The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-29 00:00:00

EVENING, MAX 29, 1868.

from him, sad Brigp threw %lessen es Plawley's back to
add to the weight. Hawley kicked witness on the leg,
end kicked him down. In the struggle the truncheon
was taken from him, and Neale got sway.
By Mr. Harrswell—Witness was struggling on the
omnibus for two or three minutes. Neale did not resist
muc►. He said, "I will go quietly," but his friends
said," You shan't." Whites, was perfectly sober.
Police-oonstable WGillionddy, 110 L, said that be
came up and saw several persons struggling with List
witness, who wee on the ground. A gentisnisa mine up
and pointed out Neale, and said to witness, " Take him,
he has stolen my watch, and be has got away from your
mate." Witness arrested Neale.

Mr. Harrowsll said that the ease for Mr. Hawley was
this. He was an American physician, and was with Mr.
Neale on the racecourse. He newer struck the pollee,
or attempted • rescue, but there was • great crowd, and
gentlemenlicept shoving and crying out, '•lt's • shame to
%Are the gentlstuan."Mr. Briggs knew nothing at all of the
pal ties. He was simply following Mr. Neal. towards the
station-house when a constable turned round and charged
him with rescuing the prisoner. Mr. Hawley had lost •
watch worth 4(F. in the tusk*.

Mr. Hobert Neale, 41, Oxford•atreet, was then /MOM,
but before he gave his evidence,
Mr. Laxmere entered the court, apd said that he had
been detained in town trying to procure a solicitor to pro-
Decide for the robbery of his watch. He hoped the
magistrate would adjourn the ease until the solicitor
arrived.

The magistrate said that the case against Mr. Neale had
been already dismissed. Mr. Linimore should have come
earlier.

Mr. Neale proceeded with hia evidence, and said that
he offered no resistance to the police. The officer was
intoxicated,• and struck a lady a dreadful Mow in the
bresst. People then gathered around. and knocked his
helmet off. There was no rescue. Witness said, " Don't
make the matter worse. I insist on the police taking me
to the station." Police-constable Jones gave witness into
the custody of 110 L.

The Magistrate— Now I risk you a question on your
tumour. Were you cot all excited from drink?
Witness—On toy honour, no. Not one on the omnibus
was intoxicated. Mr. Briggs wee not of our party. We
knew nothing of him.
A police•inspector who took the charge said that all the
parties were sober. Mr. Neale charged the polioe.con•
stable with being drunk, but the plaintiff was present and
Nall the man was sober.

Mr. Neale said be would not have made the charge if
he did not seriously believe it.
The Magistrate said that there was no foundation far
the charge against the police. They only did their duty.
It was clear that there was a general souffle, but there
was some obscurity about the matter of the rescue. Ile
would therefore discharge the prisoner,.
The three accused were then discharged from custody.
l'p to a late hour last night a large number of accidents
had been reported at the various hospitals, resulting front
the return fromthe Derby. In Newington Butts, the box
seat and footboard of an omnibus gave way, t recipitating
come dozen persons to the ground, three of them, named
Frederick Bayley, with an injured right leg ; Robert
Ellarn, injured leg ; and Joseph Messenger, injured right
ann and side, were taken to St. Thomas's Hospital. It
was only after much difficulty that the horses in the
omnibus were stopped. Walter Everett, aged five, living
in Neptune street, Wandsworth-road, was knocked dawn
and run over by • Hansom cab, and sustained such
dreadful internal Injuries that he expired shortly after
his removal to St. Thomas's Hospital. Opposite the
Windmill Tavern, Clapham-common, William Turner,
aged 16, of Lomas-buildings East, was knocked down and
run over by • Hansom cab, and on removal to the hospital
his right thigh was found to be fractured. Edwin Thos.
Hodgson, aged nine years, got a fractured thigh by being
run over by a carriage at Camberwell. Henry J. Bate-
man was knocked down at Kennington, and fractured his
right ann. Joseph Love, 29, fractured his right leg by
being thrown from a cart at Clapham. There were several
other lees serious cases attended at the hoepitaL