The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-05 00:00:00

THE QUEEN C. THE BRIDGWATER TRUST.

Counsel for the prosecution in the indictment against
the Bridgwater Trust for • public nuisance, caused by the
filthy state of the Bridgwater Canal, a case which has been
adjourned from assize to assize several times, this morn-
ing, upon his lordship taking his seat, announced that his
clients had agreed to abandon the prosecution.
/dram! Yaks was convicted of a burglary at the house
of Anthony Milner, at Blaokrod, with whom he had been
a lodger.
His Lordship said he was bound to take into account
two previous convictions of the prisoner. He was not sure
that he ought not to pass upon him a sentence of penal
servitude.

The Prisoner—l hope you will, my lord, instead of
sending ale to gaol.
The Judge—l shall not, for I find you have bad four
years of penal servitude, and it hu done you no good. I
am not sure that you will not find imprisonment more
irksome to you.
Prisoner—Not at all, my lord ; but I shall come here
again as soon as ever I get out.
The Judge—l am only afraid you take a true estimate of
yourself, but I hope you may be in the hands of those who
will bring you into a better frame of mind.
Prisoner—They never will, my lord, not in this country.
The Judge—The sentence is that you be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for 15 calendar months.
(Before Chief Justice Bovill.)

GREENWOOD V. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
COMPANY.-RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
. .

The plaintitii;agani eiecpeTin—;lTeMployment of
Messrs. Barker and Green, two gentlemen who rented •
moor for shooting at Todmonlen. on the Ist December
last Mr. Barker and the plaintiff took places from Hud-
dersfield to Todmonlen by the defendants' railway, but
having two dogs with them, they were requested to ride
with them in the van. Some carriages were standing
scrum the lines few miles from Huddersfield, and a colli-
sion occurred, by which the plaintiff was so injured that
he was confined to his bed seven weeks. He was still suf-
fering from the effects of the accident. Verdict for the
plaintiff—damages 2501.
YORK, AVOCB7
Citovnt Counr.—(Before Mr. Baron Pigott.)
--• • -

Elizakth Nelson, 20, was charged with the wilful mur-
der of her child, named Nicholas Nelson, at Hull, on the
24th March last.

Mr. P. Thompson prosecuted ; and Mr. C. Thompson (by
order of the learned judge) defended the prisoner.
It appeared that on the 17th February but the prisoner
neve birth to an illegitimate male child, in the Sculcoates
Union, at Hull. She left there, having the infant with
her, on the 15th of the following March. About this tune
she arrived at the house of a woman named Ellen Conlin,
of No. 4, Long-entry, Salthouse-lane, Hull, and took lodg-
ings. There, together with her infant, she stayed nine
days, or until the gird March. The prisoner subse-
quently left the house, and on the 24th Conlin
met her in Hull without the child. She asked
her where it was, and the prisoner said she
was going to a young woman's house to fetch it.
Conlin promised to wait until she brought it, but she did
not return. The next time Conlin saw her was on the
'2!tth March in New George-street, when she asked her if
the child was dead. The prisoner replied that it was, and
that she was going to bury it. Conlin asked this question
because she had heard that the prisoner had made away
with it ; and consequently she answered the prisoner that
she would not believe it until she saw it. Again the pri-
soner, by a simple stratagem, got away from the company
of witness, but the latter saw her again the same day,
when witness had in her company a woman named
Farrell. The prisoner was again asked to produce her
child, and she said she would show it to Conlin, but not
to Ferrell. She, however, made no attempt to do so, ►nd
a policeman coming up be was informed of the suspicion
which existed, that the prisoner had made away
with her infant. She denied the allegatior, hut, on
being asked to show the child to the policeman,