The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09 00:00:00

THE FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY

CASE.

Lot Saturday. itt the SliulAon House, In London, Asher
Barnard, aged 47 years, commission agent, of Exeter, was
brought tip on the Outrao of having, within four months of
his bankruptcy, comealcil wssis, PrUniNdlY IcwulrY out
diamonds. to the value together of about 3,000, with intent
to defraud. The prisoner Lid been arrested hi Paris mot
brought to this COuntry under the Extradition Treaty with
FrILLICe.

- Mr. Lewis, jum, solicitor, conducted the proaecution.
He explained that the pritainer steal charged, under
an order made by the judge 44 the Exeter Bankruptcy
'art in .Inly loot, with ',minus offences under the
Lank ru ptcy Aet• He hall long been in bindle,"
there, and had leerie an irreproachable character.
He eventually retired from trade, and left Exeter
with his wife anal faintly early in the present
year. He li:slit a visit to London, and afterwards
Ultimate Ito several honors with which he had shalt
there that he woo about to go into burinees again.
Ile caned upon a firm ad diamond merchants' in
June last, anal obtained a liamonds and articles
of jewelry of the value of £2,000 odd, the firm being
under the impreasi )))) that he was about to return to
Exeter; but he did not, anal there could he no doubt
his intention was to abecamal with the property. He
visited other houses in London, and made purchases to
a considerable amount on credit. That wail in June
"ad July last, and having in that way obtained
diamonds and jewelry to the amount of 0,000, he had
them packed in two cases anal forwarded to an address
in Madrid, sis ing the feigned mono Alfred Burrows.
On being made a bankrupt a reward VMS offered for
his apprehension, but without any result for some time.
I In leaving England he made his way to Madrid with
the es ident intention of taking poseession of the valu-
able goals he hail lespatched thither, and thence to
Pads where he was eventually arrested,
liiainge Edward Tolhurat, of the firm of John..", Walker, anal Tolhuret, diamond merchants, at 80,
Alderegate-street, London, was called as a witness for
the prosecution. He said the prisoner, whi am he had
ku wn since February la.at, owed their firm about
r 2,600 up to duly last, when he absconded. In
February he had offered to purchase goods of them
wader an arrangement, and, having satisfied themselves
as to his respectability and hitegrity, they afterwards
entrusted him with diamond,' and jewelry amounting
to t`2,107 155., on the- math retanding, reduced to
writing, that he was to pay one-third of the amount
withinfour m ntha, anal to return such of the goods
as he had not then mold. Prior to the expiration of the
four months he wrote to witness asking him to allow
the matter to stand over, anal it dial. On the 13th of July
the prisonercalled again and selected a necklace of dia-
monds anal pearls of the value of £3lO on approbation.
Witness afterwards, in coneequence of a letter he re-
ceived from hiss, also sent the prisoner three rings on
approbation set with Large brilliants, of the value to-
gether of £315. to an address he gave in hi wart-street.
lie now identified among the prayei ty found in the
prisoner's posseseion twelve of the rings he had supplied
Lim with In February, also a diamond necklect, dia-
mond am rags, and diamond pendant, worth together
gLia. From the 13th of July until now he had never
seen the prisoner nor received any communication from
him. On the :Lath July the prisoner was adjudicated
a bfutkrupt

Jol in NI artm, a detective officer in the Exeter police,
proved that he had been the bearer of a 41ern3nfl for the
prisoner's extradition from the English (lovernment,
and tlist the mismer was arrested in Paris on the 10th
of N,,,:aer. Ile was then Occupying a small room,
ard he rroducoa urn icles •.1 jewelry of the value in all
fi. , I:61s) to bOO. On Saturday morning last, at
two o'clock, wd th witness received prisoner at
Irons a French policeodlicer, and brought him to
1..m.10n. He had prerio.usly known him for years at
Exeter, where he had borne an unexceptionable charac-
ter.

At this stage, on the application of Mr. Lewis, the
it ..r for the prosecution, the prisoner wan remanded
until a future day.