The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-20 00:00:00

1, 1858
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Barry, • constable, and inspector of police on the London
and Blackwell Railway.
Buggies himself was charged with being drunk in the
railway station at Blackwell, and was tined ss.
Mr. Hughes, from the office of Tyerman and Hollings-
worth, solicitors, war directed by the London and Blackwell
Railway Company to to the prisoner Briggenshaw for
the assault upon an oefoar of the company.
It appeared from the evidence that on Sunday night, at
half-pest 9 o'clock, when the rr.ilway station at Blackwell
was crowded with people, the attention of Mr. Ricketts, the
acting station-master, was called to the prisoner, who was
standing over Huggins, than helplessly drunk, and drawing
• silk handkerchief from his pocket. The ,on being
spoken to, replied that the sailor was • friend of his, and
he was taking cue of him. Mr. Ricketts called
Barry, the principal constable at the station, who
wee attacked by the prisoner in a most ferocious manner,
and beat arid kicked about unmercifully. Barry said he
would not release the prisoner while he had life ; on which
the fellow took a large chop knife from his pocket, opened it,
and cut Berry's wrist, turning the knife round as he did so,
and making deadly thrusts. Barry called out, "He hr cut
my band off," but still held on to the ruffian, who wee about
to plunge the knife into the officer's body, when others
nixed him, took the knife from him, and secured him.
One of the railway porters, while holding the prisoner
down to prevent him doing further mischief, banded the
knife to some one in the crowd—he believed Ao a gentleman
who was a passenger. Barry, however, thought one of the
prisoners oonfeders• es obtained possession of the knife.
Barwm conved to the Poplar hospital. He lost a large
quantity of blood, and appeared in a very weakly condition,
with his arm bandaged.
Mr. Self. remanded the prisoner until Friday.
Views. Tiller, a fireman and stoker, aged 34, and up to
the time of his apprehension in the employ of the North
London Railway Company, was charged by Mr. William
Adams, superintendent of locomotives on the line, with being
drunk and damaging the property of the railway company.
A clerk from the office of the railway company's solicitor
said the prisoner was not an nigine-driver, but • fire lighter,
at Bromle7, Middlesex, near the Bow station, and on Sun-
day morning, about five o'clock, he was employed to light
the fire of one of the mains@ in the shed and get up egeem.
About eight o'clock the prisoner, who was in liquor, after
having got up steam, got upon the engine, and am it in mo-
tion, end proceeded down the line ae far as Poplar,
water. There was a printed notice stuck up on the
that a proper fireman and engineer wee allowed to take en
engine out of the shed. The prisoner on this (maiden se-
verely damaged five of the oinEyd'a carriages by the
undaful manner in which ha the engine.
Mr. Salle mid—l cannot un how it is that each a
man had an opportunity, especially in a drunken state, to
take en engine out of the shed and down the line. The eon-
sequences might ham been fearful. No man in a state of
intoxication should be employed on any railway or the works
connected with it. You, prisoner, who have encountered a
great risk, are liable to a month's imprisonment, but I do not
wish to send you to gaol. You are fined 40s.
The penalty was paid.