The Express. — 1848-03-04 (London, England)

LOOKER-ON. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.--FATAL WRESTLlNGissacit.—By Mr. O. I. Mills, at the BRUER Tavern, Kingstreet, Portman-square, on the body of Charles Moore, • cabman, who WRI killed in a wrestling-match with • man named Fred. Peacock, now in custody. On Wednesday last the landlord of the tavern was upstairs, and hearing • . noise in the bar, he came down, and saw Peacock and another man wrestling. The name of that man was Huey Wainwright. Witness called on them to desitt, and Peacock mid be would. Shortly after he heard deceased say to Peacock, " Come, Fred., yen have thrown Horsy, but you cannot throw me." Witness sent his son for the pol;ce, and went to the door to look after him. On returning into the bar Peacock and decease, were wrestling. They both fell together, and retained bold of each other. They had • second bout, and fell a second time together. On le ing parted derwastd was carried away into the tap-room, and it was then discovered that he was apparently dead. Ms died aid was sent fee. and the surgeon who attended pronounced life extinct. Several witnesses who saw the wrestling bete eon deceased and Peacock Mated that there was no unfair advantage taken of deceased by his antagonist, and that there was no malice between them; on the contrary, both deceased and Peacock were on the most friendly terins.—Mr. Inspector Teeters's, in answer to questions by the jury, said that H. Wainwright was in the hospital from the injuries he sustained by wrestling with Peacock, who delivered himself up the morning after the occurrence.—Mr. H. Crooke, surgeon, stated that he had opened the body. He found considerable extravasation of blood at the hue of the brain, caused by the breaking of some of the blood-vessels. In his opinion the enticement was the cause of the rupture of the vs ,sale rather than any injury received in the encounter.—The jury returned • verdict, " That the deceased died, whilst engaged in wrestling with F. Peacock, accidentally, but whether tram injuries or over-excitement there was not sufficient evidence." —Cu tin MURDER —Before Mr. Cuter, in the committeeroom of Lambeth Workhopee, concerning the death of • male child unknown, aged about seven weeks, that had died from exposure and want In • public thoroughfare.—Mr. J. Harvey deposed that on the night of Tuesday, the 11th of January last, his family, whilst at home in the South Lambeth-road, were alarmed by hearing the cry of an infant Witness procured • light, and, after searching the garden, be discovered a male child, dressed and wrapped in • shawl. The deceased was very cold and exhausted, from evident exposure to the weather, se the night was very d.mp and boisterous. The child was taken into the house, and aßer a short time given into the charge of a police constable, who was directed to carry it immediately to the workhouse. Witness had made every inquiry to obtain • clue to the unnatural parents, but could not get the least information relative to the guilty persons.—A policeman proved the conveyance of the child to the workhouse, and added that the usual steps had been taken, by forwarding a full description of the dress and shawl to the whole of the metropolitan station-houses, but unfortunately no seems had resulted therefrom. He bad been by the spot shortly before the discovery was made, and he bad not seen anything to attract the slightest suspicion.—Mr. Duke, the parochial surgeon, said that he saw the child soon after if. admission, and upon finding that it required nonrisho.ent, ordered that the nurse should remove it to the infirmary, where every warmth and proper food was at once given to him. The child was greatly exhausted, and very cold from lying in an exposed position. At first he progressed very well, but diarrhceo subsequently came on, and the child died on Sueday last. He hail no hesitation in saying that the death of the child was the result of the exposure.—Verdict, " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown."—