The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1857.

taw Intelltanut.

PREROGATIVE COURT.—Nui. 23.
(Habra Olr John Dodson.)
• SICILII

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It will be nsesebeved that la the coons of last term
• Iona& elit was made to the court by Mr. Crowe, a
Fodor, Mr. Charles Drtteley, the Meer deputy-
rtglettur. complaint le yeeetlos Wing beer duly
lied, Mr. Dyseley was admoole4d to be more guarded Si
ble behavior Si Mr. Creme Si special, aid to the preemies
is meal • sad from the mow* Mr. Dysrley ap-
peeM Si tie Privy Council, where the motion is sow
aMek has brought to light aumeroes other
• aid lei court day Mr. Dyeeley deli-
vered 4 a Si Si. jade., Si which he side a kw-
make. miss of aremiseeesltamts spiel mime isambers
el the peelerei holy.
Thee reeeMeg Mr. Cream wee missed is esteene am et
them shim • bit es the ear Wog called as, Mr. Cams
mid eh amid M mew the complaint, temese a cagy of it
W sever hen dieted Si him.
Mr. Dynehey NM be me& sot to be celled epos to gin •
ausrteenwhielee d the previose court bed boa Tea
med by Ns. Omilieg. ehe mu the acting nearer
mem.

• o:sl7eri—thet if another charge.
Mr. Dymby—has, I make that charge against lb. Gest-
Com•—ifery well, them , you mart make it in writing,
mod be amen ham as opportunity of saawering It.
Mr. Oman add tout perhaps the mart would hear the
raisakes teed; sal it null them ardor any correctiona to be
mule that It might think .
TM Wafts wan reed, raid on inaccuracy arm
dintstal by the mot to b remelieL
Mr. Dy Ismiay Slane bad bid the oaks of registrar tor
:a rem, ma arm piss& is a posluon
Is Mat he emimpledMe by sayt alom the hereed judge's mode-
OMR
Ilk 3. Deity—l emote that le • sharp oiliest ma.
• Dispriby—l think that you might bine treated me
with • alle is.. kindlier.
Mk I. Deints-1 am sot wave that I bee WNW yea of
sa I Iwo only had ass eses el
brash* blase um sod ems that I &aids& aseerdiagmrdre
beg al my Webb Mignsent. Fleethat &dim yealwee
appeeldbe • warming Wham!, esti I here yea w ham
Melee dame er ma.
• disemelW ecetinued aress this tartber, Mr.
D 78167 Miming lase be ought to Sabi the pet es be m-
ere' with amigo of the abstimM. alaatialal being In the
"
and semmiblo Om•At Isegth Z. Deism mid that vhativer somphint lir. Dyad'?
bad is mile mod be mode mph*, and be (Sir Jobs)
well de Me beet Mt meld le do Jostles batmen the
Mr. Dynalere esedmit flay se misimay 11%
wondered thiet bit (Mr. Dyads') did net ea the raw fa
Mr..
Witt
Mr. Dinsisr—Thesserely I Brusly I ham • right to pm-
Mt my donator lbw 311 years of genies/
Sir Dogma—p ; but other yams haw also

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debt to rebel err eleresere.
Mr. Dreary tbee oMart heart ••••
Yowl re =WO et dr bet err fairly, rdistelleses with
err parka
Mr. Oran retired apart so ewers se award=
berg era gra Idea, end was about le are are his dr
; het
Mr J. Dadra rid be earl net skew same like that to
M reds erne le writing, aril ltr.=voi then bar
=err ef rewriegit. T attend Mr.
fareish corms of his ho
dare to the parer
caseirewl. —.- . - • • A

Mr. DID—TI+ I than have tondos nine statenumba,
end hen I am Is sorban the bantam d my office he addl.
ties I may do ast !maw. Mr. Orme Isms been bauffhhw at
me ell minim gad I beg therefore to read a plemge from
my mematial respecting idea.
lar. Ones pestmeed spina his being brought into the
matter. Ile had beta already &Wanly maadallind gad
erskomalang.
Joha Dodoes rehmed to beer; nevertheless Mr.
peekedY mean the parson In It he chimed Mr.
Zrriae with having used the following words to his Is
the pe.rno. of two clerks --'• 1 am about to retire from my
meow the tterr net, and my greatest gratification
r 'a
doing se that I shall serer hare any further lateremirse
int b you, yea porn man, you unhappy week I" (Laughter.)
• Dynney rbind—Dou't think that I amid all a poor mant
for 1 have My elegies of nostring 1,1001. a year for
nothing, or of readvisir 2,0001. a yew for the cinch:all
my office Is the sew court. I wander that the whole of this
@Ala is an ettempt to deprive me of a position to which I
hare fairly mimed • right. I feetmyself pecularlylararsd
by the proceedlage Odds day, and If I do sot
to &liver the copies ordered by the court, I shall MET;
01,11 cow., . . .

lweee dewy en elderly man, surrendered to take to
trial fee odeiseesseur, is baring Pubtialted curtain intim nt
end libellous gimmin.
The deltinirt pleadedtry
Mr. Seeissest Ferry, who wan specially retained with Mr.
Tetfourd Ba/ter on behalf of the defendant, addrsesesl the
cos* cod sold that the defendant had adopted the come of
tdguilty to this charge, upon en deretanding that
briag un
Goss to with his learned friends, Mr. Bodkin and
Mr. Pork who appeared for the prmution, that be should
be allowed to enter into his own 11'0.1inliN111(.0 to appear and
*were the Jedipsee of the court open a future is:mien if
he should sled upon to do so, but that no suck proceed-
th2L..ealtt be Ina B the came was nut repeated. The
er be wee nitrotted, we a mini gentleman of
aye et asset wen% ni/lag In Westmin-
ster, sod la • zweentt et estihneati he hod pn forth certain
e:liwhich we IM6IOOIIII, Ma Riled character, and
despleined to Ma thei thug wee err end the defendant
me mow misled that he bed ass wrap, and he had
pleaded guilty, sad would undeelehe set le meet the offence.
Tier 01110111 of the posecution le waisslood to be chiefly
to prevent • espdiblon of the area, and as the
debnillent hied pluedad frailty, amid would be under
=X to Slew and rents Ihe jadgment of the
Ann inn nitested, h aggand to him that
the,squheemede of *lke weals be 'waled by the coune
bi be lwegypste4 sad the doliadert null understand that
the Walt such phew& woetaepl, sad that it would be
at hie If he sweated the dare,
Mr. rid that the est linseed to the defendant,
who, be belbeed, did awry on the prollmelon of a medical
men somewhere in h 64•• seer woo the exhibition of libel-
lous sail ellissiwe Ousts oda* In shop, and be was wry
sled Net the eons* which bed ben taken by his council
endued r neecenery to Train thaw placards in court, as
they were of the moat ladesent rid 0111101111. description.
They were Mee thelenleinl to one amens lIMOOg the
Queen's troops ISt le genen puma lien en
the Wanes eke elm/ 011.06 Of plan/ to SIMINIbIe, and
cesesimel epee.* aralsetis ind OW had rightly
shied Mel Awe et theyweseebnew was awn thL
j
peendig, wad be did an slyest te the wenn that
rantpeeed lens by ion Yon* blown It there ,
ourolliosof oho Ora, the iloloodiat might
Aims le wed up to tenni the loilinwit of the court.
Se edict On he bared Net ro ithiint wee acting in
goal thug bet he was Mewl that *wen nt • similar
f!IWWI edited estidelhe peeer of the defendant at
On witty annen.
swig=Pwry nil be was Irineled that this we not so,
gime& were rarely et • medical abaregies.
le Wilma is delindent was safes unwisely In Wes mar,
era, se Ms wirsoses, be mast isbeseand tees lila that if
he nomad do elms he would he say net h4Olllllll,
Kr. Babb amid be wee teld On Melissa sow net-
Wed wen annals( swellemlehrenin lianas of them
sad end a most indium* MS* seen en heeler as person-
s," 110.11Ver, he abseil net aged to the era enter-
ing left a recognises le wee tad mulls the Judgment
Ilhe wart, if he should be eseired le de leg ham he
imll outlaw to poll& Imo oll■oloo oisook be wad
le WE& ho •Mr box" owl Non non "odd Non fool
oat as ale as It Anil MO 21.
• The lisoodor aid in se the wriZteZWIIMMIC the
woes wan medal that the cesium
...I the de-
limiters esuand *odd be takes the east not, of
sum elle way Inea ; bat, at themes time, he wished
le Is manna AA • oxt•intow had Mu place, the
&dui* wind ben been dealt with In s very different
mace, end the cost would base pearl a were sentence.
It we eastattal to the publM inteessis that ogress of this
aneditlea eboold be pa end the denanat would
burl. t if be the since he would be
awl gm*
ploa of pi* mrt
os Om bloa, the defendant
bents aimed lotto -a
mend nompleren n the NUM of
MI. to apes and mashy r japing of the court, if
he shodfles called epos lo Is an, was disharged from
custody.
dome° Hill, 38, • 4ine h senesorse Witted for stabbing
William Thom, with intent to do Ids spinosa bodily
hers.
Mr. Coleridge cciadeeted the proseention.
The prisoner sad prosecutor were both 1401211111 on loud a
reset called the Nor-Water, whittle at the time si the occur-
mace, the 26th of October, wen lying In the Victoria Net
It appeared that a Caputo took pima between them with
tested to the right of *berth on based the vesel, which was
claimed by both, and the:proesubm struck the ;Thom.,
who immediately Nabbed him to thew places, one of the
etabs being in the thee and of a sereewhat dangerous cha-
racter. When the pets., wee Oaken into custody and
charged with etahhing the prosecutor, he denied that he had
dome eo, and said that he had not got a knife, but the prose-
cuter sad two other seamen swore distinctly to seeing him
make nee of the knife in the way deer abed.
The prisoner, when celled upon for his defence, repeated
his Must of the charge, and said that he was set upon by
the persecutor and some others of the crew, end that they
drew their knives, and he yea afraid he should he killed.
The jury found the prvoaer Guilty of unlawfully wound-
ing the prisecutor' under great provocation, and he Mar sen-
tenced to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for nine
mouths.

NEW COURT.
(Before tho Common Serjeant.)

Innis= lye and name Kite surrendered to take their
bid upon an indictment charging them with conspiring to
memzeit an assault upon John Coppard, a ferment In the em-
ploy of the London (Amend Omnibus Company.
- Robinson and Mr. T. Atkinson appeared upon behalf
of the company ; and Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Sleigh were fox
the defendants.
The defendanta pleaded not guilty.
Mr. 11.061110011 was about opening the case to the jury,
when
Mr. Metcalfe. upon the part of the defendant Kite, ob-
jected to kW so ibmg, Meting that he unfeestood that after
what had taken place between his client and the prosecutors,
thecharr would not baproceeded with, and protested against
ashen, being entered into.
Mr. Rubinson ..if be also thought en apology was to have
bees Madered in court, but had since Left informed that It
was withdrawn, and therefore had but use course left, end
that would be to go with the PM.
Mr. Metcalfe said that it bad not been withdrawn ; the
awed by hie client, Mr. Kite, still stood. It had
been upon an undemanding from Mr. Beard on behalf
of the ties that it would be accepted, and no further
lags taken.Tbe Common fierjeant said if that mane had been adopted
Isat .trios the maser would have embed there.

Mr. Robinson raid the company then - now were quite
willing to pursue that course. ney bad no feeling in the
matter beyond I desire to protect the httertets of their

Mr. Metcalfe then raised some further objections to Mr,
Robinson prooseding with his statiment, during which the
defendant Kite, after counselling with his solicitor, leant
over the dock, sad um about addressing the Court, when the
Common Serpent interposed, and told him that he could not
M heard both by counsel end In person.
Mr. Robinson raid they would either go on with the case
sempt an apolo,y Mom Mr. Kite.
Mr. Metcalfe—Mr. Rite is willing to apologise in these
tams, that if be bas bean sulky of anything to offend the
"Try, he ls sorry for it.
Cannons Serjeant told the Jury that no evidence
would be offered. . "

Mr. Thmsvu Piper Jon., builder, of 173, Ilishopegete. I
street, fad lir. Jolla 'Yaw, awhiteet, of 36, King-arrest, r
Cheapens, were charged, upon the information of Mr. W.
J. Mitchell, Wrenn of police, "for that they, an the 19th
day of November met ,in Illonfield-street, Moorteldr, did 1
unlawfully and indecently disinter and dig up the dead bodies
et divas parsons whose names are unknown pod did nnlaw- I
fittly, _knowingly, end injuriously plan and permit the end •
deed bodies, sad parte of decal bodies, then in a state of decom-
podtles, to be and remain exposed. to the open air, nnertlll
divert unwholesome smells did ante therefrom, and the I
me thereby greatly corrupted and infected, to the danger and
common nuisance of all the liege subjects of our lady the
Queen than inhabiting and residing."
The City Solicitor appeared in rapport of the pramut
and Mr. Harting attended for the defendents, who occupied
seats by_tlie aide of their professional adviser.
Mr. Harting—My clients are most endow to give every
information In their power to the roLitcution. They are
very much surprised at this charge broach against
them. The circumrtances connected with the Um@ have
only tens to our knowledge within the last few minutes.
Under these eircumatences it would be advantageous to us to
have the opportunity of a few days delay. I sok new for an
t.
he City Solicitor—l think the application is a perfectly
Mr one end ought to be complied with, but ft must be wftb
the undertaking that the defendants will render us every
simentance in the meanwhile to apprehend the men who have
been guilty of selling there bones.
It,. Piper—We are only too anxious tourist in the matter.
If the case had gone on we ehould have brought forward two
trustworthy min, one of whom looked up the gate at nib;
the plan bring surrounded by a high wall. Beth of thus
men declare that they believe it to be utterly Impossible that
the bones could have come from the spot in minks. The
pimp in which the bodies were put has beat built up with a
brick wall.
The farther hearing of the summons was then adjourned.
GUILDHALL.
Joseph Beak, a lad about 16, wee charged with throwing
lumps of rend over the parapet of Blecldriars-bridge, as if
with the view of striking something on the pier. A police-
men proved the feet, and Weir, the pier-maiter, complained
of the Intolerable sanoyence of boys assembling on the
bridge, and projecting missiles upon the pier, to the danger
of the porringers. It was only a few days ago that a large
piece of granite was thrown and fell upon the stern-lights of
' the pier, and had ft fallen upon the head of any lady or gee-
therms, in all probability it would have killed the person. It
ms with the greatest difSculty that such boys could be
' might, as they always decamped the instant he left the pier
; sad when he returned, they came back again. He did not
' wish to press the charge severely against the primmer, becalm
he thought a mall floe would answer every purpose, if the
DiWzgrzwould give it the utmost publicity.
Hale said it wee a very serious charge, and he
• Mt very much lathed to laid the fullest pointy the law
; allowed.
The mother of the prisoner mid her boy was In respect-
s aide having been In the same situation foe the last

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two yosn.
Alderman Has laid be should have awarded ouch a
i tthe prisoner would have remembered ell hie life
hrdmiso a
been Moues be had been throwing instead of mad.
He would, however, fine him 6.. for the present offence; but
if be or say other lad were brought before Dim again upon
such • charge, be would impoee the MI penalty of 40e., or
commit the delinquent to prison.

BOW-STREET.

A woman named C;titen'osiL;;;;, who avowed her infa-
mous way of life without a blualt, and who ie well known to
the police, wee brought beim* Mr. Jardine under the follow-
ing singular circumstances.
Polluesom F 141 said-1 warn ca duty in Ilolbont et a
Mto one this morning, when I saw the prosecutor,
arro Coleman, with the dug I now produce (a remark-
ably handsome Isle of Skye tenter). Ile wee intosiceted. I
ow the prisoner end another woman getting about him, and
I seat them away. They creased the road, and walked on,
keeping paw with him on the oppodt• side of the way. Pre-
sently 1 saw the prisoner cross crew and walk op to the prow
enter. Ph. wadded, dealt him a violent blow in the boa
and knocked Wm down right Sat, and snatching up the dog,
else ran away as hard as she eoold peat, with the dog in bar
ansa So I ran dim hsr end caught bur and took the dog
Irma bar. I km& her back, and lie genie her In charge.
Column—l am an cutler. The dog is my own
proprty, art weak amen pintos at lead. I was a little
the wane tor liquor, bat I remember this woman coming up
to ter, sod oho Mt see so sbarp and sudden that the knocked
" right lemartmede." She noway knocked my teeth out.
I had the dog by a cheat, but abe snatched ft from me.
Hamer—Why, I never went near the eases I was a ten-
sing along, and the dog ran after nut.
Cme—Slie had the dog in her inns, carrying him,
your wonatip.
Mr. Jardine—There can be no doubt you meant to steal
the deg. I gull commit you for ono month.

W RSH IP-STREET.
&aye Bedrock wee charged on remand with maliciously
amaultlng hie wife FaiinT.
This was a most distreeeing case; and a certificate wee
produced from the medical attendant of the poor women,
certifying that she was Is a most dangerous state from kicks
in the abdomen and blown on the head and body. On her
former appearance she wept ineemently through her evidence,
which was given seated, and it wee found requisite to supply
her with restoratives before leaving in a cab for her own home.
She um now supported Into the erne., and it wee manifest
that but little improvement, if any, hod taken pilau during
the remand; slip her testimony wee more distinct. She
stated that her k kept a public•honse in Euiummtreet,
hackney-road, emir that they had four children. On the
evening of the 13112, after being out ell day, he drove home
with a horse he ezpormeed • detemaination to purchase. She
uttered some objections to this, he having been previously
unfortunate in each speculations, upon which he struck her
under the right ear, from which the blood burst; she
staggered, partially insenaible, against the vehicle, and he
then kicked her repeatedly. She dragged herself ap, however,
by the wheel., and fell into the arms of a neighbour, whom
from her dwelling at that Instant, hearing screams of exam-
Pi• 11 pain. A few days previously he dragged her about the
floor by the hair, her then, se he had frequently done
before, and on one occasion had sharpened a carving knife,
at be swore to murder her.
The inarietrate said it was indeed a moat atrocious assault,
end of ter too great a magnitude for hint to deal with. The
offender must go for trial.
The prisoner, who said he had been drinking, and knew
nothing of it, wes fully committed for trial.
SOSITHWARK.
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William Wild, a blaa;niti,;;;; ben ht before Mr.
Davison:l, charged with committing • violent assault on
Charlotte Webb, his wife.
The complainant, • middle-sited female, who imbibited a
severe wound on the right eye, dated that she had been
married to the prisoner 22 pare, but for some time peat his
conduct bed been so bad that she could not live with him.
In feet, ohs hod been compelled to leave him five times and
maintain herself. On Saturday night she baud a knock at
the eared door, and on opening it the prisoner rushed into
the passage end struck her on the right aye, nearly stunning
her. He was about to repeat his mamma when a constable
rams towards them and took him into cuddly. She had,
however, no wish to punish him, provided he kept away
from bar.
Mr. Bonham coked whether he had ill-used her lxfore?
The complainant replied that when she was much younger
he used to beat her, and that was the cause of her leaving.
Mr. Burnham inquired whether she bad any family to
Mr:maimed in the negative, as they wire all earning
their own livelihood.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said thathis wife was
always leaving him end neglecting him. On Saturday night
he went for a clean shirt, but instead of that be got nothing
but dime.
Mr. Burch= asked him what be had to my In answer to
the charge of aassubiog his wife.
Ito replied that her language wee so provoking that he
could not help it. He wanted to live with her again.
The wife said that would be itopeasible, so his conduct was
so violent towards her. He might gam plenty of mosey at
his work, and could keep a condo:table home, but he drank a
great deal and kept bad company. She WM quite able W rap-
port herself without his amid ones,
Mr. Burcharo told the prieotter that he was a cowardly
fellow to strike his wife In that manner. Shit appeared to he
• decent &udo, and could do very well without him. Under
all the eirounstancr be should sentence him to three months'
hard labour In the Hones of Correction at Wendsworth.
_ _LAMBETH: .

A youth named Tay7lor, 14 years of age, preferred a charge
of assault can't NO. Tofeld, his oimsoter.
The complyinant laid that while fencing with one of
hie school-fellows, he accidentally poked his finger in
the other's eye, but did not injure him severely,
and that for this the master (Mr. Totield) best him In a
cruel mariner with a Cone. The youth exhibited his left
arm, which bore marks of severe chastisement. The com-
plainant admitted that after receiving three or four serer*
blows from a cane he dung a slats at Wm mestee head, and
said that after that the defendant took off Ids coat, celled to
the boys to close the door, and continued to brat him for
some time. Three of the boys in the school confirmed the
complainsat's statement, sad a polies sergeant before the mot •
plainant had keen taken after the injury, entire...sad it as his
opinion that the youth ham bees beaten with more than ordi-
nary or nesessery severity. Pot the defence, • number
of boys were railed, who swore positively that the defendant
had only 'true! ono blow when the onutplainant Bung the
slate at his head. Them witnesses were al.. examined by
Mr. Tidbit', with • view of showing that the complainant
wee • pers.', of cruel disposition.
After • lengthened examination and mach dim:make be-
tween the defendant and the father of the complainant,
Mr. Elliott observed that while hays went to school it
would be found notoriety to flog them, and, for his own part,
he did not consider such a worse objectionable, so far as
cruelty was avoided. It was quite clear that tho complainant
himself had acted most bapropmly by flinging a Mate at hie
toasters heed and catching hold of the rasa he wee wring
sad In the rib. nee of say evidence to show that the punish-
ment Inflicted on the resat cooselon wee unneormerUy
seven or cruel he must dlsmba the summons.
THAMES.

Owls Cope, far a taw potman le Mr. Refer, of the
Bollatai Anus, Windsor, was charged with easthier a tin
cask. hoz, containing 301. in gold, 41. is silver, ow 64. Beak
of England note, a gold maim pis, vales 64., as anstsid
mina phi and abaia, a are insurance policy, and a patills
house lion" tie moseys sad propriety of hie terms =NW.
The primmer had Sem affridsi on his voluntary coa-
-1 tales. the tether, Whet less restaiittet la Await Wt.

On ourrendoring, be said he had epent the money in going
about to diffemit rave and fairs.
Mr. Selfe committed bits for trial.
Bridoe Driscoll, • vulprdooklng and dirty woman,
living at No. 2, Buil' a-buildings, Brook-street, Rateliff, was
charged with steelier a purse containing a half-sovereign end
half-a-crown from the pen% of Mr. Charles NichoUs, of
No. T, St. Andrew's-tarred., Limehonse.
Mr. Nicholls said that he wee on his way home at two
o'clock on Sunday morning, and we socosted by the prisoner
in bfargerct-street, Licoehouse. She asked him for 6d. to
obtain a cup of coffee, sod ho took out • purse to give her
one, and directly she received it she snatched the purse from
him. He demanded his purse and Homey, and she retuned
to give It to him, He walked alongside of her until he met
with s policeman, and then gave her into cloudy.
Mr. Selfe—How came yea to givo her a sixpence ?
Mr. Nicholls—To get rid of bar.
Mr. Selfe—Oh, nonsense. It wee very tufa& of you
Indeed. You will have plenty of these women miring you
for sixpences if you are so free with your money.
Mr. Nicholls—She was very importunate indeed. I
told her emend times to get away from UN, and she would
not.
George Croft, 24l K, said that the prisoner was given
Into his custody on Sunday morning, and that he found
24. Bd. upon her, including the 6d. given to her by the pro-
secutor. No purse mone yas op r was as She was quite
sober, es was also the rosecutor.
Mr. Selfs—Thene Is no came of which I can convict the
prisoner; 'end If I ws• to commit her for trial no jury
would convict her. Men have no business to be entering
Into conversation with these strumpets, or to be 'leis(
them aixpencav ; If they do they must expect to be robbed.
The prisoner to discharged.

James Harvey Ballantirte„ octurtable in the employ of
the London North Western Railway Company, me
charged with neglect of duty, whereby the lives and limbs of
peruke passing upon the radjawere endangered.
Xr. John Bedford, the ma tenant of the polka be-
/mere to the London and North Western Railway, prose-
cuted en behalf of the company.
Omege Fish, ono of the inspectom of polka upon the
vMmw, deposed that on Tuesday evening, the 17th inst.,
when the express train from Manchester arrived at the
Renien-equare station, the guard reported to him that the
train, tapering Willesden station, had met with some ob-
streettedi,l:::ithe engine and several of the carriages
bad been in tried. Witness at once proceeded to Willesden,
where he d that the up-gate was completely broken
to pima, sad scattered over the line. He then went to the
hut of the primmer's, where he found another constable on
duty and he was told that the primmer had gone home.
He, however, found him In the station master's bed, with his
clothes on, and under the influents of drink.
The prisoner here denied that he wee intoxicated. Mime
vary W, and had been attended by a doctor.
W inns aleo maid he 'eked him how he accounted for the
aociplant, and he answered that he wee taken powerless when
he el the train and could not close the gate in time.
Arthur Ontteridge, a constable also in the employ of the
comyany, said about half-pest nine o'clock In the evening in
question be ma about to pas over the line at the level mom
ing at Willesden when he am the up•gate broken. lie then
went and found the prisoner there very ill. Witness told
him that the op-gate was broken, and he replied hat he
knew it was, and that the °sprees train method Itt a few
minutes before. The prisoner said he ma very ill and in-
capable of doing his duty. Witness said he would go on for
him, which the prisoner accepted, sad he then went away.
The prisoner also told him that he had not time to shot the
gate as the train was too quick for him.
Mr. Redford wee sworn, and stated that the prisoner wee
a oostetable at Willesden station, and it was part of his duty
to open and shut the Fake at the level crossing. Witness
maw him on the following Thursday after the aocident had
happened, and the prisoner told him that be wee on duty on
Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, when three young
men end a female came to his hut. They sent fee half
a gallop of ale, whkb they drank in the Mt.
wee After thoney
had been there some time he (the primmer) celled up
to open the up-gate to allow a man with a cart to ems to the
other side of the line into the Harrow-road. He went out
and opened the orgate without looking to the right to see if
any train wee approaching. Directly he had opmed the gate
he maw the express train clew upon him. He had not the
power to dose it intim, and thetrsin dashed against the gate
and broke it. Witllad• now charged the prisoner, under their
set, with neglecting his duty in not closing the gate.
Mr. Hayman seed if the constables were allowed to drink
in their huts while en duty ?
lterßedford said it wee strictly prohibited by the company.
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The plate-layers wen sot even allowed to go into their beta
to hone of their servants were permitted to do so,
or even read a book or r, so that their attention
should not be drawn been the Bee. Witness said he had no
doubt the fright maned the primer to be taken W.
Mr. Darns& said the primer's neglect of his duty Lie*
have reedited in the death of a past many persons. He
should not be doing his duty if he did not inflict the highest
penalty which the law allowed him, and he hoped it mold
act as a caution to others. He then sentenced hint to two
months' imprisonment with hard labour.

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