The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRF.BB, WEDNESDA y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1861.

- - - - total, Is it ito duty to take off time* shoals liebir,• you get a telegram fnim the next 'Audios in !aunt - the
tieritishbown junction 7
Witneise—No ; it is
Coroner—We !sobs undo. rstaial one another ri4htbs
Upon the paring 44 the exeureion train you team out at
soar but to take off the signals!
Witness --Yee.
Coroner-- Uhl )ou take than off
Witness—Su. I kept them up to protect the ballast
train.

By the Foecnut:l --When a ti..in is startin4 otight you to
Le in your hut
Witness - No ; ou the platform.
Foreman --Then why were you is your but
IVitnem --I miscalled there by the bell, for a telegraph
f the special train.
Ly a Juror —I had no ilea of the excursion tinin coining,
except the telegraph ;awl the notice that trains were coating
foon eight till ha:UNA nine.
By the Coroner—l could not tell from the telegraph
whether it was a special trail or a ballast train. I do not
remember now many ticks the telegraph ore. I have had
too hook of rules ; but there is one to the hot. I can't re-
ruember whether tae blegraplt from Ilarapstead was two
ticks or three. I iinswereilit by two ticks.

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The l'oioner impaired if there was.. say... one tame who could
give evident-4i ; and receiviug no reply, said that was the case
as far all lie could catty it. lie 'timid therefore read "vet
the evidence, and then the jury would consider their ver-
dict. Tire learned gentleman than reed his Dotes of the
es deuce, upon whieli, when be had concluded, he said
1 tha jury most form their verdict. There war agreat deal in
it which they might dkruiss (non their minds. In fact they
*boob) sift the is alone and reduce it to the closest form
in which it would bear upon their minds. Ile remarked
upon the testimony of the driver of the ballast engine. his
i ...ward fireman, and flagman, who all swore distinctly to the
tact that they had permission to leave the tiding.
. and that they saw the danger signals put nii before they
: did oi, the man who gave the permission to leave the
siding being Rayne,. Ile then directed attention to this
i Point—that the different stations bad received notice that
I escundoo trains would return from Kew from 4 till
: half-poet 9, and that the excursion train which en:ne in
I contact with the balla 4. train left Kew at 7 o'clock. and
i passed the Kentish-town station without stopping. The
1. dot here was, that the ciilliaion was caused rather by the
duver of that excursion train isissing thr.iugh the station
in defiance of the signal., or by the itignalinan having ue-
, te..toil to maks the necessary signals to stop him. l'iwo
I that point he wished the jury to fix their minds;
for Sant, the driver of the excursion train, sad Cox,
Woustley, and Bridge., who were with him, all swore
: ositively that whoa ale. upproachel the station the danger
, .ignab wens down, suet that the auxiliary and platform
. viral. both steed at •• All right." The honed coroner
then remarked upon the unsatisfactory nature of Rayner •
evidi.nee, more particularly with reference to his move-
' relent forgetfulness, and said that, if the excursion driver
drove tlii..ngh the station in disregard of the signals, he
wool.) Is• amenable to the law foe the injuries which re-
stilted ; while, if the signalman had neglected his duty, and
trued to make the praiser signals, he would become
amenable to the law, soil liable for manslaughter. It was
the,. f.iii. for the jury to decide where the blame rested ;
but if, on the other hand, the collision alitirtred to the jury
+to be the result of entire) unavoidable circumstances,
beyond the control either of the excursion driver or the
I signalman, then their serdict would be accidental 'loath,
but only i, they thought the collision entirely unavoidable
and beyond control.
The jury thee retire.' eta quarter to six, and returned
to the room at half-past 7.
Coroner—Are you agreed, gentlemen !
Foreimui—Yes ; we are all agreed :—" The jury regret
that there is no alternative, from the weight of evAeoce,
, but to return a verdict of guilty against Rayner. .t.t the
same time, they cannot separate without expressing &along,
opinion that the directors and managers ore much to he
moulted in not employing more expellienced pr.rsous to 41
mash important situations as that of rage:amen.
To that is appended the following: - , " It is highly
Improp,r fur a stationanastar to start any special train,
either hefore or alter the specified time of lain aostnictions
from the secretary of his railway ; and that when the line
Y obstructed by shunting or otherwise, it should be bloci:ed
by telegraph es well as by out-door signal."
Cormier -That is equivalent to a verdict of manalitirjliter
against Henry Ramer.
Forman- ft is.
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(Jorosser—]luny, come here, and I will g:ve you a war-
nut for his arprehension.
Foreman— rho jury wish to recommend Rayner to mercy
ow accuuut of he extreme youth.
(*.loner. That is fur another court. I.e.d Itsjuer be

iLs)ner was callsd seaortlingly, bat dist not answer to his
name.

The termer, however, intimated hie intention to take
hod, cad will fix the amount to-day.
It is gratifying to be able to state that we lwve not only
to report that no inoredeaths !rive taken pace, but that the
Indian re at the hospitals are ell provespies most favour-
ably, and there u now meson to hope that she number of
thine who loot their lives by this accident will act exceed 14.
la but Ice of the eases fa thereon). opparnot Jaeger now of
the patient* sucinuabiss. and ia the werNt, that of 4.4)a,
gnat hopes ere entertained that ha will rosov es.

aLu Inttilisincs.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.--Sin. 10.

(Before Mr. (ommiaioner Holroyd.)

NE ARLENT.

14 Thi, was also the certificate meeting. The lauthrupt,
olio Argeut, was a tavern keeper, furukrly of the Rain-
bow Tavern, Ylect-street.
The scommin show: Amount due to eraditma. 1,40,-,/..
Mobilities of Argent ami Ashwell ouUtandiug, 2,( t. The
Insets consist of property, 6431. ; and Illward Ashweill,
balance of purchase-money in the firm of Argent sal Ash-
well, 4W.
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Mr. Lucas, for the amigneer, offered on opposition ; and
the solicitor to the bankrupt stated that prior to hie former
bankruptcy, in IK.-04, the bankrupt had been a tenant at the
Rainbow fur many yean, and bad afterwards re-
taken it. A portion of the pretaiaes afterwards fell down,
and the Itudlord of the premises' Mr. Smith, had to
rebuild them. luring the rebuilding and alterations the bual.
ness of the tavern was almost entirely lost. Although
bankrupt had hitherto psid a rental of about :100'. a year,
upon the completion of the alterations the landlord de-
-1711110(1C11 860 i., which be was unable to pay, owing to the
loss of business. The landlord then swept off everything,
including the stock and household furniture, and had left
the premises entirely bars.
Mr. Lucas said that be belicted the facts were as stated,
owl that, in fact, to use a common phrase, the bankrupt
bad bad "Lis house pulled about his head." The exorbi-
tant rent demanded he was utterly incompetent to lay.
The acids were 1,409/., and the assets given up amounted
to lOW. There were liabilities which he understood would
lie discharged by Admen, who was well able to pay.
The Conimissioner—As it is a came partly of unavoidable
loss and misfortune the bankrupt may take a certificate of
the second class.
'Arida:me accordingly.

aight, out tier's, prosecutor end Ifs brother returned to
the dour, after baring been for a 31k, and knocked, when
prisoner, who was drunk, his wife, Him, and daughter•in-
I IT', standing there at the time. The servant did not
answer the door immediately, and the 'glasier began jeering
at Mr. Jones. In a few minutes the door was opened,
when prisoner was asked if he was coming in, and
airing no answer, Use door was about being shut,
When Le rushed in and seized Mr. Jones by the throat.
The letter called out to his brother and Lis assistant,
Thomas, to come and rescue him, which after a good deal a
strogrling they Elio], Thomas at the name time pushing him
up two or three stairs, when prisoner called out for a knife.
Moue being at hand, he walked up-stairs, and Thomas went
into the kitchen and commenced to smoke his pipe. In a
few minutes Mr. Jones's brother called out to Thomas to
beware, as the prisoner was coming down-stain with a
knife. By this time the prisoner, who had got near to
Thomas, made a blow at turn with a sharp-pointed shoe-
maker's knife, at the Time time saying, " You --, 1 have
got you now." Fortunately fur Thomas he arrested the blow
by TeiLing the prisoner's wrist as his arm was ouniing down.
Prisoner was then thrown om. theground, andThumas placed
hi. foot a hi. neck, whilst Mr. Jones's brother took the
knife, after a strnggle, from him, but in doing which the
brother's hued was cut. The police was called in, and he
was convoyed to the station.
The prison,r was held to bail.

THE MURDER IN NEWTON-STREET, HOLBORN.

Yeaterday afternoon Mr. Brent, the deputy
coroner, reattined the inquiry, at the Anchor public•howiti,
Newton-street, Holborn, into the cause of the death of
Mary Ann Cogan, the wife of William Cogan, who, it was
alleged, was murdered by her husband at their residence in
Newteu,treet, Holborn. The facts connected with the
dotaila of the murder have Leen repeatedly given.
CAr It being known that the prisoner, William ' a who
had since the occurrence been an inmate of Kin s College
Hospital, would be brought up in custody before t e coroner
yesterday, long before the time appointed a vast crowd of
persons, mostly the denizens of the neighbourhood, as-
sembled to obtain a glimpse of the prisoner, who is well
known to them. .

The prisoner, who was brought up in custody of Inspector
M'Keuiu and l'ulice.cousto Lid Fin a cab, was hailed
with shouts, but no cries of execration. He was allowed •
seat by the side of Mr. Geo. Lewis, jun., who appeared to
conduct the defence. Fie looked extremely well considering
what he has suffered. lie was respectably dressed, and
appears a quiet, inoffensive man ; he did not rip in any
way agitated at the position in which be is placed, and freely
conversed 'nth his solicitor, Mr. Lewis.
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On the arrival of the coroner, and the names of the jury
being called over,
Sarah Harwood was recalled, and the coroner road over
the evidence given on the former oecasion.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—The deceased was rather
of a hasty temper with her husband. Never heard that she
had stabbed her heehaw! ;only heard it from herself. Cogan
was always kind and affcctiouate to his wife, and she never
heard them quarrelling.
The Coroner said he proposed to read over all the evi-
dence given on the ftriner occasion, as the accused was pre-
seut ; and that ally questions Mr. Lewis desired to put, could
be put to the leaped as be did so.
In reply to Mr. Lewis,
Polies-constable 144 R (Wacklieui), after repeating his
former evidence, added that when be saw the &oesieed on
the night of the murder she appeared to be very quarrel-
eon's with her husband. When the amused come up to
hie with Lis throat cut, on the road to the hospital, he
aikki him where his wife was, when be nodded towards New-
',mesh mt. Ile asked him if he bad "cut" his wife, when
he nodded. " Yes." Would swear les question was not to the
accused, "Did your wife cut you?" tad he nodded," Yee."
Did not make any inquiry of accused as to how his throat
become cut. Did out know that the deceased had been
parted from her husband.
W•intley, 36 F, in cross-examination,
in accused appeared anxious to make
statement,smoidnie—Athe bPlbiuttel tl
eu ulie not. When the last witness asked
the accused, " Have yeti cn: your wilier be nodded.
Mr. Lewis cross-examiuesl the several witnesses, but their
evidence given on the former mouton was in no way mate-
rially altered.
Mr. Painter, the divi.iotal surg.eoo, in reply to Mr.
Lewis, said the cut in the throat was slightly upwards and
then vertical. He was dill of opinion the.' the deceased could
not have inflicted the wound herself, del that it must have
been done by some other person. The wan d commenced at
the back of the cock on the right side and dix ion tbatlutute
quite round towards the left shoulder-blade. There was a
considerable quantity of blurt uu the floor in a ;e-srd.
By the Coruner—Supposiug the deceased had iets her own
throat, could she have dune it with her left hand!
Mr. Painter—l think not. He had after his exam:10001
made a post-mortem examination of the deceased, and iout
d
bruises on the right side and on the arm. The latter mieht
have been moisioned by the arm being peeped ; and from
the nature of the wounds they showed that great violence
and force must have been used to inflict them, and he was
of opinion that it was impossible the deceased could Lam
inflicted such wounds on herself. He then detailed and ex.
plained the exact nature of the wounds, and said ho was
sorry to do so in the presence of the accused.
The,prisoner here said in a clear voice, "Never mind me ;
go on, and appeared to pay great attention.
By Mr. Lewis—l still think that the wounds could not
have been made by a suicide.
Inspector Arliensie, iu addition to his former evidence,
stated that he Paw the prisoner Cogan in the hospital some
time afterwards, when he asked him where his wife was, and
whether he had been remanded. I said, "I am sorry to sey
she is dead." The prisoner sobbed and said, *II she
buried!" I said, " Yes, she was buried last Thursdey."
The prisoner said he and his wife had been out the day
before at a funeral, and spent 10a. or 12.. in cabs. He had
been drinking, but was not drunk. On their arrival home
he wished his wife to go upstairs. She refused to do so at
the time, but she did so afterwards, and inflicted the cut in
his throat as he was lying on the bearthrug.
Mr. Lewis—Do you remember the deceased being charged
with stabbing her husband with a knife!
Mr. M'Keorie—l remember something about it, but be-
lieve that she was discharged, as her husband did not ap-
pear against her.
After the other evidence had been read over,
Mr. George Forteseue, house surgeon of King's College
Hospital, &rimed that he saw Cogan about half.past 3 on
the morning of the 2nd August. He was pale and trembling,
and unable to speak. There was blood on his hands and on
his clothes. Ho had a deep out amiss his throat down to
the carotid artery. He went on favourably and was now
cured. The wound was such • one as might have been in-
flicted by himself, or it might have been done by soother
person.
By Mr. Lewis—There wee nothing inconsistent in the
supposition that the wound might have been inflicted by
another person while he was lying down on a heard:avg.
if it had been there must heye bleu a pool of blood.
Mr. M'Kennie said there was no pool of blood on the rug.
It was further away, running from under a chair.
Police.constable F dated that on Saturday morning,
the 3rd of August, he was at the hospital at half Test ten ;
the chaplain was reading prayers. The prisoner exclaimed,
" I did not do it, I did not do it, she did it herself. She
came and cut me (pointing to his throat). I have nothing
to forgive if she died." Oir the following day, the 4th of
August, the prisoner repeated that his wife came and cut
his throat as he was lying down. "1 felt her drawing a
razor or knife across my throat. Me and m milieus had
words before we got upstairs. As soon as I y found her
cutting my throat I ran down stairs into Holborn. I met
a policeman there, and showed him my throat, and he asked
me who had done it. I drew my hand aeross, and said I
had done it myself." On the following Wednesday Cogan
said, "I know yon will tell me the truth ; is my wife deed,
and am I charged with killing her?" Cogau has repeatedly
said, " As true as there is a God in Leuven 1 did not do it ;
she must have dope it herself." Cogan has also said his
wife had been charged with stabbing him.
One of the jury complained that the prisoner should be
allowed to make a statement without being cautioned that
it would be used against him.
Mr. M'Kenzie said it was not novel to do so. A prisoner
is allowed to say what lie likes.
This was the whole of the evidence. . . .

Mr. Lewis said the accused was willing to make &state-
ment himself, as he wished to conceal nothing; but he was
entirely iu the Lands of the coroner and the jury.
The Coroner Laving cautioned him in the usual way,
The prisoner said—My name is William Cogan. On the
god of August I was living at 2, Newton street. The de-
ceased was my wife. I had been married to her eleven
years. (Is the 2nd of August I had been to my godfather's
funeinl, and returned home about five. In the evening I
went out, and on my return borne I found my wife absent.
She was out drinking. I met her about one o'clock in the
moniinir. I met her at the door, which she slammed in my
face. I pushed it open and went into the passage, when she
struck me more than onco. I walked to the top of the street
fur quietness. I have no recollection of taking any sle dist
night. Whoa I returned home after a short absence my
wife was not there, and as the bed was not down I threw
myself down on the door never the fire•place. I went to
deer. I dea't recollect anything till I found myself down
at the dour. I have no recollection of feeling anything in
the room. She must have done something to wake me
up. I found, when I got into the street, that I was bleed-
ing, and gut weak. I went to the policeman and made mo-
tioas to Lim to take my wife into custody for cutting me.
I was then taken to the hospital. 1 never inflicted the
slightest injury on my wife. We generally lived comfort-
ably, but we have lived separate, and I then allowed her I.on.
a week, and she did something fur herself. We generally
lived comfortably when sober. She had stabbed me on the
3rd of AN last with • knife (he here showed a wound on
his wrist). I gave her into custody, but I did not appear
against her, and she was discharged. When she was sober
she was a very kind wife. I have nothing more to say. I
never inflicted the injuries upuu my wife.
The learned Coroner having summed up the evidence, re-
commended the jury to find their verdict for the graver
offence, to that it might be fully inquired Tutu by another
jury.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" after
an hour's deliberation.