The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-08 00:00:00

very seriously bruised. The child was removed to the Middle'
sex Hospital in about half an hour.
Mr. Elwin, house surgeon to 'the' Middlesex Hospital,'
deposed that the child was brought into the hospital and died"
the following day. Witness described the nature of'the Wu"
it had received.
Edward Underell, and- Joseph Lelis, gave the prisoner 1
very good character.—Guilty.
James King, a respectable looking man, was indicted for the
manslaughter of Francis Furse, on the 17th July, by dri'ing
over him with a cab.
William Briggs, a hackney coachman, deposed that on the,
17th July be was standing in Oxford-street, at the corner ;
Bond-street, with his horses. An omnibus drove up and a ebea
in which was the prisoner and the driver, attempted to 105_0
tween the omnibus and the coach-stand. The prisoner W I
driving. The deceased, an old man about 63, who Was ato
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hackney coachman, was standing at his horses' heads w. ;ng
shaft of the cab struck him on the head. The cab Wae g°o4-ry
at the rate of about eight miles an hour. There was
about three feet between the coaches and the omnibus. .04
Policeman D 119, took the prisoner into custody, and
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the number of the cab 696. He gave his address 4, dei
Place, Islington. The cab was going at the rate of eight in
an hour.
Mr. Elwin, the house surgeon of Middlesex Hospital,
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posed to the nature of the injuries received by the deceas'
He died a few hours after being brought into the hosPital:d all
The son of the deceased stated that Mr. King had Pal
the expenses attending the funeral of his father. " ,Dh
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Thomas Hughes, truss-maker, 247, High Holborn • 4°5
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Peel, Barnsbury-park, Islington ; George Newton 1.3c0
11, Austin Friars ; George Busk, surgeon, Greenwich ;
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derick liaise, corn merchant, 27, Marylebone-lane, °lf °to
street ; and Charles Wood, Homerton, all bore testimonyv.
the respectability of the prisoner and to his general humare,:a
The Jury, after deliberating for about ten minutes, 1.010
a verdict of Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy'

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The Learned RECORDER then addressed the prisoner i - re
Lear. It was absolutely necessary that offences of the net
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of which he had been just convicted, should be represst; ets
the strong arm of the law, as the lives of his Majesty
were almost daily put in jeopardy from furious driving• the
it not been for the excellent character le had received,
Court would have sent him out of the country. The LesrP-iit,
Recorder then sentenced him to nine months'
and hard labour.
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The other prisoner, James King, was then placed at the the
The RECORDER said that, taking into consideration
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difficulty in which he was placed between the. - coach 9t f
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and the omnibus, and the strong recommendation of t"e'uthre
—taking also into consideration that he was not racing asf the
other prisoner was, and that he bad attended to the wants °
family after the death of the poor man, the Court would ject,
tence him to three months' imprisonment in the gaol of i'teho
gate. He wished it to be distinctly understood, howeverr!,,oret
in every case of a similar nature that came before him in 1".„te•
imprisonment
the offenders would be sent out of the country for their
ral lives.