and the train proceeded 1001
little distance, when it again stopped. Two other en‘ns•
who "mond to he guard., then )'sniped from the carriages,
and also the man on the engine. The four men then quitted
the train and went into Baker'. house adjoining the line, fol-
lowed by Baker. The sergeant then went on to the tine and
tool, ed round the train, but he could see no one la Ouse of
It. The men went into Baker's loan about five minutes to
12 o'clock, and did not come out until a quarter peat, and
during the whole of that time the train was unattended.
When they came out the four men got on to the train, and
It then proceeded towards Croydon.
Mr. Solomon, who attended for the prisonen, elicited in
croescumlnation that the train in question was the lut on
the line either way that night, and therefore no danger
could be expeetod by the train standing there.
Mr. Anuombe, the inspector of police on the railway,
said nay person could have got on to the train and started
the engine before the defendants could have reached it.
That was the only danger to be apprehended, as there was
no other train running. The line only had single rails.
Mr. Salomon said the defendants would plead guilty to
leaving the train unattended. He then made an
appeal oo behalf of the defendants, hoping his worship
would take a lenient view of the eau, as it was proved that
no danger could have resulted by the train standing on the
line, and also that the defendants would lose their situations,
which would be a sufficient punishment.
Mr. Ingham said he should take into consideration that
being the last train and no other running at the time. If
it had not been so he should have felt it his duty to inflict
the fall penalty of 101. However, it wee a very serious
offence to leave a train unattended, and must be marked
with some severity. He fined Heed, who bad charge of the
train, 61., or one month's imprisonment, as he was more
culpable than the rut. He neat (Mod Mitchell 34., or 21
days, and the other two defendants 21. sub, or 21 days'
imprisonment.
GREENWICH.
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David Davis was charged, on remand, with staallog some
money from the person of Mr. Alexander Reed, watch-
maker, Church-street, Greenwich. We reported the
former examilietion yesterday. Upon this omission the
prosecutor admitted that he was la an intoxicated state at
the time, and that he had twice given the prisoner mensy
although warned not to do so; and the magistrate, con-
sidering his evidence too weak and inconclusive to sustain
a conviction, dismissed the charge.