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London, England, 1853-01-13 00:00:00

lighted. I had not been there more than two or three
minutes before I saw Kinch. I spoke to him, and

begged him to leave the scene as he was not in a fit
state to be there. He appeared to be quite delirious,
and not to know what he was talking about. He went

in a very queer and incoherent manner about his break

and his van. The first thing I heard him say was,

" Where is my break—where is my van ?" I took him

him away from the line to the Robin Hood. Some
other person was with us, but I don't know who it was.
As we came along and had got half way towards the
station, Kinch said, " Poor Jack, I think he must have

mistaken the coal train." He made no other remark ex-

cept that he was very much hurt. I met Mr. Blott go-
ing towards the scene of the accident. He stopped and
said something to Kinch, but I don't recollect what it
was. Don't recollect what reply Kinch gave to Mr. Blott,
but believe he made some answer. I left Kinch at the
Robin Hood, and went to get a medical man to attend
to him. I was not gone about four or five minutes. I
could not find a medical man. On my return, Kinch
appeared very ill. He was sitting where I left him,
and he complained of being very much hurt ; but he did
not say anything to me•about the cause of the accident.
I saw him put into an omnibus to be conveyed to the
Oxford-road station. The time between my meeting him
and our getting to the Robin Hood was about twenty
minutes. At my suggestion Kinch had a little brandy
and water at the Robin Hood. I advised him to stay
all night at the Robin Hood, but he said something about
his wife being poorly, and called out about his bags.

From the manner in which he expressed himself my im-

pression was that he was not in a sound state of mind.

Mr. Randall (a juryman)—Did you think it wise to
take a man in Kinch's state to a public-house ?
Witness—l took him into the Robin Hood because it
was the first house that I came to.

Mr. Randall—And in the excited state in which you
say that he was at the time, you thought it proper to
persuade him to take some brandy I
Witness—l did. lam not a doctor.
the best of motives.

I did it from

Mr. Randall—l don't doubt that.
The Coroner—l would have done the same thing
myself.
The Foreman—Oh, yes.
The witness—l am giving a straightforward answer
to every question.
Mr. Randall—Yes ; and I have put a straightforward

question.
Richard Higgs—l am a baker living at Jericho, in
Oxford. On the night of the accident, about six o'clock,
I was at the Robin Hood, and while there heard of the
accident. I immediately ran up the line, and met three
or four carriages bringing the wounded in. When I got
to the line I helped to get out a man who was mangled
all to pieces. He was taken away on a hurdle. After
that I saw the last witness (William Todd) leading Kinch,
the guard, by the arm. I offered my assistance in
helping Kinch along, and as we were proceeding Kinch

exclaimed, "Poor Jack must have misunderstood ; and
then added something about a break. He seemed very
confused, and muttered two or three times over, "Poor

Jack ; he must have misunderstood ;" but I did not hear
him say anything about the coal train or the ballast train.
He was taken to the Robin Hood. I met two gentle-
men on the way, one of whom stopped and talked to
Kinch, but I don't recollect what passed between them.
By a Juror—l have some recollection that the conver-
sation between Kinch and the gentleman we met was
about the lights, and the gentleman said, " Don't say
any more." I consider that the remark " Don't say any
more" applied to the state in which Kinch was.
William Bossom—l am landlord of the Robin Hood.
I went up to the accident about six o'clock, before Kinch
was brought to my house. I know Kinch very well.
I had seen him that day before the accident occurred.
He was at my house between four and five o'clock. He
was then quite sober. He is generally a very steady
man. I never saw him the worse for liquor in my life.
I did not see him on the line after the accident. I saw
him first again when he was brought to my house.
When he was at my house in the afternoon there was
no quarrel there. Tarry, his driver, was with him. I
did not see any beer thrown at anybody. Tarry was
sober when he left my house, and so was Kinch. They
both left about 5 or 10 minutes before the time of starting
(5.30). Tarry and Bugden had two half-pint glasses of
beer each, and Kinch had one. When Todd brought
Kinch into my house he was in a weak state. Don't
believe he could have walked without help. He was
bleeding from the eye, and otherwise injured. He did
not appear to know what he was saying. I asked him
several times to go to bed, and he answered, quite in a
childish way, that he would not. We could scarcely
understand What he did say. He spoke frequently about
his wife. Did not hear him say anything about his bag.
William Dolly—l am a publican, and keep Hayfields
Hut, which is situated about three hundred yards from
the scene of the accident. I heard the collision, and ran
to the spot directly. It was dark at the time. I saw
nobody on the line. I did not hear a single sigh or
moan, but the steam of an engine was fizzing. The first
word I heard was the voice of a boy calling, " Help me
out." I took hold of a woman by the arms, but I could
not stir her ; and had to pull out a man first, who was
lying over her, and both of whose legs were broken.
This was all done in the dark. Lights were then brought
up by the officers at the station. I think they came
from the station as soon as they possibly could, and they
exerted themselves to the utmost. We got the woman
out ; and afterwards released a man named Jones, who
was taken to my house.
Alderman Browning—l am a director of the Bucking-
hamshire branch of the London and North-Western
Railway, but have no interest in the working of the
line, which is leased to the London and North-Western
Company. I first heard of the accident from one of my
own servants, and I directed him immediately to go to
the different medical men in Oxford. I went to the
station, and when I got there, they were then moving
the sufferers to the infirmary. The surgeons connected
with the infirmary went with the patients ; but I asked
Mr. Owen and other medical men to go to the scene of
the accident in a railway carriage, and they did so. I
remained at the station, and requested a telegraphic
message to be sent to the friends of several of the suf-
ferers ; for which purpose I sent a messenger to the Ox-
ford second station, because the wires at Oxford were
injured owing to the collision. The station and yard were
crowded, and I made arrangements for the university
police to keep them clear. I saw Lee and Watts. Lee,
who was the driver of the second engine of the coal train,
was cool and collected, as he was when he gave his evi-
dence here, and appeared to feel his situation. Almost
his first observation was " there were six of us, and I am
the only one left." I questioned him relative to the ac-
cident, and particularly about his own tiain. He said,
" When I first saw the 5.20 train, I could not believe it
was on my own line," and added that it was only when
he saw the fire falling from the box that he knew it was
on his own line. He said also, " When I was sure that
it was on our line I shut off my steam, blew my whistle,
told my mate to jump off, and then jumped off myself."
I wish here to remark that the Great Western and the
North-Western Railways run parallel for some distance,
and there is no distinctive mark or signal to make it
possible for any one to distinguish, even by daylight,
whether an approaching train is on the one lime or the
other. Both the lines use the same signals. Lee men-
tioned this fact the same night, and said that the trains
of the two lines had been brought to a stand at the same
place.

Smith, the foreman of the North-Western engines,
begged to explain that circumstance. They were running
the engines sometimes with the tender first ; and when
that was the case the tender's light (which was red
on one side and white on the other) showed red and
caused the Great Western trains to stop.
Alderman Browning, continued—This is the only way
in which I can account for the evidence of the Great
Western supernumerary. I think he was confused at the
time by the trains of the two lines. Lee, the driver,
said that he could not tell what Tarry could have been
thinking about. Neither Lee nor Watts (the breaksman)
mentioned anything else to me_about having any con-
versation with Kinch respecting the cause of the acci-
dent. Hayes, and several of the porters, and the book-.
ing clerk were talking to me that night, and not one of
them then said a word about Kinch starting the train,
nor a word attributing any blame whatever to the guard.
They did not say a word about hearing the whistle, and
this is confirmed by all the surviving passengers) with
every one of wham I have conversed on the subject. All
the information I could gather from the officers at the
station, was that Tarry started without instructions. I
wish to be just to this poor man. I believe he mistook
the ballast train for the coal train. I believe, also, that
Kinch himself made this mistake.
The Foreman— This is only hearsay evidence, but still
it is evidence. Alderman Browning is giving his own
conclusion as to matters on which we must judge for
ourselves.

Alderman Browning continued : I went with Mr.
Hope, the builder, to Mr. Blott's house at twelve o'clock
that night, and remained till he returned from the
Oxford station. In the presence of Mr. Hope, Mr.
Blott said that no instructions had been given to Binch,
the guard. He said that he had seen Much at the
Oxford-road station, and that in the presence of another
person Kinch had admitted that he had received no

orders to start the train, and also stated that he had
not started it. I have known Kinch for some time.

He was a steady and good servant. I saw Carrier that
night, and I have seen him since, and he never said any
thing whatever to me about Kinch having spoken a word
in his presence as to the cause of the accident.
The Coroner : Did Mr. Blott say that Kinch had
admitted that he had started the train ?—"Witnes : Cer-
tainly not. _ _

Ann Burnham : I live at Bletchley station. Joseph
Kinch is my son-in-law. I saw him when he was first
brought home on Monday week. It was turned 11 o'clock.
He was very insensible, and when we asked him anything,
he answered us quite different. He was asked if anybody was
much hurt, and he said "No." We asked him where
Tarry was, and he said " All right." We bathed his
eyes with a lotion, and got him to bed. We did not get
a doctor for him. We gave him nothing to drink but a
cup of tea. His wife was at home. She fainted. That
did not affect him. He took no notice. When she got
better he still took no notice. There was no one else
with him but me and his wife, and Mrs. Abbott, a
neighbour ; I sat up with him most of the night.
I took him some tea to drink during the night. The
doctor was not sent for till the morning. Mr. Johnson,
the station-master, called and sent for the doctor. My
son-in-law was insensible, and incapable of giving a ra-
tional answer all day, except at times.
Ann Abbott, the neighbour alluded to by last witness
as being present when Kinch was brought home, corro-
borated the evidence as to his state of insensibility.
Wm. Cumridge, engine-fitter, Bletchley, deposed that
he had accompanied Kinch from the Bletchley station to
his own home ; and asked him whether he was hurt.
He replied, "Yes, I am shook very bad." He asked
him also whether there were many people hurt, and he
answered, " Yes, a great many." Witness believed
that Kinch was sensible enough to understand what he
was saying.

Mr. Thompson (solicitor)—At whose instance do you
come here ? Witness—At Mr. Wheeler's ; and at the
request of the relatives of Tarry.
John English—l am inspector of police at Bletchley.
I saw Tarry the driver at Bletchley station at a quarter
to eight on Monday morning week. He took the eight
o'clock train to Oxford. Saw him again at Winslow
with the 2.40 p.m. train to Oxford. He was perfectly
sober. I had seen Tarry on the Sunday night previous.
The Foreman—This is very irrelevant.
Mr. Thompson—You will find it is very material, as
showing the state of Tarry's mind. I wish to ask the
witness whether he was not called in on Sunday by Mrs.
Tarry because her husband was very excited ?
Mr. Castle, a juryman—We might just as well inquire
about the man's state last Christmas-day.
Mr. Thompson —I wish to show that the man and his
wife had a quarrel.
The Foreman—We are not here to sit in judgment on
the deceased's private affairs.
Mr. Thompson—l wished to ask Inspector English

how it was that he first came to know Tarry. You will
find its bearing afterwards. I wish to show that the
man and his wife-

Mr. Randall, another juryman—l think it is cruel
to be raking up private matters between the deceased
and his wife in this way, especially as they have nothing
to do with our inquiry. (Hear, hear.)
The further examination of the witness was therefore
arrested.
Mr. Hester, solicitor, on behalf of the railway com-
pany, said that he had no further evidence to adduce.
It being now half-past seven, the Coroner said it was
time for the jury to consider to what day they would
adjourn. It would be inconvenient for the officers of
the railway company to attend for the next three days,
as he was informed that their presence was required in
London by the board ; and ho thought the jury would
be anxious to consult the convenience of these gentlemen
in their adjournment, because the officers of the railway
company were deeply interested in the inquiry, and it
was certainly desirable that they should be present at
the remainder of the inquest.
The inquiry was then adjourned till Monday next.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Tan. 12.

" Count" Henry Sch,err Those, 29, was indicted for
having stolen three bracelets, value 501., the property of

John Jones Vaughan and another.

Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution.
Frederick Norman was called. He said he lived with
Mr. John Jones Vaughan, a jeweller and silversmith,
carrying on business in partnership with another, at
Nos. 39 and 40, Strand. Between five and six o'clock
on the afternoon of the 25th of November, the prisoner
called. He drove up in a brougham, with a livery ser-
vant as coachman. He entered the shop, and said he
desired to see some bracelets. Some were shown him ;
and after he had selected two, he said he was desirous of
making a present to a lady in Grosvenor-square. At
the same time he handed a card, on which was inscribed,
"Count Scherr Thoss, 6, St. James's-place, St. James's."

The prisoner took out of his pocket-book some Aus
trian bonds, which he represented to be of the value o:
200/.

Prisoner—That is a lie. I told him they were worth
2,000 florins each.

The witness further deposed, that the prisoner left
one of the bonds as security for the bracelets. He took
them away on approbation, and he promised to bring
them back on the following day if they did not suit, or,
if one only was kept, he would return the other, and
pay for the one kept. Witness did not at all intend to
part with the right to the property. The prisoner ac-
cordingly took away the bracelets, the value of one
being 281., and of the other 61. 10s. The prisoner called
on the following day, and stated that the lady to whom
he had intended to show the bracelets was out of town,
and she had not seen them ; but even if she had, he was
afraid they would not please her, and in consequence he
(witness) showed him another, which he took away with
him, on the same conditions as the other two. He po-
sitively said he would come back the next day and settle
altogether. This was on a Friday. He did not return
the next day, and on the Monday following witness
heard that he was in custody on another charge.
William Ruffey, assistant to Mr. Attenborough,
pawnbroker, 93, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, pro-
duced one of the bracelets which was pledged •n the
evening of the 26th of November by the prisoner in the
name of Baron Bayer.
This was the third bracelet obtained from the witness
Norman.
•Thomas Barret assistant to a pawnbroker in Lower
John-street, produced one of the two bracelets obtained
on the 25th of November. It was pledged on the
26th by the prisoner for 121. in the name of M.
Wilson.
M. Bolton, Chancellor of the Imperial Austrian Con-
sulate-General, stated that inquiries had been made re-
specting the bonds in question. In his opinion they
were worth nothing.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that on the 6th of
September he took lodgings for three months at 6, St.
James's-place, but the landlady told him two weeks af-
terwards that he could only have the place for one month.
About the 16th of November she told him she wanted
the rooms far an English captain for eight days, and for
that time he went to Arundel-street, but afterwards
returned to his former lodging. The Chevalier Bunsen
if application were made at the Prussian embassy,
would give evidence of the truth of his title. He
became acquainted with a French gentleman named
Delaroche, who used to advance him money on his
diamonds and toilet furniture at different times ; and
after he had lost a great deal at play at 2, Al-
bermarle-street, it was arranged that Delaroche should
raise 1,0001. on the security of his lands, forests, &c., in
Germany, where he had an estate of five thousand
acres. This money was to be raised at 4 per cent. in-
terest. On the 24th of November, Delaroche told him
that he wished to buy some bracelets for his sister, and
recommended him to Mr. Vaughan's. He then re-
counted the interview he had with the witness Norman,
and said that that person having ascertained that the
bond really was of value, said it was all right. He made
a present of the one which was to be 61. 10s., meaning
to return the other next day, but in the meantime Dela-
roche came to him and said he should be ruined unless
he advanced him 51. or 101. that morning, and that in-
deed his very life depended upon his so accommodating
him. He (prisoner told him that he could not let him
have any money, and his bonds had been left at
Vaughan's, and Delaroche then asked for the bracelets,
promising, parol d'honneur, that they should be forth-
coming in time to be taken back, and for him to get back
his bonds. Delaroche gave him the names of his
friends Baron Bayer and M. Wilson, who owed him
money, and who he said would be security for the re-
payment. He went to Vaughan's and offered an
" I 0 U," payable in three days, in lieu of the bond,
which he offered to take back.
the jury
The Assistant-Judge having summed up,
immediately returned a verdict of guilty.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced the prisoner to one
years' hard labour.