The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-13 00:00:00

THURSDAY XVENING,

DISOJIACIITIL AssAryzr Br 43 INDIAN

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Thomas Herbert Lewia, a lieutenant of the 31st
Indian Native Islam , wee placed at the bar of the
Sunderland po on flatarday, charged with having
committal • violent and dangerous amault upon • boy
between nine and ten years of ems, named William George
Barnett Francis, residing in Dannatt's-court, Norfolk-
street. The prisoner bad been taken into custody imme-
diately after the tumult, and instead of occupying the pri-
sonerrs Lox lie was allowed to stand behind his solicitor.
Mr. Councillor Joseph Potts said—About half-pest three
o'clock yesterday afternoon I was going up Norfolk-
street, when about live yards off I saw • boy
advancing, and this gentleman (the prisoner) fol-
lowing him. When about two vans off be picked
the boy up in this manner (Mr. 'Potts illustrated the
action by placing one hand upon his throat, and the
other on the back part of his trousers), and Bung
him up into the air. The boy and he were on the flagging,
and the boy landed about the middle of the horse road—he
came head foremost down. He fell upon his forehead, and
then came down upon him stomach, sqd out his arms and
legs ad Dever stirred. I want and the prisoner on
' the shoulder, and said, " Sir, do you w what you have
done! I believe you have killed tt boy. Will you, pee
a your name . ids would not, but put himself is a
dolma attitude, and said, " You seoundrel, who are you ?
If you don't fen back ru serve you the same way." (At
this portion of Mr. Potta's evidence, the prisoner, who had
hitherto 'manifested no apparent concern, laughed.) I fol-
lowed the prisoner, and him in eight, and he was
afterwards taken into c . The first I saw of it was
when the boy was five yards . The boy was running. I
did oot know what provocation he had received. I spoke
in • very quiet way. He did not strike the boy, but took
him as I described. He threw him right up in the air. He
did not throw him 15 or 20 feet up.
The surgeon's artificate was rad. It stated that the
boy had received severe injuries to his head, face, be. From
his present symptoms it was impossible to say what the m-
alt might be.
Mr. George Atkinson, surgeon, said he had examined
the lad named Franck a few minutes after the accident.
He found his head and face very much swollen and bruised;
blood was issuing from his nose and mouth, and he com-
plained very much of his head. He oomroenced and con-
tinued vomiting blood until that morning, and it had not
then stopped. Some of his teeth were knocked out of the
upper Jew, and his teeth had been driven into the
internal part of his check. This morning be found him
partly relieved, but he had not yet been able to retain any
food upon his stomach : he was ill, dangerously ill.
Mr. Cooper—Have you say reason to anticipate death?
Mr. Atkinson—l cannot any. There Is not atia
.appenr-
asee of death at present. I consider the princi Injury is
concussion of the brain affecting the stomas. I consi-
der his internal contusions to be the cause of his vomiting
blood.

' Mr. Cooper, for the prisoner, mid after the evidence be
could not ask the magistrate* to decide the case at
but he trusted that they would bear what he had to say
on behalf of his client. He had been a lieutenant in the
Native Infantry of India, where be had been fur the bid
four years in the Indian campaign. When I. the
neighbourhood of Luckoow he made the a%uaintaross of
Mien Prior, and lie was in Sunderland as har=t
ressat, staying in Norfolk-street. Yesterday a
Mrs. Lewin and Miss Prior went into the ground opposite,
where they had to remonstrate with this lad and others
for pulling the trees down. This lad then began
to use very shocking language, and followed them
so much that they had to go into the house and nom.
plain to his client. He went out and got the boy by
the neck, and did throw lain, off the kerb-stone into the
road las described by Mr. Potts), but not into the air,
wither did he strike him. His client instructed him to
say that he was as sorry as any man could possibly be,
but he never expected that it would result in this serious
accident to the boy— that he
than shako him. lie felt as much as any per sou could do,
and he (Mr. Cooper) trusted the bench would accept Mr.
Prior's guarantee, and not look him up. He war willing
to make any compensation, or accept anydecision the bench
thought proper and right in the matter. Mr. Lewin did not
ask him to
that
it at all. When they heard what the sur-
geon said, that the injuries were merely contusions by foll-
ies on the road, he hoped that in the course of a day or two
the lad would he better. Under these circunutances,he trusted
the bench would accept bell.
The magistrates having consulted declined to take bail.
On Monday he was again placed at the her.
Mr. Atkinson, surgeon, was again called, and said the
lad was much better. He thought he was now out of
daner. He would not be able to attend for a week.
finsinsby made application to renauld the prisoner fora
week.

This was? after some discussion, agreed to by the bench.
Mr. Reginald Orton, surgeon, said he attended the boy
on Maturday evening, at the request of the friends of the
prMowir, and hail concurred in the prescription of Mr. At-
kinson. He hail seen him that morning, end did not con-
sider there woe the slightest danger to his life. The
greatest amount of injury be could discover was the fracture
of one of the teeth, which was loosened. There was an in-
jury to the cheek by the tooth, and a scrub on the outside
of the cheek, as if the boy had slid along after falling.
There was no fever. He entertained no doubt whatever that he
would recover shortly. Is the ceuree of a week he would be
quite able to attend.
Mr. Simpson—Do you know he has been vomiting blood!
Witmer replied that he had heard so from the medical
man and the boy's mother, and he accounted for it from the
aireurnstance that he was brought home when his nose end
mouth were bleeding, and that he bad swallowed a quantity
of blood when laid buck upon his mother's knee, and that
be had vomited it up again. He found nu evidence of any
injury to the stomach, which would have beau iuthiated by
tenderness.
The Bench accepted bail for the prisoner's reappearance.

MI "JUIRINS" INVOLVED IN 4 ROBBERY.

On Monday our load magistrates resumed their
inquiry into the circumstance of a somewhat singular case
of robbery, which occurred in Maryport a few days ego.
It seems that an oil women named Mary Carol, who
states herself to be Si years of age, and who has for scene
make • pretty good living by begging,
,Maus
to
oommmanT a d room in Marlborough-street. Cenci appears
to havebemnf a miserly disposition, and by scraping
to-
getber and hoarding up the proceeds of her mendicancy,
she managed to save something approaching to '2O/. This
mosey, which was chiefly in meninges, was of comes
an object of no little care and anxiety on the old wo-
man's part ; aid to pensive it from the hands of the
wickedly disposed she kept it in an old purse, which
in turn she kept lucked up in a box, the key of which she
had attached to her by means of • string or piece of tape.
Unable to carry up water to her room, Oarrol employed a
girl named Agnes O'Hare, twelve years of age, to do that
and other Weird" and the girl's motherocessionally west
to the place. The other day the old lady made the unplea-
sant discovery that, in spite of her vigilance, pares and
money had been abstracted from what she had fancied to be
their safe hiding-place, and the polka authorities were node
acquainted with the dimater. Inspector Mamba soon after-
wards apprehended the girl O'Hare on suspicion of having
committed the robbery, and on being taken to the policesta-
tion she made • voluntary statement to the effect that she
had taken the money and gives it to her mother. Upon this
in!ormation Douglas proceeded to the house of the girl's
parents, Daniel and Sarah O'Hare, for the purpose of ap-
prehending them on a charge of receiving the money, know-
ing it to have been stolen. The father made some resistance
at first, and blew out a candle which WWI burning in the
room ; hut Sergeant Taylor, who had accompanied the kr
spector, observed a movement in the cooperative which
haul led him to make a search amongst some flour which
had been set for baking, and iu which he found 13 awe
re4ns. The two wore then takes into custody, and upon the
male prisoner was found 1/. lid. The evidence adduced be-
fore the nuigistratee left no doubt that the girl's statement
in reference to the robbery was perfectly true, and she was
admitted evidence against her parents, her testimony show-
ing that she hail taken the money at twioe-81. or 9!. the
first tiler, and 5/. or 6/. on the second occasion. The
father, when called upon for his lefe cs, stated that he
knew nothing of the robbery ; and, either with an im-
pudent attempt to impose upon the modality of the magi,.
trate. or with • lamentable amount of ignorance and super-
anion, proceeded to say that the "fairies" hail brought the
mosey into the house, that they were in league with hie
daughter, and that they had put the money into baskets
so and all rts of pieces. The Rev. F. W. Wicks asked the
man if he redly meant to tell them he believed what he wee
saying. The prisoner -"tech, sure, yer honour, on' I do."
statement of course produced roars of laughteramonat
the on-broker. The two elder prisoners were committed
for trial at the sessions, and the girl was sentenced to twenty-
four hours' hard labour. —Cumberland Parquet.

MANILAUMITES IN Livaaroot. A ruffian
named Thomas Fox was committed oil tido charge by the
Liverped nitrates yesterday. Oa the 23n1 August •
pew baskeaseller Vane Matthews) cams to his door, and
asked lain to buy her wares. Pox was drunk at the time,
and without the least provocation he kicked Matthews is
the stomach, and threw her down with such form that
bee head mine violently in contact with the pavement.
Coocussion of the brain and ultimate death were the resell.
limsverr TINE IN JAPAN.—Bebop the harvest
time of Nipcm—the reopen enioyiog their noontide nieaL
Was there ever • more perfect picture of aninuil enjoyment?
Luke Stodge*, the farmer's boy, may pray fora belly.full et
.
fat bacon. mad to 'mellowed to pass life +brinin oa • pie;
but even thee, hi that state of lilies, he woukl hardly WNW
our daps/base Meade in sewed delight ; Wed to diateasiim
with rice, • ripe harvest trariag around them, smolt*,
drinking, sad basking under the sun of Italian fervour.
Nay more, we questios whether the contrast 'between the
condition of the tramp, who begs food at the resglish farm.
labourer's door, and the heart fellow himself, is ar greet as
we hare authority fur sayiag mast he the came in ~fa. a,
when we omtemplate the leas and hungry creature who is
bolding out his platter to the well-fed woman on our left.—
Captain Sherani °shwa, in Omer a Week.
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