The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTS.

GUILDHALL

Daniel Mitchell Dro4l;;;;TFosnso Williams Gordon
were 'gain placed at the bar for examination upon various
charges of fraud.
Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, conducted the
prosecution; Mr. Clarkson appeared for Gordon; Mr.
Humphreys for Davidson ; and Mr. Wontner for John
Windle Cole' who was brought up on a habeas from New
gate, where he is at present lying under sentence of four
years peed servitude.
The City Solicitor said it was his intention to prefer a
charge against the prisoners Davidson and 01rdon of con-
setirrti with Cole to issue fraudulent warrants. He also
them with conspiring with one Maltby, now de-
ceased, for the purposes of fraud.
John Wendt' Colo was then placed in the dock.
The City Solicitor said he would avoid tilo4o cases upen,
which Cole bud ahead; been tried.
Timothy Tooney deposed that be entered Maltby's ser-
vice in 1851, as a labourer at Hagan's wharf, and lived upon
the premises. Maltby's name was over the gateway and
the couuting-bouse door. Witness was frequently sent to
Cole, at 19, Birehin lane, with letter, sad took back letters
which he received from Cole's clerk. Maltby told witness
if soy gentlemen tame into CI • (files that he was always
to walk out. Witness was about tour years on the wharf.
During that time he bad seen Gordon and Maltby together
at the wharf. Gordon tame down to the wharf and wanted
to see some goods in the shed on the wharf. Maltby came
in and told witness to open the gates. They
then went on the wharf and into Mr. Groves's
warehouse, and looked at the goods within. Had
seen Maltby and Gordon in the counting-house, toge-
ther en other occasions. Had seen Cole at Megan's
wharf upon oaly two occasions, and then Maltby was with
him. Shortly after witness went there about 1,000 boxes of
tin, weighing 1 cwt. each, were landed at Hagan's wharf,
and put into the abed. There was no steel on the wharf at
that time. Some of those goods were placed in .Groves's
warehouse, and the remainder were shipped off. There
were other goods brought from time to time, copper,
*ulcer, &c., some of which was stored in Grove's Wife-
house, and some was shipped. These goods were placed in
Groves's warehouse by Maltby's directions. fi-matimes
goads as they arrived were taken at once to the warehouse.
There woes door does to Maltby's counting-house leading
into Groves's wharf. There was another door for the ad-
mission of goods to Groves's warehouse from Hagan's wharf.
Before Maltby left he told witness to clear the place, as be
was going into the country, and should like to have the
books sent Into the City until he came back. He said that
whoever came tom No. 4 or 19, Birohin-lens, with the
key was to have the books. Mr. Garner, clerk
to Cole, fetched the books away from the wharf
It was ont two or three days after Maltby left that the
books were taken away. We nese was not ate to give the
dates of any of the transactions alluded to. Thera was •
very large quantity of goods sent to Hagan's wharf at dif-
ferent times. At one time Maltby's warehouse was quite
full, and then the goods were put into Groves's warehouse.
Mr. Philip Vaughan of the firm of Freeman and Copper
Company, Bristol, repeated the evidence given by hint on a
Werner occasion, tespecting certain warrants purporting to
represent Swedish steel and tin plates lying at Hagen 's
Wharf, which came to him in a letter written by Davidson
towards the end of 1853. The warrants were charged u
security for money owing to his firm by Davidson and
Gordon. Witness believed the endorsement of them was
in the handwriting of Cole, to whom the goods purported
to be made deliverable. In February, 1854, his firm re-
ceived another warrant (as security for a further
advance of money) for 100 tons of 'lselin, said to be at
Hagen's Wharf, and deliverable to Davidson and Gordon,
Default was made in the payments which the warrants were
intended to secure, sad they accordingly sent to Maltby,
desiring that the warrants might be transferred to their
news. This was refused, and they brought an action against
Maltby and recovered • verdict. The signature of Davidson
and Gordon was in the handwriting of the latter. They
had not recovered either the goods or the money.
Mr. Augusts. F. Omsk, said—l am clerk to my brother,
who is a solicitor at 47, Moorgate street. In consequence
of instructions received from Mr. Vaughan, I went to
Hagan's wharf for goods specified in the warrant produced
by hies. I saw Maltb in the counting-house, and I said 1
wished to know the size or the weight of the speller ego-
tamped la that warrant, and that I should also like to um
it. Maltby told me that if I would let him see
the warrant he would refer to the books and then let
me see what plates of speller there were there.
He referred to the books, and said there were about
9,000 plates, weighing from 301hs. to 341ba. each, but he
said they were a 'sized parcel. He then asked me if I
wanted the goods that day, and upon my saying not then,
he said he should like a day's notice of my intention to
remove them, as they formed rather • large parcel, having
lbeen warehoused as long since as 1861. This was in Fe-
' binary, 1864. I think at the time of the advance. I after-
wards wanted to get them transferred, and when I went
there in April for that purpose, I tendered the amount of
'the charges due upon them, but Maltby said he bad a lieu
upon them, and the amount of the import rate was 61. per
ton. lie said he would see his partner about the transfer,
but in the meantime he would not part with the goods with-
out letting Mr. V.sughan have timely notice. I saw Maltby
only once after that, and when I sent sown an order for the
goods I wild not obtain them, so I served him with a
writ.
Mr. David Barclay Chapman, of the firm of Deemed,
Gurney, and Co., money dealers, of Biretiin-line, Lombard-
street, said—ln the month of July, 1853, we continued an
advaaer, which we had previously made, to Davidson and
Gordon. I have the horro flog note with me. It is dated
the 7th of April, 1853, and it was re-arranged in July,
whoa the malt of the aggregate of • number of small low
I kite eels of 91,0001. Oa the 7th of April we had a formal
mellement of a class of amounts secured by warrants with
Davidson and Gordon.
lir. Pearson here said that Mr. Chapman bad, with the
greatest frankness, produced his books, which bad enabled
him to unravel much that bad been thrown into confealut
for the want of those books on former oceasioss.
Mr. Clarkson said Mr. Chapman had given his evidence
in &most satisfactory manner throughout the whole of this

Inquiry.
Mr. Chapman said such was his desire to do, but
in his anxiety to state everything as clearly as possible he
bad not made himself properly understood, and he had
suffered considerably in public opinion in consequence.
When the settlement took place there was found to be
92;0001. due to our firm by Davidson and Gordon, in respect
of advisees from truss to time on warrants for copper and
speller. The borrowing note states that the sum borrowed
is 92,0001., and that the security consists of warrants for
copper and speller to the value of 132,00J1. I prods*, the
warrants, 61 in number, included in the schedule attached
to the borrowing note, all of which represented its goods
as lying at Hagan's Wharf. In September, 1853, I threat-
ened to sell the goods expressed in some of these
warrants, in consequence of something that had taken plies
in reference to Divide is and Gordon. We sold 300
tO6ll of spelter on the 27th of September, and 100 tons on
the 28th, and when we wrote to advise Davidson sad
Gordon of those sales, and enclosed them the contracts for
them, they sent back the contracts, saying they would not
reuogai.s the isles, as they had no power themselves to
sell. Oa the 1 lth of October, they wrote fur the contracts
of the 'welter we had sold. That letter was written in con-
sequence of sales we had muds on the previous day. Gordon
wrote the letter, and enclosed a proposal for an arrangement,
es far as regarded the small loans. I sent a person to tee
the speller sad make inquiries about the golds, in eons.-
queue. of certain e pressioes and the tone of Gordon's letter;
but from whet subsequently transpired I went to Cole in.
stead of following up those inquiries. This was on the
18in of October, 1853. I inquired of Cole whether all was
right with regard to these warrants, to which he replied
that it was not all right. There was something wrong in
itsgaa's wharf warrants. I told him that we had similar
warrants deposited with us by Davidson and Gordon, and
asked Idea to me if they were in the same condition.
Hs said they were, and that be had lent the wmanta to
Davidson and Gordon, and not Wig able to get them back
again he had obtained possession of the goods. I then re-
quested him to nail as sae after business bouts, and give me
fail partienMrs, and be aesordingly came the same evening
with Oordem.Tbe sublimate of thetatarvis w,as nearly es I can
reads" was this. I &eked Gordon for the particulars of his
warrants, sad if the whole of Hagan's wharf warrants were in
the condition Cole had described, namely., that there were
so goods to answer the warrants, he has uig withdrawn the
goods because be could not get back the warrants. I be-
lieve Cole replied that they were, withlit,!'s exception of
mme steel and lead. Ae made this statement in the pre-

141100 and bearing of Gordon, who made no objection what-
ever to it. We method the money for the 400 tons of
welter, half on the 6th of October, and the remaining half
on the 11th. The five warrants p;odaced represent part of
400 tons we sold. Having discovered on the 19th of Oct.,
1853, that there were no goods belonging to thee. warrant.,
we remained quiet and did not take any store to recover the
warrants. We had a communication on the subthet with
Cola's clerk, but none whatever with Davidson or Gordon.
Ik. Hy. Hoffman, merchant and colonial broker, repeated
his former evidence with respect to five warrants received
by him from Davidson and Gordon, as security for advances
made. The money for which they were given not havirg
I been paid witnem sold the warrant., and they were then
dimmed to be bed, and were returned to witness, there
being no effects for them.
The investigation was here adjourned, and the pH-
toners, who were accommodated with seats throughout the
examination, were removed from the bar.
ARL BO ROUG fiTABET.

Police-constables Winters,
A 413. and William Tulky, A 377, were placed at the bar
on ckarges arising out of the recent Sunday gatherings in
Hyde park.
Mr. BaSistine, who appeared for the prosecution,
addressing the magistrate, said it would doubtless be
recallicted that a charge had been preferred by the police
I spinal a gentleman named Mair. He (Mr. Ballantine)was
satisfied, from the information he had obtained, that a more
quiet and peaceable man did not exist. Mr. Mair not
only had a most complete answer to make to the com-
plaint preferred against Lim, but he had felt it to be
his duty, on public grounds, to apply for a
summon. against the three policemen at the bar. How-
ever, a searching inquiry had since been promised by the
government, and as Mr. Ma.r's case would of course now
receive etilcial investigation, he (Mr. Ballwin') had recom-
mended his client not to press the case any further in that
court. Ho had also recommended the adoption of the same
Course in the numerous similar cases in which be had been
instructe.l.

This arrangement wu assented to by Mr Ilardwieke,and
Mr. Mair was dischargen,entoriog into his own recognizance.
The next cases were those of Beniansin Lee Smith,
barrister, and a young man named Gibbs, who were charged
with obstructing the police.
In each the officers said they did not wish to press the
charge, and the defendants were accordingly relessed.

FROM the LONDON GAZlsTTß—Tuesday, July 10.

BANKRUPTS.

num Prentecer, Windsor:iernsce,--- Pimlico, general CDDIEDLAWID
agent, to surrtuder July 23 at 111, and August 20 at 12, at Brains-
hall.mrect. Sol., Hatton, Essex-street, Strand ; off. meg., Lee,
Aldermanbury.
Janis Hese? LAPIGDON, Exeter, merchant, July 19 and August 16,
at 11, at Meter Court. tIoL, Stogdoe, Exeter; off. many, Hirtzel,
Exeter.
Asses lt smut and NAHUM Stereos, Sheffield, merchants, July 21
and August 21, at lu, at Leeds Court held at Sheffield. hoL, Free-
men, Shakos; out. maim, Browns, Sheffield.
THEMA! WADE. Naelay, Yorkshire, 140110 merchant, July 30 at 12,
and August 20 at 11, at Leeds Court. Bola., Blockburo, Leeds,
and PEDALED, Leeds ; off. swig., Hope, Leeds.
Joss TATU Manchester
M, Manchesr, chemist, July 22 and August 9, at 12, at
Manchester Court. SoL, Wise, Manchester; oft. ass*, Hasa-
man, Manchester.
DAVID Msensenstm, West Hartlepool, Durham, chemist, July 20 and
August 17, 121, at Naseastle-upon-Tyne Court. eoLs., Hartley,
Southamoton-street, Bloomsbury, and Brignal, Durban; cif. MAIL,
baker, Newcastle. en.T3

INSOLVENT

C. Niebtingele. Clarendoeetreet. Camberwell New road. cellarman
—O. Carr, Cambridge Coff. &came, lit.bopegate.strtet Wabout, aad
Catherice laneekalley,
.Biaboptgate.atreet, wheelwroibt C. W. W.
.

Bevan. Northumberland-ounri, iitrand, secretary to the Universal
Provident Lds Asseelstion-J. Crow, Dagenham, Use:, tailor-T.
woolvrich, amiia's labourer-IL Honey, Bow-leee, City,
and Anchor. rrrrr ce, Old Kent.resd, nester - H. Carter. Upl er
Queered-building. Bromaton, comet balkier-O. F. F. Former, Lind.
.ay-place, Chelsea, artist -W. A. Bragg, Queen's-row, Peatouvilie,
bath kee,,er-H. butt, White Hart-street. Drury-lane, grocer-A. J.
Holmes, Croydon, eurrcy, elerk-W. Hawes, Towtr-street and Oil.
bert's.buildlnge, Waterloo-road, chair caner-J. New, Broad-street,
Golden•squste, chemist-A. Everett, Swinten•arreet,Graralan.road,
natant to a wholesale warehonseman-J.Lait, Bacheaterrsee, Hor-
ton, statuary-IL Batton, itadway.place, Einplavd, surgeon-T. C.
Mesmer, fildaey-pate, Chelsea, grocer-E. Bristow, WeLington.
terrace, Camberwell, butcher-T. Bowie% Tette:ham court.toad,
mutant to a boot maker-H. Degsrdoc, Evareholi.etrest. Hemp.
stard.road, taker-W. 8. Cottcrlll, itegent-etreet, Gray's.lan.road,
. _
clerk In holy orders-0. Wood, eon., Upper --
Irian-road. and Minerva.plate, Kenulngton.
Duae'e-terrace, Hampstead. plumber M.__
Hackney-road, coal dealer-W. F. Dune, London.roud. bo' uthaark,
butcher-A. W. Larmuth, bpeacer.atr.et, Clerkces ell, dealer in milk
-J. A. Heed, Porteuaterrace, Paddington, doeneed victualler-W.
Wilson, sines, Middle/ex, carpenter-W. Britain, IL-ndon.
Mere:, builder- W. Bute., tthitechapel High-street, cutfeebou
keeper.
DECLARATIONS OP
Tazoraicx Tnonss Paean,

iZteemtord-.weer, Black-
run. grocer—J. Maw,
Gnoutte, Union-etre**,

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