The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-10 00:00:00

WANDSWOIaII.

141.1:T.1.AUT AND itolklitltT AT .t LICENeED TICTTALLEtie,
A dark-complexioned young man, who gave the num I f
Joha Moyrallt, and who refuel to give either mistress or cc,
cupatien, was pissed iu the dock before Mr. Ingham. on a
charge of borgLuimidy entering the premises of Mr. George
Hatehtnison, the Innillerst of the Sun lon, high-street, Clap-
ham, and stealing therefrom a large quantity of lumina-
apparel.
John Franke, a flyrnan, lit ing in Clapham, disused that
about 10 minutes to II ocloek on Thar...ley nisht, he WAR
'sending in front of the prisecubses house near the sign loot,
when he was suddenly el.rekeil by seeing the prioiner leap to
the ground Irmo the leads over the shop trout of Mr. Idursis's
house adjoining the Sun and at the same time nearly
knock a female down. Ile then ran off
as quickly as be pso.sibly could, when witness
met up a cry of " Step thief." Ile was eau joined by
others, and they went to pursuit of the prisoner, who ran into
the arms of • cotißtethlo upon Clapham.common. The 'al-
moner was without Lis shore, and ho 'skid the
primmer the reason be was running with them oil.
Ile replied that he could run futer without his show
to catch the burglar than he could with these. Ito
then brought bim lock to the fruit parlour of the Sun, where
they proceeded to Punch him. A chisel full from his pockets,
and a knife wee also found on the floor where he was stand-
ing. At that time the prisoner had hie coat off am well as hit
shoes, and he, with considerable adroitness, placed hie hand
upon • young nun's shoulder, and leaped through the
window, which was partially open, into the yanl, arid made
off a second tins Ile was apsiu caught on Clapham.
esennion, :and Le uue then ruiloved to tLr station.
The proseeuts.r stated that upon the pi ismer being
brought to hie haute be went up etairs and die-
eoured hie front bed room hid been entered and tbo
drawers ransacked. Ile mieaed five curb., three waist-
netts, a cravat, and • pair of hoots. The window
looked upon • verandah in front of the house, and
he found that a pane of glue lied Leen broken in the window,
to allow the bolt to bo withdrawn end the window raised.
The prisoner must have climbed the front of his neighbour's
house on to the bade, and from theme to the verandah.
Another witness wu suited to pro., seeing the prisoner on
the leads just before he jumped 4hoon.
The eonetabte ILIA he found the whole of the missing pro-
perty on Mr. Morris's Fads, and the prisoner's Louts was
discovered near the place.
The prisoner cremesum:nest the witnesses with tome in-
genuity, to chew that they were mistaken in hie identity,
but he wee unable to shake their tettlittiony.
Mr. Ingham nuaniled the prisoner for inquiries.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT
RAILIVAT-THE INQUESY-(THIS DAY)

This morning the investigation reapeeting the
deaths of theme unfortunate persona who but their lima by
this distreseing occurrence was maenad before Mr. C. J.
Carney, emoner fur West Kent, at the Plough Mehl,
Lewisham
[ln the ems of Sarah Ann Boykett, who died in St.
Thomas's Minitel, Mr. Payne, the claimer. 101 l nu helmet
en the body, but merely took evidence of the identity, eo no
to authentic, the burial of the body without renderitg it ne-
cessary to inquire into the came of the accident.]
Mr. Bodkin appeared, an before, for the Compeny, and the
relatives of the deceased were represented Isy the same
gentlemen who conducted their cam on the former occasion.
Colonel tiolland appeared for the Bowed of Trade.
The Coroner said the jury would reoltert that on the
last °erasion they hot entwined all the witnesses, who
mane free, the Lessiellaneetation, except Wylde, the signal
man, who he underetieel was now at libert voted ho therefore
proposed to take Ide evidence, and then rill them witnesses
who wive connected with the elation at Blackheath.
David Wyldr, examined—Said he wan night signalmen
et al. Ito understood the eignels
thoroughly, and recollected the 9.15 train coming in on
the night of the 28th June. The Memel woe given
1. all cheer " and after ho received the signet of the
11.32 trein fearing Blackheath he made en entry in his Look.
The dW plate *bowed "stop all up," end if the train bed
sties it would have been his duty to signal "ell
deneup," but he did not give that signal. The Moab, were
eglinet the in-coming train..., end be saw the dietenee
1.1 Seluvhnre eintals were all right. Mr. Nelson
Moe to him, end asked if he could go to the train
fig wee Mending, end inquire if they hod any eerie
OD take their passenger's. Witneee said Sall y
was, me the other Mile, and elexby came amino and took
We of Lis signal.box. Ile then went to the guard of the
teals, and naked if he mulct take the pa...women who were
wetting on the platform, when be replied that ho
erould not. Winters woe ahvot about three minutee, and
when he returned the dial was in the mom mate m it was
when he left it. There might bare been ten minute., ellipse
from the time he mete the entry be hadmentioned. The
anthem then priaveded to detail the manner in which the
Moils were given end received, and he wee confident that
they were all corrOet at the Lewishem station.By Mr. Burgon—When a train is in the elation we
Moeye protect It by the eomphon, dietainee signet, but the
9.15 train wee only protected by ono signal, as it was be-
tween the two Motion.
Mr. John J. Benin, clerk in the aeperintendenCe oilier of
the South Bardeen Railway. paid that he was a paimenger Ly
the 9.15 train on the night in question, end when he arrived
at Lewisham Le found that the eignals were all eight ea the
leek came in.
Jetta Conderoy. dyer, Chenimmtrect, Tidtenham vourt-
I NW, was • oroond clam powwows in the 9.32 train
is the night of the accident. The Moak drew
lie attention to the rollieion, and hearing ecreamis
and 'MTN be haetened to the ',pet, end crawled in
brassi dr wheels of the break which had Mewl upon the
ardipecoataining the unfortunate prawns who were kilted
Or IpjmcrL end he then witnessol a sight which
maid be better imagined than Le could dwell*
IL lie wee rompelled, from the peeition the sufferers were
Is. to cut them ,it with a cloth knife. The train appeared
OD Oho to be travelling at • mw h quicker owed than WWII,
Sad It was hie firm impremion that it was not going to stop
el flat Mallon at all.
Mr. Philip Premix. a barrister, a pamenger in the 9.32
fink, said be heard Mr. Conderey rolling for amietanee. end
miring fur the anew-picks; but they were not forthcoming
ter 'tome time efterwerdo. lied crew-jacks been on the
spot, the lire. of theme who died from suffoca-
tion might have been Raved. It. new no screw-
jerk applied until an hoer and a belt had depend—and then
only ono was wed. It appeared to him that the
only mesas by which they could rescue these who
were eutfmating was by the eaperineumbent
MAI wine the screw-jack. Ultimately the " maps" threak-
van) was thrown over, but not till he, Mr. Con-
deroy, end a surgeon who accompanied him,
had satielled therneelves that the unfortunnte per-
orate underneath Um carriage were doe' and cold.
Ile eoneideved the Lewieliam end Blackheath Matinee
were welfiriently I:spitefult to be funnelled with such
" tackle" an was repaired on the ore cMen of the arridenh
Ilv the Coroner—He wee not aware shot the epeoking tee-
graph wee out of order that night, hut he wee pure the
aesietance did not arrive few en hour end • half alter the
accident.
[The inquiry was proceeding when we went to rem].