The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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put the signal on. Ido not know of any company that has
GUILDHALL.
discontinued the use of the distant signals. If the dn. John Grim/into AM John Riley, lightermen, were sani-
tise" signal had acted, or failing the distance Signal acting, mooed before Alderman Saloonies, at the instance of the
if the man had put it on, as ho ought to have done, Titanic, Comervancy Commissioners, to answer the charge
then I. do nut believe the accident would have happened. of unlawfully throwing rubbish into the river Thames,
afterthemselvesof the oit. 901. each.
Be a Juryman—Scott, in pulling up when he mw the Inspector Dell and a constable, No. 5, of the Thames
danger ling, followed his instructions. I don't know thet police, dosed to the facts that on the 31st of July last
se there was any delay insending Brown, the signal Imo, Riley was seen with soother man throwing overboard from
the special traffic sheet for the Sunday, 25th August. The a barge about a ton weight cif rotten pine apples, stalks
Portesionik time was entered in that sheet, but not iu the and other refuse, and that Grimshaw on the 12th of August
service tine table. If be did not get the extra traffic sheet wan observed in like manner disposing of about SOUlha.
before the Monday he could not know that there were weight of decomposed German dried yeast, which be
three trains going out from Brighton that morning. threw into the river In baskets containing about 50Iba. each.
Kr. Stuckey, who attended in lien of Mr. Evans, Riley when 'Token to said he was only getting rid of a few
crow' examised the witomis an to the diserepency io the evt• of the pine apples to enable hint to close the hatches, but
dew, of the previous eitneaes as to the time when the when the cam Wan called on he said there was
first train pyosed thronzh the tunnel and the time at which some mistake in his identity, as he could
it reached Hegeock'svers ; for which, however, he could
.not prove an alibi. Grimahnw skid the yeast haul
account. I have no doubt, from the distance Legg had to aoridratniya get dmaorad, and fearing that tf he bed nought
go from one train to another, in starting them, that his Ito get it liestmied in any other way it might have fallen
strten.ect wan convert.
into the hands of persons who would have made a profit of
By Mr. Reed - A report we, mule to the station-master it io • meatier that would have bees dangerous to health,
at Hamioek's-gate as to the failure of the distance sigma, .lw threw it into the river, not knowing he Thin
which I base here. nue ii taken in eppointio c the signal.. guilty of any serious offence in so dieing. The officers, !tow-
n'''. to select those who sin properly IIII•IIIleel• I cannot ever, swore most positively to the identity of both de. account for the third train being so clone liehisil the wood fondants, sodas these were the brit pi,oenetieue under the
os goig into the tunnel. Wel:olive not tried speaking tubes , new Thames Conservancy Act.
at then hoi t tuunets.
I Alderman Salomon. aid he should treat both eases as It p,s,k &eked if Holman, the signalmen at the Hotting.. trot offences. They had lieen clearly proved, but he should Jun. 'in, could not clear up the signal
an to the time of
starting the trains' snake a difference in the penalty in accordance with the
dangerous tendency of the obnoxious matters the deferidatits
Witnem--1 don't know ; but you can have him before
you, if sou plesne. were charged with throwing into the river. Ile therefore
At t,.e
' fined Kiley :ie. end costa, and an the decomposedas yeast w 4U„,,-,^e Moo of Mr. Pooh, the person alluded to was more injurious than as. apples he should fine Grim/thaw
ordered too he summoned, together with a pemno named 10s. roil costs ; but in any future cases of this kind after
I the t *.rpelhreetertrains. Hobpassed thenail wouldjunction. state the time at which each of thie caution the full penalty of 20/, would be rigidly en-
, forced.
Cross examination continued -- I don't know of the i BOW.STREET.
electric telegraph failing while it wan in order. I have not A decentlydreesed woman, of about 40, named Lydia
known of its being frequently out of order in the ease of Lum-rna•-e, MY brought before Mr. Henry, charged with
the Clayton tunial. I know el the instance spoken to by stealing • quantity of wine', candles, warring apparel, and
Killick. pickles, the property of
.11r. Thomas Henry Johnson
By Mr. Fryer —I have not known the points frequently amen', architect sod surveyor, of Itoherteetreet, Adolph'.
out of order, but I hay* known them ...onetime, out of The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had only been
seder. If a train were started for 'batiste a minute in his service a fortnight. A quantity of thiop were
before • London train there would be time to change the missal front OW O
to lame, the censumption of wine increased
poen • la at the jeoctioe, and if the points were Apt of order coorniously, and the key of the storeroom was loot.
es that the Hastings train did not go upon the Hastings On Sunday morning, on returning home with his wife,
rails It would le seen from the stating,. sod the London they found the prisoner dead drunk, and it was soon
t,..1e wool," poi he wet off. lam still or opinion, knowing discoveicd that the miming key of the stoswroom was
that the distance signals fail to act sometimes, that it is fa her possession. A police constable was called in,
safe to start teeing within five minutes' intervals. The Mid. and she wee, after great difficulty, got away to
worth signal gee be altered from danger to safety, the etetion.houee. Her boxes were then opened, and toe
or 'Adele to chigger is leas than • minute by the signalman. first thing observed in them was a largo collection of ate-
It would not eeedu6 to pester safety if one meow*, placed timer"). official paper., Pcnbolelere (of a peculiar make) ; all
la the bog, and Ike mbar at the distance signal, but, ee the of which were stoles fmm witness's office. Then there
ociatrerv, it would =wises le greeter danger by dividing the were articles of linen awl household are, eandlen, a bottle of 1
no...beitty. wa expect a signal man to h. ame to mad pickles, de. They also found a pawnbroker's duplicate mint:
and write, to have had some experience on the line, sod to tag to a child'. jacket, and Mr. Brown had since ideal/lot
undrritaml his duties. We find the platelayers often make the snide as belooging to his little boy. It was supposed ,
Ike best signal men. 'There Is • rile under which pagan that the prisoner rented a room in Pimlioo, where she biel
sad plate-layers an Olgtoys available to sawn' the signal root, stored away si considerable amount of etolen property ; and,
sad I. reader say mite— required ea llae lee. se crams' had maimed so math from his house, he wished