The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-12 00:00:00

noon her. In confirmation of the suggestion that '
t&ismer was the guilty party, it wee proved that upon
• search being made at his reeidence, • cloak was found
upon which there were appearances of burning by some
powerful acid, and also marks of an alkali having been
employed, apparently for the purpose of neutralising
she effects of the acid. A most extraordinary piece
of evidence was given in the course of the nee. The
simyntoni papers referred to were put in in evidence,
ofit was stated that they were in the handwriting
of the prisoner. One of them was to the effect
that • reward of 1,0001. would be given for the discovery
of the bully who had formed en improper connexion with
*married woman, and who had his face painted in Oxford-
'inset for so doing ; and • witnese named Deacon, who
stated himself to be • lithographer,was called to prove that
he had formed an acquaintance with the prosecutrix, and
that after he had parted from her one evening in Oxford-
street, some person threw a quantity of burning
Said into his face, which destroyed both his eyes, and
he was now totally blind. This witness, in cron-
e:lamination, said that he first became acquainted with the
prosecutrix by meeting her casually in the street, and that
several interviews afterwards took place between them,
and that it was after parting with her upon one of those
conaions that the frightful injury was inflicted upon him,
bat he was unable to give the s4htest evidence as to the
perpetrator of it. He also stated that the prosecutrix had
spoken to him of a doctor or • quaker whom she did not
wish to see her, and it appeared that the prisoner was •
member of the Soty of friends.
The only defence that appeared to be attempted to set
up for the prisoner was that his identity had not been
sufficiently established.
[The trial was proceeding when our report left.]

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

PARSKNORRII ON THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.
Mr. William Busby, of 338, Caledonian-road, was sum•
at at the butanes° of the North London Railway Com.
pony to answer the following oomplainte—" For that you
oa the 12th day of February having paid your fare to
travel in certain carriage of the said railway
for a certain distance—that is to say, from Broad-
rtreet, in the city of London, to Islington, did
unlawfully, knowingly, and wilfully proceed in such
carriage beyond such dirtance, that is to my, to Cale-
donian-road without previously paying the additional fare
far the additional distance, and with intent to avoid pay-
ment theaeof, contrary to the statute." He was further
charged with unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly neglect
on arriving at Islington the point to which he had paid
his fare to quit such carriage, &a
Mr. Cooper from the office of Messrs.'Payne and Layton,
of Gresham House, attended on behalf of the railway
Trircision in this case is of very great haportance to
the passengers on this line of railway. Previous to the
commencement of this year the company used to issue
return tickets which bad printed on them the words
" From any station to any station," and whether the pas-
monger travelled the whole extent of the line and back, or
only from one station to the other and back, the fare was
the same. This has now been altered, although the fares
have not been. A passenger on the payment of 6d. can
get into a carriage at Chalk-farm and ride to Broad-street
and back, but if he got into the carriage say at Highbury,
and took a return ticket to Broad-street, he would on his
return have to get out at Highbury, for if he went beyond that
point he would have to pay 2,L additional, or what is termed
" local fare." This had caused great dissatisfaction to many
of the passengers, and although several complaints have
been made to the directors of the company of the annoy-
ance and inconvenience occasioned no notice has been
taken or alteration made. In this case the defendant took
a second class return ticket from Islington to Broad-street
and back, travelled to Broad-street, and on bis return
journey instead of getting out at the Islington station went
on to the Caledonian-road station, a distance by rail of
about a mile. There he tendered the half ticket, which was
taken by the 'sorter, and 2d. additional, or local fare, was
demanded. This he declined to pay, although his atten-
tion was called to the printed notices of the company's
regulations, which were posted up in several conspicuous
parts of the station, and also a handbill containing
the decision of Mr. D'Eyncourt, senior magistrate
at this court, of the company's right to demand
and take the " local fare. As the defendant
would not pay the additional fare his card was de-
manded and given, and he was waited on at his residence
twice by the officials of the company and asked to pay the
twopence to prevent legal proceedings being taken, but as
he declined to pay the directors of the company had no
alternative but to bring the matter under the notice of this
court, and thus enforce their bye laws and regulations, all
of which, it was stated, had received the sanction of the
Board of Trade. It was also stated that by the enforcing
of the local fare the weekly income of the company had
been considerably augmented.
Mr. Hazard, one of the station masters, said, in answer
to the defendant, that if he had taken the return ticket at
the Caledonian-road station, instead of at Islington, the
fare would have been the same, viz., flel, and on his re-
turn journey he could have got out at Islington, or any
other station short of Caledonian-road, and of course no
additional fare would have been demanded, as the de-
fendant would have ridden short of the journey for which
the company had originally contracted to convey him.
The defendant contended that the company had no
right to make the alterations in question ; and said
that on the faith of the original regulations sanctioned by
the Board of Trade, the company should issue return
tickets, available at any station from any station. Men of
capital and tradesmen had been induced to lay out large
sums of money in the purchase of property, and the
building of the houses in the vicinity of the company's
stations. He also contended that if he had got in at the
Chalk Farm station, a distance of more than three miles
from where he did get in, the fare would have been the
same, and such being the case he thought he had a right to
go to any station on the company's line that he pleased.
Mr. Barker said he was against the defendant on all the
points he had raised. The company had only done what
they were allowed to do by their acts of parliament and
the acts of parliament relating to railway companies gene-
rally, and the alterations made by the company had re-
ceived the sanction of the Board of Trade.
The defendant said he could see all along that the ma-
gistrate was dead against him, and such being the case of
course it was of no use his offering any further arguments
in the matter.
Mr. Barker said such a remark as that last uttered was
not only ungentlemanly but uncalled for. He was ready
to listen to anything further the defendant had to say in
reference to the charge, and if he had nothing further to
say he would at once give his decision.
The defendant then contended that he had a complete
answer to the charge as the Islington station and the Caledo-
nian station were both in the pariah of Islington.
Mr. Barker said the last argument, in hie opinion, was
of no avail. He considered the case fully proved, but as
this was the first case of the kind that had been
before him, and the company did not press for
the infliction of the full penalty, he should not
now enforce it. He should only convict on one summons,
viz., that of unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly neglect-
ing, on arriving at Islington, the point to which the
a defendant had paid his fare, to quit the carriage, and for
that offence he should order the defendant to pay a fine of
Ins., and the costs. The other summons would be dis-
missed.
The defendant at once paid the money, and said it was
a peat injustice.

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN
SOUTH WA RK.-( THIS DAY.)

This morning, at an early hour, the neighbourhood
of Kent-street, Southwark, was thrown into great excite_
ment, by the discovery of the murder of a female and the
attempted suicide of the murderer, in a house in Etham.
street.

Police-constable 133 31 was on duty in Bent-street a
little after 7 o'clock, when his attention was called to 19,
Etham-street, and he was then told that a double mur-
der had been committed therein. He entered the house
in question, and found in the first floor front room a female
lying on the boards with her throat cut in a dreadful man-
ner. He traced blood to the back room upstairs, and there
discovered a man lying by the side of the bed with his ,
throat cut also. He was sensible, and in answer to the
officer he said that he had cut the female's throat
first, and then cut his own. Drs. Tumner and
Evans were instantly called in, when they pronounced
the female to be dead. The man was attended to and
removed, by the order of those gentlemen, on a stretcher
to Guy's Hospital, where he now remains in the custody
of an officer in a very precarious state. From what the
officer could glean from the wounded man, it appeared that
be cut the woman's throat first upstairs, when she got
away from him and crept downstairs to the room where she
was found, when he cut his own throat. Inspector Wise,
H division, immediately attended, and from inquiries made
by him it appears that the female was the wife of a seaman
and had female twins 11 years of age living. Her husband
had been some time away from her, and it was not known
when he was. She, however, was well known to the
Police, and bore a very indifferent character. The
man lying at the hospital is a lightermsn, and had co-
habited with her for a considerable time, and had
been frequently in the habit of quarrelling with her. A
razor, the blade of which was open and covered with blood,
was found lying by the ride of the man and was taken
Possession of by the constable. The name of the man is
Daniel Beloe, and that of the woman Sarah Ann Giles.
C:owds are collected round the spot, and various rumours
are afloat as to the cause of the deed, but it is thought to
be jealousy. The inquest on the body of the female will
no doubt be held to-morrow, and there is little likelihood
of the man surviving the extensive injuries inflicted on
himself.