202 Centaur; 



prisoner turned the corner and knocked him down. The wheels 

 passed over his body, and he was taken to the hospital, where his 

 injuries were found to be serious. He died in the hospital. 

 The Coroner before whom the inquest on deceased was held, 

 addressing the man, said it would never do to let the public go 

 unprotected in the streets, and he was found guilty of ' great 

 negligence,' and discharged with a caution. 



An inquest was held relative to the death of Mrs. S -, wife 



of a teacher of music. She was knocked down by a horse and 

 cart driven at a furious rate, and died from the injuries received. 

 The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the driver. 



A similar verdict was returned against a cabman for running 

 over and killing a woman in Pimlico, London. 



J B sued C B and his daughter A for 



j£25, damages sustained through his child having been injured by 

 the negligence of the female defendant. It was alleged that 

 while the plaintiff's child, aged two years, was walking across 

 the street the female defendant drove furiously and negligently 

 along, with the result that the child was knocked down and tho 

 wheel of the vehicle passed over its head. For eight weeks the 

 child's life was despaired of and it was said to have been 

 permanently injured. Judgment was eventually given for the 

 defendants, but without costs. 



RUNNING DOWN. 



E — — G , widow, of Wolverhampton, brought an action 



to recover £500 damages from J W , butcher, and 



J A butcher, who were alleged to have caused the 



death of her husband, by running him down. The deceased 

 was in the habit of going about the district with a pony and 

 trap. He and his wife were returning through Compton to 

 Wolverhampton. The wife was in the pony- trap driving, and 

 the deceased was walking behind the cart talking to a man. 

 As they approached the Post Ofiice the dtfendants, who were 

 each driving a horse in a trap at a fast pace, coming abreast, and 



A got first past the deceased's cart on the pr(ti)er side, but 



W , it was alleged, passed on the other side. Deceased was 



knocked down and both his legs were broken. He was removed 

 to the Infirmary, where he died. 



ON THEIR AVRONG SIDE. 



A collision took place at Lozells. A milk cart and a butcher's 

 cart — both on their wrong side of the road — were turning the 



