The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

SWANAGE.

FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE SWINDLERS.
On Tuesday last, at the polioe-oftioe,Warebsm, John
Howard and Matilda Howard were brought up on
remand before 0. W. Ferrer and Miles Rodptt,
the former on • charge of felooioucily forging a cheque
for t 55 on the National Bank, Pimlico, London, and the
Letter with aiding and abetting the male prisoner in the
oommiseion of • felony.—Mr. R. Mullins, of the firm of
It. and S. Mullins. solicitors to the London Banking
Aseocietioo, and Mr.. 5. B. Tre , solicitor Wareham,
appeared for the prosecution. —The male prisoner, who
is a gentlemanly looking man of fair complexion, and
apparently about 40 years of age, paid consider-
able attention to the female prisoner duns' the
herring of the cam, and at the close appeared very
anxious on her behalf.—Mr. Trevenen said that he was
not prepared, and did not intend to offer any further
evidence against the female prisoner on behalf of the
National Bank, and he should therefore ask for the
male prkiomer Who remanded to London on the charge
of forgery. Ho understood, however, that Mr.
Mullins had another charge to bring Kama Matilda
, Howard, on which be would aek for bee to bevels...dad
to_Lowlon also.. . . . .

Mr. Ferrer then read the charge to the male prisoner,
and asked him if be had anything to my or any
Wi WHIM to call, prefacing his remarks with the usual
station.
Prisoner said that he had nothing to my with regard
to the charge, but inquired whether the ease *mild not
be remanded there for another week, explaining that
be had written to his brother, steward for the Earl of
Hardwick, but that he wu prevented from miming to
see him at present.
Mr. Purer said that the prisoner had had a week,
during which time he might have procured witnesses on
his behalf, and the Bench could not grant any further
time. He would have the opportunity when the exa-
mination emu on in London to bring witnesses on his
behalf.

-11-7.llallins informed the Bench that he had several
other charges of forgery to molar *stied the prisoner—
one on the 30th Deeember,lB64, committed on the Covent
Garden branch of the London and County Bank, beside
others in the country, some of them so far back ea
1863. Mr. Mullins then applied for the female prisoner
to be slowwitted to the Bow-street Police Court for
farther examination on • charge of aiding and abetting
Howard to commit a felony. He dated that in Ostober,
1865, thelirm of Brady and Company formed themselves
with others into • Joint Stock Banking Company
Limited) that the male prisoner came to the dike, and
engaged to take a great number of shares, sad gave
s cheque to Mr. Moore, the manager of the
company. That be afterwards asked Mr. Moore to
give him change for • £5O cheque on another
bank, which that gentleman, in consequence of the
prisoner becoming so large a shareholder, gave him
but that directly after the prisoner had left, Kr. Moore,
bevies his suspicions that all was not right, proceeded
immediately to the bank to slop payment, and that he
only arrived jest in time, the cheque bang permuted by
a bona* whisk (rem the description Of she prisoner
now in charge he (Yr. Mullins) believed to be the
same person. That this woman was seen by Mr. Moore
to make a sign to some one in a cab, and that on going
to the eab he found it was the male prisoner. He was
thee taken in custody to the Marlborough Polio, Court,
and whilst the magistrate had some doubt of his identi-
nastiest, managed, by telling the oonstable to go and see
his property was safe in another room, to escape. He
(Mr. Mains) therefore applied that both the Prises=
should be remitted to the Bow-street Police Court for
farther examination, as the offences were thistly com-
mitted in the Metropolitan district, the male prisoner
for forgery and the tomb, aa an secemory after the fast,
aiding and slatting.—The magistrates fully concurred
In this, and after the evidence of Mr. Superintendent
Bolas and his wife had been taken as to the property
I being found on the female prisoner, they were both
committed for further examination at the Bow-street
Polies Court, and were removed there in charge of
Mr. Superintendent Boles on the following day.
This prisoner, who is, Is we have said, apparently
about 40 years of age, is the son of a gentleman of
Independent means named Wickes, now deceased, who
formerly resided at Isloworth near loader,. lie was
brought up as • sketch architect, and has one brother
• clergyman, and another is steward to Lord Hardwick.
Hale well educated, and was for some time in partner-
ship with • firm of church arebiteets at Leicester,
where he appears to have hail • large business. He
went up to Ledsu is either HIM or sad had an
°Mos Is SethviHsese, liscadilly, where he carried on
badness as • Aura srehltest In 1853 he married •
"London lady," and from this time be appears to have
eammeneed his downfall. Whilst Living with his
roost wife he met with the female goisoper, whom he
In his diaries distinguishes with the sobriquet of the
letter IC, and with whom he ha, lived for upwards of
six years, and has two children by her. about the
year 1860 he commenced that system of forgery and
swindle, whisk he has apparently carried on with great
rumen up to the time of his apprehension. In the
of the woman who sesomputied him were
ro="aatikree bank books of the London and County bank;
two of the Natiosal, one of illessre. lioneosne k Co., Pall
Mall; one of Yarn. Wells, Hem b On., Biggleseade;
one of Messrs. Barnett and Howe, Lenshard-drest.
City, and one of the Naked Proviusial Bank, Baker'
street lwasels, and also 114 loose apses' on various
banks in Louden and the oottistry.—The prisoner kept a
diary of all his engagesneste and tranmetiona, which is
certainly a most strews regard of the life of • man,
who, with good abilities and the advantage of • liberal
attention, prostitubst both to the worst purposes. From
this it would smear that gout live years ago he in com-
pany with the woman he represented as his wife, hired
• phaeton at Marlborosigh,drove to Bath where he had it
freak Plastid. Proceeded on to Bristol whore be left
it, and went to Lreoloo, seeding the female down a day
or two after to dliposo at it, sad that the did offset •
sta.