The Express. — 1847-11-26 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.  OLD ODOET.—liskire Dr. Deem Perko and Dr. Janice Coßasa Tv Cean OF Jerre Waront.—Mr. Payne applied to the souk is rehreses to A. case of John Wright, charged id**, earsesiseghter et Jams Powell. He said that the =sly lad lowa the bill presented to them, and, upon et timeureser's Inquisitson, he found that it would be impusible to support it, for by the vogue and incorrect meant in whisk it was worded, the deceased appeared rather to be accused of committing suicide, than the prisoner to hare killed him by violence.—Baron Parke Lavine, with his 1. trued colleague, examined the inquisition, said it must be_ quashed, and the prisoner was ordered to be discharged. ILUMLACONTaI. Wes. Hickman 20, was indicted for the manslaughter of Anne Bridges. The prisoner was the captain of • ca al boat, and the deceased was the wife of a person employed in the same capacity. Upon the 29th October the boats were upon the Orand Junction Canal, the prisoner's boat coming toward. London, and that of the husband of tha deceased proceeding in • contrary direction, each being towed by a horse. It appeared to be a rule of the cane! that the horn drawing • boat coming to London should, upon meeting another coming in an opposite direction, be stopped and have his bead turned from the canal, thus allowing the towing-rope to drop, and be floated over by the other boat. Upon this' occasion it was alleged that the prisoner neglected to conform to this regulation, and, instead of stopping his horse, he went on, and the result wee that his towing-rope dragged the deck of the boat in which the deceased was sitting steering, and It struck her upon the wrist and arm and forced her into the water. She was got out almost immediately, but, from the injury to the arse, mortification, and eventually death, ensued. It appeared, in the course of the cue, that although the regulation referred to was generally understood by the driven of boats upon the canal to be necessary, they frequently evaded it ; and it seemed that, at the time of the ooeurrince, it was nearly dank, so that it was  probable the prisoner did not see the deceased's boat until he got clue to it—Mr. Prendergast, on behalf of the prisoner, turd that the transaction wan purely accidental, and that the prisoner ought not to be convicted of manslaugbt.r under each eimimstances. —Several witnesses gave the pri1100eT an excellent character for humanity and good conduct. —The jury returned a verdict of Not guilty. FIZZWOIIC/. George Yardley, 20, firework-maker, was indicted for the manslaughter of Robert Moeday. The prisoner carried on the occupation of a firework. maker in a back room of a home in Litre Surrey-street, assisted by his brother, the deceased, and a lad named Vincent. On the let of October all the three were in the room, when a quantity of fireworks exploded, and the result was that the two lads were so severely burned that they died very soon afterwards, and the prisoner himself was so severely injured, that for three weeks his life was despaired of.—Mr. Parry submitted that there was no case against the prisoner to go to the jury.—Mr. Justice Coltman thought there was not. Although the making of fireworks was in itself an illegal act, yet where death was occasioned Dr their explosion it was necessary to show negligence on the part of the accused. The jury, under his lordship's direction, returned a verdict of Not guilty.—Tbe prisoner was then arraigned upon another indictment, charging him with the manslaughter of Edward Vincent. The circumstances were precisely the same as the last, and a simi'ar verdict returned.  WOUNDING writs