The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-28 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE
James Snood Laws, a wine merchant, lately carrying on
Waimea in Idol-lane, surrendered yesterday, in answer to
his bail, to undergo • final examination before Mr. Alder-
man Hale, sitting for the Lord Mayor, upon a charge of
obtaining upon credit, within three months of his bank-
reptcy, under the false colour and pretence of carrying on
Me Dolmas, a quantity of wins, to the amount of 60W.,
from Messrs. Offiey and Cramp, and also, under a different
clause, with having within three months of his bankruptcy
unlawfully peened the same wines, in other than the ordi-
nary mode of trade, with intent to defraud his creditors.
Mr. Telford Bolter, barrister, instructed by Messrs.
red on behalf of the official aasignee ; and
i.rrtekLPT=ter, instructed by Mr. Miller, attended to
te behalf of Mr. Symms, wine merchant, one of
Cworid on
itors ; and Mr. Lewis, jun., attended to defend the
peimmer.
Tbe OM has been adjourned from time to time, and the
of each examination here already appeared, and
will that io the cue in which Mr. Etymons
was the prosecutor it was adjourned for the purpose of
previag if possible that the goods were pawned within three
months of the bankruptcy. The ease occupied some con-
eideralge time yesterday, but the prosecutor failed in that
pertioohr ease be eliciting sufficient to show eatiehotorily
that the pewniagorsa within the three moeths.
It will also be remembered that there was a charge of •
different mature against him, by which the prosecution
sought to establish the fact that the defendant bad obtained
two umpteen's from a Mr. Jones, a wine merchant, by
means of tales pretences, inasmuch as the defendant had
received an order from that gentleman for a quantity of
wine, which be promised should be forwarded immediately,
end on account of which he drew • bill which was accepted
by Mr. Jones, be believing that the wine would follow in
due course. The defendant also drew a draft on Mr. Jones
for the purpose of paying the duty, which that gentleman
Wands, accepted. The wins, however, bed never been de-
livered, and Mr. Jones bad paid the acceptances as they be-
came des. It was proved that at the time the defendant
sold the Willa the warrants for the same were in the hands
ag Messrs. Needs sad Chaplain, wine brokers, with whom
they bed been lodged as security for an advance of money
=had made to the defendant, he at the time 'aria( no
over them.
It also appeared from the evidence adduced that the pri-
mmer had obtained an acceptance of 561. from a Mr. Brooks,
• wine merchant at Woodford, under precisely similar cir-
cumstances.
Mr. Lewis, on the part of the defendant, contended that
there was no false preteme whatever ; that the wines were
at the docks ia the name of the defendant, end he had
bought them in the ordinary way of business, and had con-
trol over them, with the exception that they were under ad-
vance, and he could have obtained absolute control by re-
deeming them. It appeared to bun that the most that
could be made of it was a breach of contract.
Mr. Alderman Hale, however, said he thought it was •
ease is which • jury ought to decide whether it was a moral
or • legal trend, and the defendant was committed for trial
on 11110i1 charge, excepting, of course, that presented by
Mr. Raid, on behalf of Mr. Braces.
Bail was again tendered end accepted, in the sum of
3001., and the &deaden* own recognizance in the mine
amount-

John Young alias Dyer, • tall, heavy, and remarkable. 1
remandlh men, apparently about thirty, was brought up on i
before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being secreted
in the parish &arch of St. John, Wapping, for an unlawful
purpose.
On Friday evening last there was Divine service in
Wapping church, and the congregation were not dis-
missed by the efficiating clergyman until nine o'clock.
Soon afterwards Mr. John Stock, the sexton, exit.-
garbed the lights, and was preparing to leave the
erred edifice, when he beard • very peculiar and
unearthly noise. He listened, and it cared. He pro.
, raided down the middle side, and could see nothing us-
' usuaL He looked over the pews, and was advancing towards
the porch, when the noise was repmtcd, and he was some-
what alarmed. Another search and inspection of the church I
proved fruitier, and be left, closing the doors, and looking
them. The noises he had heard continued to haunt the
sexton's imagination for an hour afterward; sad he then
returned to the church with • police-constable named Green.
field, No. 496 IC, and made another search. On opening
the doer of the ehurehwardene pew the rimier was found
comealed there. He was lying on the floor, with • coxes
mat over him. He bad turned over the barooks and
cushions of the pew, and displaced the books and church
services from the shelves, and made up • lied of the whole.
The pew is • very high one, and the sexton, believing that
SO one would dare to invade the sanctity of the church-
wardens' pew, had not looked into it iu the first instance.
The proper on being Likes into enatcdr, said, •.Don't
towel me, I 'have got the small-pox." He we. asked to
pprte nouns accord of himself, and be fiat said his mine was
Tring, and afterwards said it wee John Dyer.
The policrecestable, Greenfield, said he had made is.
quires since the primmer was last before the magistrate,
cad maid find out nothing about him
Mr. Stock believed the pekoes, WAS WIWI% although there
wee • method in his madam; force Friday sight M had
selected the wet sooketatds pew is Weil*. Monk and
made up • Nimbly geed WI at the wary hamaks, sad
alibises, and • pines at the Bihar sad chareh-marrials.
• Roes, the par el the ass* mit do Oman had sow