The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-12 00:00:00

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debilletiSrikiwibllni Dor
and a,
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;C414. and 'maw between the
lino were is tho Yobbo' ,
dreei to all part of this world.
Weirie away* puked in the mime masse
than wee .
In Wier Isociscin pot by Yr. Atkin**, thew•••
mos ma that they packed ether in tin PM,
width were by a tinman after tits article was
pocked.
igz• Fr_ariardr • la In the establishment of
Hamm it'llendo and OforivVelsz widows. His also
stated that the to describe artealm
ci thia as " " and that simile*
things wen elf an the honer to
in pub. of the
Xr. Robes* al
toehmak perator at Apothsv
Grime Bal. wend MI6 Wished doicriPU••
Hon were conalmelll,zeiiped. add that formerly Tay
=411710 were acctbires the Hall to the
to he
In mow to vorYres pat by Mr. Atkinson this witness
mid that he dYbe6 seedier Moore was any danger in ship-
ping ether `thin mess, provided it was done with proper
owLoa Wilt esikagy ow he behaved it might have
goer safe to Lae I WU of emu, V any leakage took place
it would have bees
Mr. Cheelea Dever*,
iwiliCeutEsivey. M, and
00., wbolesab Tbeedoetreet, Emoted Usk
Mr. Stewart oat hint twot of ceelleba weldable he required
to be seat to India, smog which wale these that were now
the subject of =and 67 his 1111, were solely
packed and f ideiteinig ether were
always turned doom, to yes whether theft was any leakage,
before they were Smelly packed.
Mr. John Wyman, an expo:Mina called to prove
the mode in which ether was packed ; hut epee
an objection taken by Mr. A evader), was not
received.
In answer to equation put to him by the learned caT
this gentleman stated that until he beard the evidaste
DT. Lethehy he was not aware that ether was of so duffs'
ons a character.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson observed that as this was the ere
he had certainly acquired some important intensities, and
probably he would pack mach an article differently In future.
This having domed the awe on both sides,
The Lord Mayor at once mid he was clearly of opinion
that the 329th section of the act of parliament in question
had been violated, and the evidence of Dr. Lethebv fully
corroborated his own opinion that the articles that bid been
shipped on board this visual by the defendant were of a
y inflammable and dangerous nature, and it was fest-
fu o imagine the oonsequencee that might have resulted
he, their being taken on board. He had no wish to pre-
judice the cam in any manner, or to make it =era=
it really was, but he could not help taking lido
the dreadful consequences that might have remelted from
the act of the defendant, and he felt that he was bound to
indict • penalty. He wee quite sure, from the respects-
biddy d the company and the meaner in which the came bad
been eisednoted by them, that they did not &Ore him to
Whet the full penalty of 1001. (Mr. Atkinson here inter-
pied. sad laid, "Certainly not.") He anticipated that
Wm we the case, and be had no doubt that they had
the matter before him am a warning to others
as the mode in which inflammable and dan-
gerous article' mach se these were to be sent on
board—ehip, and in the hope that the publicity
that would be given to the proceedings would have
the effect of preventing the rynce of a similar act.
Ho them add he should mi the fine from 100/. to
101., aid he that this w have the effect to which
he bad edNrted, which he was ewe was the only feeling
tilt bed mesa
elitatelL eed the parties by whom the proceedings
hed_beeu

Yr. Atkin* said he wee net instructed to uk for costs.
Mr. Niacin., oaths pert et **defendant, then thanked
his kaideldp for the attention be had bestowed an the
lag ; end he also, on the pert at Mr. Stewart, *premed
his ant of the fair *int in which the matter
had been out by the craipany.
. _ . DITLI.DHALL.

John Jokismon, aged dee:jibedas a general Anent, wee
charged with forging and uttering a request for goods, by
which means he obtained • bate contains& 107 shawls, value
25!., the property el Mr. Joseph Denison, • shawl amino-
factures. of Vandal, in Yorkshire, end a warehouseman of
33, Aldermenbury, London.
Mr. Denison stated that on his return from Yorkshire •
short time back' be found that • bele of goods bad bees de-
livered from his warehouse in his abassoe, on prodnenn of
an Dribs in the prisoner's handwriting, Sind by him for
prosecutor, as if with the latter's authority. He had ooca-
singly employed the prisoner to introduce him to buyers,
but had siren him no soh authority. He found that the
had sold them to a person named Unwell, of
roodnotr-wall,

After heath* the uvideace,
Alderman Challis said- -lt is quite clear to me that the
prisoner had no authority to sell theme goods, and that
he therefore obtained them by hand, which in my opinion
is ail much a stealing of the goods as if be were to enter the
!shop and take them off the woofer. lb ca • se for a
jll%. Martin said the charges against the prisoner at pre-
sent were for steeling one bale and atteenpiasg to steal
another bele, the value of the two baler beinglBl. sad 381.
The prisoner was ultimately remanded for a week, with
permission top ut in bail is two sureties in 404 each, and
his own recognoes In 801., in default of which, wiles
being required, he was removed in the prison T•CI to
Neergate.
MARLSOHOUGHSTREET.
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Catherine Keith, • loWliciWir4femirele. was charged with
aessollt2=Mr. WWI= H. Ha gentleman, of 8,
The se t rid that between one and two that
morning he celled in at the Vietory Tavern, Oxford•mtrut,
with • friend, end bid same/7 been in the home a minute
when the primmer, who was in company of other females,
called him • "prig,'" and on his friend saying they would
leave, the primmer shuck him in the teem. His friend then
left for the papule of fetching a const•ble, upon which the
=struck him on the nose some severs blows, covering
blood, scratched his bee, pulled his hair, and tore
him coat. He then gave her in charge.
Mr. William Fade, of 3, Adam-street West, confirmed a
portion of the above, and said he woe touch annoyed by
prim' otter end her companions.
74 it proved taking tho prisoner into custody, and finding
the complainant bleeding from the nose and mouth. The
prisoner was very violent in her conduct.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner Rh. or 14 days.
Two miee, named Win/pore and Bates, were charged
with assaulting Mr. Richardson, of Great St. Andrew.
street, !jemmied victualler.
Mr. Richardson was very rommirly handled by Winspeers,
the other attempting le resew Whispers.
Winimeare said he didn't know he was " obetropolous."
Fined, Winspeare 15s. and Hates a& lid.
TRAM .
Charlotte Cooper, • servant girl, aged 13, was brought be-
fore Mr. Self., charged with stealing • cesh-box containing
sundry papers, the rty of her mister, George William
Glaciate, grocer and meager, 1, Spring-garden-place,
Stepney.
Mr. Manistee said the prisoner had been in his berries for
a few weeka, and her ounduct had not been so good as it
ought to lave been. lest Saturday she Mole a half-
sovereign, and he forgave her for that, and declined to turn
her out of doors. That (Thursday) morning %begirt rase early
and went down stairs, for the purpose, it was supposed, of
ling the fire and attending to her howrehold duties. Soon
she was mimed, sod on looking for the ooh-box
it wu missing. Concluding she hid absconded sod taken
the cash.box with her, be went sitar the girl, and after
inquiring for her at various places, he found her in front of
the ruins of Mesru. tluodhart's auger refinery, which was
destroyed by tire the previous night. The cash•box was
ander her arm, and he took it from her, and gave her into
eustudy. Thom was so money in the Leah-box. He emptied
it the previous night.
The prisoner, in defence, said she received warning to
leave her master's service that day, and having no friends
and no place to go to, she did Meal the cash-lion for the
Pu of being given into custody.
niairieter believed that his wife did tell the prisoner
the was to kave Thai *lay. Re ~Alma a nod character
with her from Ma. Meredith, saw-keeper, or No. t 7,
Whiakinetreet, Clerical welt.
Mr. Safe—Let inquiries be made about the girl. She
is remanded until Thursday next.

THY SUICIDK AT

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evening Mr. E. Osisdi• Ss Wee* serener, held an in•
guest at tie I* 14., 41kaltbizirion, on the body of
oahasia me, Biased ' , when three witnesses only
sore fully subetautiated the
11:alsgsgatils4 . 41,411 was caused by his own act.,
coder the • solvated in our paper of Wedoes•
(W. Mr. T. 1). asseuntant, of London, deposed
that be earns down le mpton last Friday week to In.
the state vAitrognold's affairs, he having executed
r &tmof magmas& He had been in a despo
sliding state of
mind lately, in cuessepienee of having embarked m a very
unwise speculation, but appeared tether beater on Monday
wren . Witness, who had lived in ibis house since he came
down head Mm. Pordage sersmuleg about 4 o'clock on
'Facades y morning, when he west up to the bed•room door,
end finding it was fastens! he berm it open, but baton he
could get into the room the deceased had tamped out of the
window. He immediately ran down into the street, and
found diseased lying on the pavement, still alive,with blood
dowing oopiesely from a wetnol in the head. Deceased was
removed Into the house ou • shutter, and he emetinued to
breathe about dye minutes. Witness mid be bed advised
mre. poetise to take her husband into the fiesslry, and not
to leave km, alone A constable named amok who wee
first on the spot, ie.e evidence am Is the struggle between
deceased and his distracted wife st the wiN4lll4l, which con-
tinued for two ar three minutes, Led to etroesselb falling
on to the lead over the shop window, end *we to the
pavement. Mr. Francis Cooper, empos. Ike wee hams
lately is attendanos, founds kutingszl issioul on the
right tempt of dammed, amid bit bild, end tie era.
puma buss oompletely mashed. *the IRIS was
nearly uedisturbetl, and the hatalairdiaa Id llell leliedese
kind senemilly 'woodier death. 111511 Ilbr elms
of the wound iti about five or ten ofdasio. see worn* et
the jury wee to the effect that dew* was die rem& if a
weed amused by deeemed jnospiog trans the *aim bas
bait el Issiposiery inesaity„