The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

TIM POLICE COURTS.

CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.

William Little the driver of one of her Majesty's mail vane,
was summoned bet ire Alderman Copeland, charged with
musing an obetruction on London-Midge.

Poftee-constable Radmore, 422, aid-On the 16th of
October, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I wee regulating
the traffic on London-bridge, when I saw the defendant
driving a mail van with two hornet, over London-bridge.
For some time he kept in the proper reek, but suddenly he
started oat and proceeded in the rank appropriated to vehicles
coming from the City. I called to him to go into bin proper
place, and he did 60 fur some distance further, when he broke
out again into the trotting rank coming against him. I wont
up to him to compel him to go into hie proper place,
whetthe guard got down and told him to go on. and
not to mind those fellows. He stopped the trotting traffic
from the City entirely, and It was some time before we
could get the bridge cker again for the traffic to resume.
Sergeant White conermod this evidence.
The Inspector of mails said the won in charge of the malls
had instructiens from the Post-office authorities on all occa-
sions to atop for nothing, but make all the haste they could.
Oa the present occasion they had the Indian mail, which wee
of the utmost importance. lie believed the police had In-
structions from the Secretary of State to offer every beaky
to the mail..
. . . .

Sergeant *hite said he waa not aware of any such instruc-
tions.

The solicitor to (.he Post-office said the defendant had with
him the Indian coal, and his instructions were to be as expe-
ditions a+ possible. Ils (the solicited was instructed that
the guard told the (Slicers he had the Indian waiL when one
of them replied ho did not care a --- fur the !admix mail.
Alderman Copeland said it was very natural that every-
body should be =sive, about the Indian wail at the present
time, having friends or relatives in that country; but, at the
same time, he could cot allow the traffic of London-bridge to
be impeded, even by the Indian wail. The defendant had
acted wrong, and he should, therefore, fine him 6s. and costa.
The ens was at once paid.
SARYLEBONE.

George Growndwell was brought up for re-examination at
Marylebone polite-court, charged with having caused the
death of Witham Hodgkins, aged 28, a plasterer, on Monday
last, in • pugilistic contest, in a field at the back of the Lock
Hospital, Harrow-road. The Klemm-, it will be remembered,
had given himself up to the police, and was first examined
last Thursday.
Another wan, named Henry Robridge, who had been
taken into custody for an assault, and upon which he stood
remanded, was now charged with having aided and abetted
a a "second" in the tight.
The officers in the twee, Cooper (67), Thrush (4), Mont-
ford (126), and Beckley (29), all of the I) division, stated,
sad it was shown in the course of the additional etidence
adduced, that Ittibridge had seconded the dummied, although
ho in the first instance denied having dune to. He told
Borjeant Beckley that if Hodgkins (deceased) hod taken his
advice, he would have given up the battle in 10 minutes, and
that the reply he made waa that he would either beat or be
killed. At the station in John-streat be alleged that he moult
to have given himself up after the coroner's inquest.
. Dr. Burney, Professor of Chemistry at the Hospital,
deposed that from a suspicion that laudanum had lem
given to deceased, be examined liquid taken front the stomach
by means of the pump, and found therein the presence of
opium, but certainly not such a quantity ika would have
caused death. The prisoners, who had nothing to may at
present, wore sent on the charge of manslaughter for trial at
the Central Criminal