The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-14 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

WESTMINSTER.

Christoforo Buono Core, a tine handsome man, known to
frequenters of Cremoros-garden as the Italian &demander,
or Fire King, was charged with attempting to poison Fran.
deco Fiilifronl, who dew-titled himself as the Emperor of Fire.
Tbe case yes conducted by an interpreter, wbo, owing to
also wanting to be witness and advocate, at length left the
cow! boiling with rage, declaring there wee no justice iis

England. a
The evidence elicited went to show that the complainant
and prisoner bad worked tigether, and that their partnership
being dissolved on Tuesday lad, it was arranged prosecutor
should go to Gravesend, to seek for an engagement, and
accompany prisoner to Ma house to get the rassage-money.
He west with prisoner and received the money, and after-
wards 2.. for the purchase of strawhenies end rum. Pro.
minor bought them, and they then (Hoed together ; after
which prisoner mixed strawberries, sugar, and rum together.
They portook of that, end prisoner then ri.c ded they should
have some cherries, and tent prosecutor out for them. Pre-
vials to this, prisoner had put a tingle strawberry into each
glass; end when prosecutor returned with the cuerries his
strawberry wars sccordiag to his amount, of • different
indoor. Prosecutor 12,41 his suspicions ell wee not tight, but
tasted the mixture and then felt ill, and refused to drink any
snore en prisentr'e pressing him to do so.
Mr. Arnold having expressed himaelf at • lots as to tho
proof of poison having been administered, and
Mr. Inspector Drake having said be could not understand
the matter at all,
Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of Cremorns, said that the
bottle out of which the supposed poison was said to hove
been poured had been 'delivered to him by the police jest
es they bad received it; its content, had not been
analysed, but • Mend on his right had had the temerity to
taste a pottion of them, and felt nose the worse for It. Re
(Mr. Simpson) thought them was • conspiracy an foot eeriest
Buono Core, owing to jealousy, and had been informed pro-
secutor bad expressed Lis intention of stabbing Core with •
polenard.
Mr. Arnold Nerd he would remand the case till Frida,
when some dLintereated interpreter would be obtained. lie
would take one enemy in M. fur prieoner's appearance.
Mr. Adams, secretary to Mr. Simpson, hamedia'ely es-
teemed his willingness to be bail.

HAMMERSMITH.
Atmeigst the night charges was one against Stepher Luker,
• cab-driver, badge No. 7,138, for being drunk and incapable
of eking care of his horse and eel,.
The particulars of the one wets se follows :
About one o'clock that morning • constable found the pri-
mmer in the Gioncester.reed, Kensington, in • state of
and apparently way mu. hiejured. He had fallen
off the seat behind, but was rill clinging to the rein. The
bone had been driven upon the pavement, and the prisoner
must have fallen off at mat time, for it seems that the horse
backed the cab against the well, and smashed the seat. If
the prisoner had been silting on the seat, h. mum hem bees
jammed betecee the cab and the wall. He was taken to the
station, where be complained of his legs being broken, bet it
afterwards appsered that he had injured both hie spine and
bead. He was subsequently bailed oat, and removed to his
lodginge, whirs be wee attended by • surgeon.
Upon the case being called on,
Sergeant Cross said the prisoner was not in attendance, as
be had been bailed out.
Mr. Dsywan said he would wait a short time to lee if he
IPM7tly. afterwards 3erges•t Cross informed his worship
that he had just received information that the man had
died from the injuries be had sustained in falling off the
cab.
The sheet wee afterwards marked to that effect.

FATAL AFFRAY AT WOOLWICH.—BetiTent the
bourn of 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday messing a men, where
name end raeideeee is at present unknown, was killed duriog
a street brawl at Woolwich by a men named Ewen MtGowee,
who is described as a stoker. without Sled residence, and he
at prevent la curtody on thacharge. It app nra that at the
time militated both parties, who were strangere to each
other, were walking in the lower part of High-etreet, Wool-
' via, each being accompanied by a female. The deceased
made some remark which M•Glowee wandered offensive, and
he said, " I have but the use of one arm, but I will Wave
you this way." )COower then ran at the deceased in a
stooping posture lie head coming in oennct with the
abdomen of deeeleed, who f-11, end, whilst lying on the
pavement, M`Gower kicked h'm on Ifs bAti and head.
Police-constable Featherstone, 63R, and other afters short ly
efterwerde arrived, end medical araistenro was procured,
but life we, extinct. The priemer ild'Grwa was planed at
the bar before Mr. Recker, at the Woolwich Polka Court,
yesterday afternoon, and after the examination of various
witamees, be was remanded to off Ord time for a post lantern
examination of the hotly of the deceased. The deceased is
stated to be a travelling hawker.
THE SUPPOSED OUTRAGE IN SOUTH STAFFORD-
SHIRE.—It wee found on litriday afternoon that the body
of the poor female who was discovered drowned, under sin-
gui,.r circumstances, at Gonna Wood on Sunday morning,
!squired alone immediatei burial. A jury MY therefore
re summoned for Monday evening Menai of Wednesday.
The jury accordingly eamobled at the While Chiron. y
public-bouse, atrial Wood. The juty, without hearten
any wiineress, idler seeing that the body bad evidently
been unfairly handled, by the appearance of bruised on the
ornis.:ordsred a rat-mutt= Lamination to be made by
Dr. J. M. %Hendee, of Sedgeley. It was stated that Dotting
additional had transpired to strengthen she supposition of
murder. The presentiment that she was not irt uti to live
long, by her kilning her brother-in-law and others, and say-
ing she ehould " never we them more," heeds to Dm belief
that she might have committed self-destruction. Since our
lest despatch, it has been made known that a person on the
night in question heard a " bubbling " of the water about
the time the unfortunate girl was earn welling alone on the
Mosley-road. The body was found within a very few feat
of the place where the sound was said to have been heard,
sod the general belief now is that the poor girl threw her-
, sett over the bridge adjoining the road. The inantlgation
sends adjourned until Monday next.—Monelisatsr Guardian.
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