The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

WRATMINKrER.

A man, 30 years of age, was charged with vagrancy and
wilful damage.
Mr. Joreph Penn, landlord of the Lord Bunked, Vent-
hallMridge-riad, said that the defendant came into his
house aunt begged. He tn:d him to leave, when he
abused him, and on being put out, wilfully broke a pane
of plate glamt, value 30a. He threatened complainant by
swearing he would run a knife into him.
Defendant said he was a native of Routh Wale. in Mo-
bile, and merely went into the house to woe whether ho
could get anything, when he was forcibly tamed out, and
the window wee looken by the dour clueing upon him ea-
cidentady.
Mr. Penn /mild there wan another thing which he wished
to communicate to the magrotrate. Defendant came into
the house when. comp!auung of starvation, a gentleman
in Mired him POMO bread and cheese and beer. After the
gentleman was gone defendant wanted complainant to
take the brood and ilicc,o heck, and give him more beer
for it.

Mr. Belie committed the defendant for 14 days to hard
labour in the House of Correction.
LAMBETH.
bows Bernard and Robert harms were charged with
Icing concerned, with two women not in custody, iii as-
saulting and robbing Adam Taylor.
Mr. Chipperfield defended.
The prosecutor said on the previous night he was
palming along tilempill-prove, Trafalgar-road, Peckham,
when be was accosted by two women. Ile was about to
peas on his way when they seized hold of him and threw
him down. He struggled to free himself, when the two
prisoners ran out from some place of concealment and
attacked him in • most savage manner, and one of them
rifled his pocket.. of some silver. He managed to get up.
but had no sooner done so than the men struck him right
and kft, and Barnard hit him three or four violent Wows
on the Lewd, knocking him down and rendering him almost
senseless.

Mr. Charles Adana, a gentleman living In Olengall-
grove, raid he heard cries for help, and on proceeding to
the spot found the prisoners kicking and beating the pro-
secutor in a meet ravage manner. Two women just before
be got up ran away, and then prosecutor accused all of
them with Icing concerned in robbing him. Pollee-con-
stable 314 Y, after a time arrived, and took prisoners into
custody.
Mr. Wookych-- Is the grove a lonely spot!
Witness- ,lt is scam:whet your worship, and at night
gauge of men and women like the prisoners eongregnte,
rendering it ahmet dangerous to go outside the house.
It is very seldom that a eensteble is seen about there, awl
I hope something will be done to give the inhabitants
voter tion.
Mr. Woohyth-- The math.r should be at onee rine-
rented to the police authorities, who will no doubt do all
that is required.
The prisoners, who denied the charge, were ordered to
renaindod for further inquisioc

WOliBllll'-STREET.
Sarah Far, 20, and Mirjarit For, 40, mother awl
daughte•' following the occupaCon of match makers, and
lining at 10, Thonius-stre.t, Brick-lane, Spitallierd4. were
charged lefore Mr. 1:11ison with having violently aka:died
Caroline Carpenter. and the younger prisoner with hav-
ing bitten her in the cheek.
Mr. B. J. Abbott defended the prisoners.
The proieeutrix, who exhibited a very bad and angry
wouna on her right cheek, ilepteisl that she left her
home in Cantle-street, ShorNlitat to see her miter in
Tyson-street, Brick-lane, and while standing outside the
door talking to her sister the prisoners came up
together. The mother, Margaret Fox, commenced
to ebure her, calling her by many foul and
filthy epithets. ; and because she could not mooed in
making proineutrii reply she seised her by the hair of her
bead and struck her several times, and dragged her down
to the ground by her hair. While down the younger
pritoner net upon her, struck her several blow. ipso and,
seizing her by each ear, held her Iliad hack while she de-
liberately bit her in the cheek, the mother meanwhile
holding her by the hair.
In cruse-examination pmsecutrix denied having given
either of the prisoners offenoe by calling them "out of
their war,"

Mary Ann Popkin, of 22, Tyaeon-street, the Water of the
=iris, and Frances Syminonde, of 13, Cantle-street.
"tch, gave conennatory evidence, the latter adding
that when the prisoner, Sarah Fox, fixed her teeth in pro-
acentric's cheek she deliberately drew away her head,
almort thereby drawing the piece out of the prtweeutrix's
cheek.

Police-constable Samuel Toby% 12 K ft, deposal to
taking the prisoners into custody. The blood was still on
the lips and teeth of the younger prisoner.
Mr. Ellison said the prisoner Sarah Fox had been guilty
of a most unwomanly beastly. and diegust:ng assault, and
sent her fur two months, with hard labour; the mother he
fined 21... or 21 days.
The Prilalkors Biro locked up.
THAMES.

A simple-looking young man stepped into the witness-
box, and raid he wanted the advice of the magistrate
rtsrecting what he could do with a young woman whom
he had been in the habit of lately walking out with.
(Laughter).
The magistrate—Where is the young woman ?
Applicant—At my house. I took her out fur a walk on
Sunday !sit, and we went to my brother's at the West-
end, where we bad tea together, and she returned home
at 11 o'clock at night, but her parents refused to admit
her, and she had to walk the streets the w'hoie pi that
night, and the next night she slept at a coffee-ahop ;
and rine', then she bus boon sleeping at my house—
(luoghter)--but with my sitter. I therefore wish to
ask the magistrate whether I am doing right by allowing
her to remain ?

Mr. Paget said he frequently had singular applications
made to him, but the present was an extraordinary one,
in which be mild give no advice.
The applicant—But Igo in bodily tear of my life.
The magistrate—How IN that ?
applicant—Her friends threaten to kill me, and that is
why I want you to toll me whether I can legally keep her
in my house.
The magistrate—How old is she
/plicant--Twenty-one.
The magistrate—Then she is quite old enough to choose
for herself where she likes to go to.
Theapplicant.--Then I will tell her PO, and I will take
rare that no harm happens to her whilst in my house.

HIMIIERSMITH,

blr. Clements, of 13/Tait;l7;r3:7;:d7ifammorinnith, was
summoned by William Hoary Minor for 6d., being the
remainder of his cab fare.

The complainant saidie drove the defendant with two
ladies and three Amps from Kensington railway
station to the -road. The fare was Sm., but
the defendant would not pay more than 2e. Gd. The Brat
mile ended outside the radius.

The defonaant did 3171iftpute the cli,darso, but con-
tended that Lo Irma not bound to pay more than 64. for
the distance to thu radium, and IN. from thu indium to hia
house.

Wr. Payrnanpuint.4l out to him that ho could not thvi.lo
the hut) in two part:4, but uuoit itikubtte tuilu alts
Wile.

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The defentlant he did not divide tie, faro.

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Mr. Layman told him that hn virtually itividud
the true, bkcausio if Ist did nut tuku wilt) kiftvr

ABEROELB, Tirtraanse.
This morning Mr. FA wards-Wood appeared
before the magistrates at Abergele in support or an in-
formation laid by. Henry Cripps, brother of Chartism Crippii
one of the victims of the late disaster at Abergele,
aguiiiit (Larks Eaton, stutron-master at Llandulaa,
" for that be did felcniously kill and slay his (Henry
Ciippi) brother, on the 20th August last." The ramie-
trates met in the Knit instance in the Police-court, but the
room twang found inconveniently small an adjournment
to the Teat-hall took place.
The magi:trate. on the bench were Mr. It. 11. Heeketh
nod the Mee. T. Williams, Mr. JSULIIM appeared for the
stationmaster. Mr. J. O. Berger, the railway superiu-
tendent of the district, wail present, but the Londou and
North Western Company were not otherwise represeisted.
Mr. E. Wend detailed the mono he intended to pursue.
Ile had, he stuteil, telegraphed severed times to Mr. Mason,
the wsistant-manager ot the railway company, from
whom he wanted to elkit a statenieut of the duties of the
etation-master and hrealremen, and he hoped to have a
telegram in the (seine of the day stating that Mr. Mason
would attend. Me also purposed calling 'fhompeon,
the driver of the mail train, and the two breaksmen, who
Wooly stood committed to take their trial upon the
coroner's inquisition. In support of the information
which had been taken against the vtation-ender at Llan-
dulas, lie (Mr. Wood) would quote two cases Regina e.
Hughes and Regina e. Barrett, in which the death of the
1411,011 M had risailted partly from the negligence of the
iititollCM and partly tom the negligence of °them lu both
those ewes the peruse; charged were convicted. He
would also quote from a useful book, "Colliers and
Collieries," to show that it had been bold by the late Mr.
Justice Maisie that it was no gefenee is a case of
manslauglitvr to allege that the death was caused by the
negligence of other' as well as by that of the primmer, for
if death be caused partly by the negligence of others,
the prisoner and all those others are guilty of manslaughter.
Mr. Wood then called Henry Crippa, who 'wore that he
had identified one of the bodies removal from the seine of
the disaster as that of his brother. The grounds of his
identification have already appeared. Mr. James, in his
'rose-ezamtnation, asked the witness who was responsible
for the prosecution, and the witness replied that it wee
undertaken at the instance of the deceased's wife and
mother. Mr. James was proceeding to follow up the
inquiry when Mr. Wood objected, and the magistrates'
clerk informed Mr. James that he would at a later stage
of the Tworeedings have an opportunity of remarking upon
that point. It was quite open to any of the public to
undertake such a prosecution.
Dr. Jones after protesting against hie being called again.
as be ng a "work of time, stated that Arthur Thompson
' was in such a state of health as to render it impossible for
him to attend the court to give evidence.
It was then agreed to adjourn the court for the purpose
of taking the depositions of Thompson.

Fovß C4IARTOUARIIII DROWITET.—A letter from
Wexford, danal Wednesday. says:—" At daylight ye-der-
day morning, William Smith, commissioned boatman at
the Carmelo, Coastguard Station, reported that a ship
was ashore on lilackwater Bank. At five o'clock a boat
I%IP Latnehed, and was manned by Mr. Flinn, chief officer;
Joseuh Randall, thief batman; William Smith, oorn-
missioned batman; Joseph Regan, cotimiwi.on, d b at-
man; William Jenkins, boatman; and William Con-
way, le atinan. Having gone al out four ruilei in the
direction of the ilicdreioed vele.cl, the chief officer,
fa. ling the wind ince-, wing and the sea ri..ing d.in-
perously high, determined to return, and aixinlingly
the boat was put about, and steered homeward*. Having
arrived abiesq of the Coast-guard station, the crew
watched for an opportunity to land, but in puliing through
the Puri a wave washed over the boat. and another cap-
sired her. The boat tieing an ordinary whale-boat, and
having none of the relf-righting qualities of a life-boat,
the crew were left to their own resources for safety; bat
mat strength and skill would have been neoicsary in such
an mei:envy to NiVe them. Four of the brave fellows were
drowned- namely. Mr. I: linn, Joseph Randall, Wm. Smith.
snit Wm. Jenkins. line man, Wm. Conway, wai washed
whore in a state of dose nsibility. clinging to an oar, and
Joseph liecsui, who is au excellent swimmer, swain
ashore. (Onway was motored by the exertions of those
on there. Mr. Hum leaves a widow and eight children,
the youngest of them being not more than 14 days old ;
Randall, a widow and three children ; Smith a widow and
six o hadren, and Jenkins a widow and three children.
The inspecting commander of asst-guard stataoux, Cap-
tain Hubert, R.N., who has just returned from Cures-
eloe, reports that the ship R. H. Tucker, to which those
brave men went to render assistance, is now on tire, but
the cause of the fire is unknown."

ANOTHER FATAL ACLU ,ENT ON TOE FOUTII
Eattrzax Ran.wat.—A fatal accident took place ou the
above line yesterday mooning, whereby a poor woman
hat her life. It appears that the 7.10 train from Maid-
stone to Loudon had arrived in due time at the Watering-
bury Station, and sifter taking up passengers, was about
to proceed on its journey, when a domestic servant, in the
service of Colonel Fletcher, was about to cross the line
but observing the train in motion, she stepped back to
avoid it. The ballast train from Paddock-wood to Maid-
stone came along at the time on the down line, and before
the unfortunate woman could escape, the engine struck
her on the head, scattering her brains owl killing her on
the spot. No blame wile attachable to the driver.
FATAL GAS EXPlANOON.—Yesterday Mr. C. C.
Lea is, the coroner for Essei, held an inquest at the Wad-
cl.ngton Arms, Stratford, on the body of Mr. Henry Ben-
nett, the late landlord of the Railway Tavern, Stratford
New-town. A lengthened inquiry showed that the de-
ceased took down &double branch gaslight in his bedroom,
and ineffectually stopped the service pipe with a cork.
Scentng au er-tApe of gas, he went upstairs about 7 o'clock
in the evening of Tuesday, and lit a motel' to discover the
leakage, when an explosion took place, and his clothes
bring ignited he was so severely burnt that he lingered in
great agony till 12 o'clock the next day, when death closed
Lis 'sins. His wife and child, who hailgone upstairs with
him, were also severely burnt. In summing up the
eotoner pointed out the necessity of doors and windows
being at "nee thrown open on the least suspicion of gas
escaping, and the jury expressed a hope thnt the press
would publish such a needful caution. A vonlict of "Ac.
;Antal death caused by an explosion of gas" was re.
arnica.

FILEDDOM Ole ELECIION.—The Wigan Coal anti
Iron Company, whose chairman is one of the liberal (=-
dictates for Wigan, have Maned the following notice to
their workpeople:—" In anticipation of the approaching
general election, the directors and manager of the Wigan
Coal and Iron Company (Limited) publicly make known
their unanimous wish that every person employed by the
company and entitled to vote for the borough of Wigan
or elsewhere be left free and uninfluenced, directly or in-
directly, to vote according to his convictions, whatever
they may be, and assure each person so employed and en-
titled to vote that he will be, by the undersigned, to the
utmost of their ability, protected from prejudice or injury
by reason of MS freely, independently, and honestly exec-
cuing his !tenants.. —Jong LANCAFtrza, Chairman ;
THOMAS PART, DMA" GarmanALVILYI) Ilawurrr,
Director and Manager."

ArN EXTRAOWIIINARY CIATIL—Tho Weston-
super-Mare Town Coinmissiorters, acting es the Leval
Board of Health, have been threatened with an action for
1.000!. by a fanner healed EVILIA living in the adjacent
pariah of Uphill. Sonic two yimun mince a drain Mtlll made
from Weeton to the river Axe- -which emptioi itself into
the sea near Uphill - and in constructing the same damage
wan alleged to be den° to Mr. Eviuni. presuimem tO the
extant of 162/. The moat extraordinary part of his claim,
however. in the tonhwev of KW for injurive NuAtninoti by
Ifni. Evans, who inhaled won from the newer, which
polo...nett her blood and ennwrl her ti have a ri,ing on her
never, the ill4/011TelliC11100 ori.ing from the 1.141111. 1)0114!
IA 1111014 at the num chest mentioned.

1n xvll.t.ll sittl Co., 11+Haat, are the largest
hold.' of N'letaky In the world. 'Their Old Isiah WltlekT la Fromm-
ooltool by the merheel pnheelon to pmforenee to Frew Itrendr.
F. 114.11441 In make and oweie for home nee or otpttrtatton. Quota-
thou on anslamtion to Meenrn and tb..• Bethel; wr
Itnnilittrt-fintidiuss, Woad. 'Amadeu, W.o.—(Advirtbsiest.

At the Juatiee-rooca of the Mansion-house, ye e-
torday, Mr. John James Clardeit, saptain of the Verniers,
appeared before the Lord Mayer to 'newer a summons
taken eat by Mr. Forster, of the Emigration-olhos, Fee-
china-Wrest, seaming him with breaches' of the aeth and
102nd reetlossof the Ireesengene Act.
Mr. Cottingbwa, barrister, appeared on behalf of the
defendant, who pleaded not 'say.
The Vimters, which is owned by MOINITS. Orillatley, of
27, Leadenhall-.beet, is • sailing vessel of about ',WM
tens, and she arrival in London on the 3rd indent from
Melbourne, aurying 30 first, 19 second, and 02 ilur 1-clan
passengers. The bleaches of the Passengers Act com-
plained of were, that the closet accommodation for the
third-ease pa-Amgen wee insufficient, and that the flour
served out during the passage was net in good eon Lbw'.
3he summons, as already stated, was taken out by Mr.
Forster, but the real complainants were a number of the
third-class passenger.. The proceedings in the cam ap-
pend to excite considerable entrrest.
The told Mayor, in giving judgment, after hearing the
es dem* for the prosecution and the defence, said as far AA the
closets were concerned he disnaissod the summons, but ale
the witneves rpoke to the !ad state of the flour, and he
was inclined to think it slid not comply with the require-
ment« of the act, which required thut ht should be good,
nlioleirme, and sweet. It was maid that this flour was
the balance of a supply used by emigrants going to Mel-
bourne, cud the storekeeper raid that under such circom•
stances the flour always beixime sour ou thu return
voyage. That being in, be thought fresh flour ought to
have been rupplied in Melbourne, and on that pound
alone be must inflict a penalty of 2.61.
Mr. Jackson asked if this decision affected the right of
the passengers to claim compensation.
Ile Lord Mayor raid he had nothing to do with that.
The proceedings then terminated.