The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-07 00:00:00

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Dennis Kelly, aged 30, lidnit;r7M, was brought up, on
remand, before Yr. Train, *barged with wilfully cutting
and wounding John Cooper, by 'tabbing him in eleven
parts of the body and face.
The prosecutor was brought from Guy's
having sufficiently reeovered to attend to give evidence.
He mid he resided in the Ropewalk Deptford,
and recollected that about 11 o'clock on ail night of
Saturday the 14th of September, he was in the Fishing
Smack public-house, at Deptford. He was very much in-
toxicated, and remembered seeing the prisoner there, but
had no recollection of anything afterwards, until he found
himself next day in Guy's Hoepillsl. He bad not been
discharged from the hospital, but had to return as soon as
he had given hie evident*.
Mr. J. Coates, landlord of the Fishing Smack public.
house, Deptford, said the prisoner had lodged at his house
for six or seven nights previously to the night in question.
The prisoner was intoxicated, but was jovial and chaffing
with others. At five minute* to 12 the prisoner was chat
I Bing the prosecutor, who was not so much drunk se the
primer ; and the progenitor then struck the prisoner
several blows in the faro. The prisoner did not attempt
to return any of the blows, and witness succeeded is
getting the whole of the parties out of his place, and saw
nothing of what afterwards happened.
Sophia Richardson wife of a metal dealer, carrying on
business at 21, Old 1e.4-street, I.pKord, said that about
12 o'clock on tbe t in question she was sitting
in the back parlour her husband's shop, when, hear-
ing • disturbance, she went to the street door and saw
the prisoner coming down the middle of the road
and talking to himself. The prisoner, whom she knew
as • customer, was bleeding very much from the face and
nose. Witness did not then see anyone following the pri-
WOW, and oa seeing bee the prisoner made towards the shop
and twice exclaimed, " This is how they have served me!" A
knife used for cutting baron, and which had been in use
about • minute previously, had boon left on she counter.
Witness mid to the prisoner, "Curly, you have been
fighting ; stop there and I will go and fetch you a drop of
water to wash the blood off." Instead of stopping at the
door the prisoner followed her into the back room, where
he net on • chair while she went into the kitchen to get the
water. On returning with the water, she found the pri-
soner had left the room, and gone again towards the shop
door. She followed him, and when be got to the shop
door she saw the prosecutor strike the prisoner. It
was • blow from the list. There was then • souffle in
the shop, and round the counter. They were backwards
and forwards in the shop several times, and went down toge-
ther, knocking all the things off the counter. Her husband
then cure from the parlour and endeavoured to separate the
persecutor and the primmer, andreoeiving • mist the back of
his left head, be called out, "They have got • knife."
They were separated, and prosecutor was taken out of the
shop b • hoeman covered in blood, and he said, " I
am " The bacon knife was afterwards picked up,
broken in four pieoen
Kr. Frederick Fisher, surgeon, said he was called upon
to attend the prosecutor, and on examining him found he
had been wounded in eleven different places. There were
four punctured wounds in the head, • large portion of
flesh from the right cheek out out, the lower lip entirely
divided, and five wounds about the back ; this, large flesh
and two minor wounds, one being just above the left hip,
and another across the left blade-boos. Three of the
wounds were of • very dangerous character. The prisoner
wealsost. suffering from • wound on the inside of the
let wri

Mr. Tiaill commented epos the frequent use of the
knife, and committed the prboser for trial.

FALL OF A WAREHOUSE IN THE ClTY.—Yester-
day morning, about ten o'clock, a large warehouse, belong-
ing to News. Testes, the wholesale druggists and rise
mist., in Budge-ruw, Cannon-etrees, fell to the ground.
The premises were four loon high, exclusive of the ban-
meat, and were flied with drugs and chemicals. They
were apprombed by large pies, the (rout houses on either
side having some time Wass bean pulled down, which it is
considered hoe in some way canard the disaster. No cue
wee injured.
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