The Sun. — 1847-09-21 (London, England)

DREADFUL ACCIDENT NEAR HADLEIGH. FURTHER PARTICULARS.  HADLEIGH RAILWAY STATION, SATURDAY EVENING.—As yet all the sufferers are alive, though the recovery of one of them (the wife of a labourer), is still deemed doubtful.  Messrs. Growse and Mudd, the two surgeons of the place, attended upon the injured, a duty which the large number rendered in no slight degree laborious; the assistance of Mr. Storry, the druggist, which was most kindly rendered, being all the additional aid that could be procured, either in the town or neighbourhood.  The prisoner said that he regretted what had oc curred.  Mr. COTTINGRAM, in strong terms denounced the unmanly conduct of the prisoner on the occasion, and told him that had the girl died in consequence of the kick which he had inflicted on so dangerous a part of her person, he should assuredly have committed him for murder. As the law at present stood, and that there was every probability of the ultimate recovery of the complainant, even under such circumstances he deemed it his duty to send the prisoner before a jury, instead of dealing summarily with him, and inflicting a fine, which was quite inadequate as a punishment for such an offence as that with which he had been charged. The prisoner was then committed for trial for the assault at the present Sessions at the Central Criminal Court. A few days since a person named John Hall, who described himself as a solicitor's clerk, and who was to have been tried at the late Surrey Sessions on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences from a poor woman named Malin attended to prefer a charge of threatening to do him some bodily harm, against Mrs. Malin's husband, and a man named Sherreff, who was to have been a witness for the prosecution. It appeared that on Saturday last Hall was put upon his trial at the above sessions, but his counsel took an objection, which was fatal to the indictment, and the prisoner was consequently discharged, but the prosecutor was informed by the Chairman that she had it in her power to lay a fresh indictment against the accused person. Prior, however, to the proceedings taking place, Hall attended at this Court and complained that the husband of the prosecutrix and a man named Sherreff had threatened him with their vengeance, and that he went in bodily fear of them. The Magistrate, on being made acquainted with the facts, accordingly ordered Hall's information to be taken in writing, and summonses were accordingly issued against the parties, to attend this day to answer the charge. The accused persons were in attendance, but when the case was called on Hall did not appear, and the accused parties coinplained loudly that the complainant was absent, and declared that there was not the slightest ground for the charges which he had alleged against them. They requested to be informed whether they could not have some redress for the scandalous way in which they had been treated on the occasion. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he recollected Hall's application to him on the subject, and his having directed that that person's information should be taken in writing, in which he charged the defendants with threatening his life. As Hall, however. neglected to attend on the present occasion, the defendants were, as a matter of course, discharged; and he added, that in the event of their wishing to institute any proceedings against that person, they should be furnished with copies of the informations which he had laid against them.  The following is a list of those requiring medical aid :