The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-06 00:00:00

4 CHILD KILLED BY ITB MOTHER.

At the Lambeth Police-court, yw,terdny, Susan
Buckney, 38, • respectable-looking woman, was placed in
the dock, charged with causing the death of her child,
John Buckney, aged 'even rare, by throwing a knife at
him.
The case, which was watched by Inspectors Heath and
Bull, of the L division, excited • deal of interest, awl the
prisoner during the hearing, manifested much sorrow
at the prisition in which she wan placed.
Police-constable Trant, 106 L, said on Saturday even-
ing, about half-past 6 o'clock, he was on duty in Larnbeth-
walk, when • man cease up and informed him that • child
bad been murdered at No. 6, Burnett-street, Vauxhall.
He went there, and on going into an npstair room saw
the prisoner and Mr. Bliss, the landlord of the house,
who gave her Into custody on the charge ;of
killing her child. Witness asked her what she had to say
to the charge, when mho replied? " Yes, I threw the knife
across the table, but I did not intend to kill the child."
He asked her where the child was, and she told him down
stairs. He then proceeded to the front parlour and saw
the child lying on the ground bleeding from a wound on
the left iide. The prisoner afterwards said, "I am very
sorry for what I have done. I did not intend to do what
I did." He then took her to Kennington-lane police-
station.
'Morriss Edward Buckney, aged 10 years, brother of the
deceased, who cried bitterly while giving his evidenoe,
said, en Saturday evening they were at tea, when the
deceased hit him on the head, and witness said, " Mother,
make John be quiet." His mother then gave him • slap
on the ride of the head, and he went into the back room.
He bad not been there long before be heard loud screams,
and, on going buck again, saw the deceased I ing on the
door bleeding from the left side. The den made some
remark in a whisper, but he (witness) could not tell what
it was. His mother picked deceased up and carried him
into the garden, and applied vinegar to his head. She
raid, while carrying him, .oh, he's dying." There was
no one in the room but deceased and • little sister, aqua
6 years.
Mr. Samuel Atkinson Richards, surgeon, of 163, Upper
Kennington-lane, said on Saturday evening he was celled
to No. 6, Burnett-street, to see a child stated to have been
stabbed. On arriving at the house he found the child
quite dead. On examination of the body he discovered
a recent punctured wound on the back, on the left side,
which hail no doubt entered the lung and caused death.
He inquired for the instrument which bad done it, and
the table knife produced (having a sharp point) war
handed to him by the last witnua. There was blood
upon the knife, and it appeared to him that the wound
was caused by • stab.
Prisoner—l' was in the act of wiping the knife when I
threw it.

The brother of decemeil, on being recalled, said he had
rvken the truth, and was not in the room when it took
place.
Inspector Heath said the prisoner made a statinent at
Ow station.
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Sergeant Barris, 2L, said he took the charge, and on
trading it occr to the prisontr. she mid, " I did not mean
to hurt him. In my pas,ion I threw the knife across tho
teb!e at him, which named his death."

Mr. Elliott—Have you anything now to say to the
charge I'
Prisoner—l can only state how it happened.
The prisoner was about to make a statement, when her
father, in the body of the court, cr:epl out, " Don't, Susan,
payanything until I get &counsel." The prisoner upon this
intimated that ph, should reserve her defence.

Me was ordered to he committol for trial, hut to be
again brought up fur the completion of the depositiuus.

THE DISASTER TV THE IRISH MAIL TRAIN

ABERO ELE, MOYDAY.
flv morning Mr. Davies, solicitor, Holy well,
ant ared before the Abergete magistrates in answer to a
summons charging him with being an accessory after the
fact to the manslaughter of Charles Cripps, one of the
victims to the Irish mail accident. It will be remem-
bered that at the time the breaksmen decamped from the
neighbourbued of the court. after coming up for the pur-
pose of giving evidence in the case against the station-
master, it was alleged that they had done so in obedience
to a signal from Mr. Davi. a. who has acted throughout
the inquiry as their solicitor. Henoe the issue of the
M11:131210118. - _

Upon the ripening of the court, Mr. Lewis, solicitor,
said that Mr. Swetenbate, of the Worth Wales circuit,
had been engaged to defend Mr. Davies, but in
consequence of the illness of the learned counsel, hu
(Mr. Lewis) had been asked to appear. The ease hid
only just been put into his hands, and in order that he
might master the facts, he had to ask that the summons
might stand over till the other case was disposed of. This
course was agreed to, and

The breakaMen. Richard William+ and Robert Jones,
surrendered on bail, charged with manslaughter.
Mr. Wood appeared for Crime the uomuud prosocu-
tor ; and Mr. Leiria for the defendants.

Several witnesses had been examined at the time of the
despatch of our parcel, hut with the exception of a sen-
tence or two of the deposition of Alfred Lan, driver
of the goods train which took inn in the collision.
nothing was added to the information already
obtained in the previous inquiries. The new evidence
fiven was to the effect that the signals which he received
rom the prisoner were, "Kick off easy." and that he had
followed these instructions throughout the shunting. In
answer to repeated questions from Mr. Lewis. the witness
pct tastes' iu swearing that the last "kick off," to which he
sent the waggons to join the tail end of the train. and
which resulted in the whole lot breaking away, was an
"easy" one.
The only matter of importance which is expected to
arise in the course of this inquiry is the examination of
Mr Mason, assistant-general manager of the London and
North Western Railway. who will be examined by Mr.
Wood, with a view of showing that be ban clutralicted
himself in his explanations of the now-celebrated ten
minutes rule.

Mr. Mason was examined, and definitively stated that
the ten miuutes rule did not apply to the circumstances of
the Irish mail accident. The inquiry was adjourned till
Tuerday week. Mr. Edwardes Wood stated that he was
going down to Leamington to take the railway co:up:tug
in hand there.