The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-14 00:00:00

CHARGE OP 'GROW pz THE RUZRZAN

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Three men, who gave their names and described
themselves as follows. via., Wolf Herein, 4, Little Pres-
con-street, Goodman's-64de, commiesioa 'gut, Cana
Reobberg, 12, Haberdasher- Boston, sad Abraham
int_on, 28, Prinimee-street, ' traveller is
, were yesterday brought ors Mr. Alderman
man
mat at the 111211100-boom for the Lord Meyer,
who, however, was mount during part of the
having been tumid at a Court of Aidermantvir"
custM
of Scott and Brett, two detective officers of the City Polios,
charged with having felosiously in their pressen= a plate
bearing the engraving al portions of Ire and ten rouble
notes of the Bank of the Empire of Ramie, and a quantity
of type, barring the characters of Ramie& rouble notes.
Mr. Sleigh, barrister, instructed by Mr. Peachy, of the
arm of Olives:ion and Co., solicitors, attended touched the
grtiou un behalf of the Enemas government ; Mr.
oc:nell, barrister, appeared'llonaeil, far the prisoners Bairns
and Reich.berg ; and Mr:• Hope, solicitor, attended on behalf
of the pruner Joseph son.
Br. Hoary BEA from the Buena consul's °fins, wee
present dudes the guessdings.
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Mr. fee said be was instraeled by Mmes. Oitureon,
Lava, and , on behalf of the Run= goverssunt, to
prosecute the at the bar, who yam gimped wader
she Nab smi Ueda, asp 96. sem 12, with& mesh AM
szapra who than use or knowingly have ia hisgemeeden,
lawful authority or CLISMS, an y _ Ohba, weed,
or steam or any other metal on end& stry fogies
MI, MI% undertaking or order, or any part tbsessia
simil to
sms
engraved, or shall knowingly offer, utter, or ab-
y el, engraved,
his warbody or picesemion any paper es
wbidi pot el esi is
foreign bill, son, ke., shall be plated,
simil be gl, d flu/my. He bad to prosecute the prisoners
for bereft and having I. their penmen plates for the ma-
nufacture of rouble notes on the Beak of the Empire of
Russia. He said it was well known that far • ling time
palsgpseson, both ia this onatry and 'breed, had been
is forged rouble notes, which after being menu-
factored are transmitted to Rorie, where they get into cur.
edition. The prisoners bad been summing very great
ingenuity in the matter. They had bees to the estab-
lents of different gentlemen, whom he would en
and had employed them, one to make one
another to make another portion of the plates, rrorfink:rhich
the notes have been printed, and on a future =ado& he
would be able to show the part that each of these men had
taken is the trunaction. The primates bad been suspected
for some time, and on Saturday two of them wee appre-
hended, and on Sudsy the other was tikes. Portions of
rouble none sad various other articles, which would in the
end prove of importsnoe, were found in their
He would merely be *Donut with calling the ogreas=o.
took them into custody, and then ask for a remand to •
future day, when he would be able to peeve satisfactorily
the whole of the fasts.
The following evidence was then adduced :
Detective diner Scott said—At about half-past alas on
Saturday night he was with Brett and Lake, two other de-
tective; in the Misorice, what be met the prisosers Bar-
wits sad Rechberg together. He told them they were
album sad should take them into custody tags charge of
forging Rumen rouble seta. They were canard to the
station, where be searched /Lewin, and in his tram=
pocket he found • parcel of type which he produced, sad
also some papers mostly la the Ilasesiaa language, and
which he had mot had thee to get interneterL On
Sunday at about two o'clock he wen withiltrett and Lake
to 1.26, Prinnoes-atent, and maw the primmer Josephson.
He told him they were oaten, and waned to speak to him,
and be took them up to • rcemeze the MA floor. He then
said they we Si ask lira eimeqnsethes, end told him
the answers be
_pre might_in made evidence against him.
After that caution be aided the prisoner if be knew • was
named Reichberg„ of ix Habeelashar-place. He said yes.
He inked him if he bad ewer dose any business with him,
and he said he had. He then asked him what
business he had dame with bins, and be re-
plied that he was • diamond setter by trade,
and he had done several thing in that busbies' for him.
He then asked the prisoner if Reichberg bad ever given
himsny copper or nu plane to engrave, and he said, " No,
never," He told the prisoner be niust sesech his place, and
he said, " Search where you like ;" sad then said, " Oh,
by•ihe-lne, I must tell yen. Abed three months ago I
was in Liverpool, when • men named Miner met me, who
asked me for my name and address, which I gave him.
He then produced an manning on metal, which he
asked me if I could get upend ce copper. I said
I would try, and brought it to Leedom Mercer also
gave me an engraved upper-plate as • pattern
for the sin." Asked him when the plate was,
and he said, "Oh, it's hers. I cal seat him a
proof of it to the poet-once at " Asked him
where the engraved copperplate was, that be said he had
brought from Liverpool, end he said, "I seat that back to
Meter, and have never um him eau" The primmer then
west to a cupboard, and took hem underneath some papers
an engraved conperplate, which be beaded to him, and
which he (witness) rhea produced. He found a amber of
letter and papers about iill
i.!. piece, whieh were in
the Hebrew and other He then went,
also socompinied by the cites alum to 12, Hater-
dasher-place, Holton, and 6, Boviugdonetrest, both
occupied by the prisoner Reichberg, use as •
work place and the other as his residues. At Haber-
dasher-plus, which is his residence, he found a large quan-
tity of ee, Ter's tools, • galvanic battery, and • quantity
of other Whip which he bad not bad time to examine ;
and at No. 6, Beviagdonetzen, where he emotes au un-
derground kitchen as a workshop, he feud a
press ,• and he believed that if a remand were li
gterilYstee
should be able to bring forward evideare to prove that the
peisoners had been engaged in the manufacture of fictitious
Russian rouble notes.
Mr. H. Herd, from the °Mee of the Russia Consul, said
he was well, acquainted with Russian mosey of all diserip-
taus. He bad examined the plate produced be the oMosr
Scott, sad if an impression were taken from AS would re-
g:4lit* oroamental part of • Russian note of 10 roubles.
..00ld also form the ornamental border of a 10-
rouble sate.
The caw Brett then handed the witness a circular pees
of paper, ea whisk was an imp radon apparently from the
piste; sad ales ea oblong piece of paper with a border, and
which Mr. Heed mid was the ornamental mitre and border
of Ruin seta.
O• being sumeaseened by Mr. M'Dertaell the whams
said 11 was eh*, stalenent which was on the note. There
was se Seem week is bed= upon it; it was simply our
mental
James Bets then slated that he was in aempasy with
Scott on Sateubm winks, and took the
forging Russian rouble
solesowl be gods we owl". He searched him at the states,
god Mei as him two WO vesiis seer wed two 10 rouble
, melee, Neither with • nudge el spew sot Wars. IA a
usele which wee is the priessen sestet, he found
1 ihp dm iii• pristed border, whisk Me. Herd had jut
leslnd al. Hs west with the Oboe dawn to Haber-
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workshop in Bevingdon-street, he found in the press spoken
of by Scott, a piece of card with • similar border to that
whieh M. Herd had examined.
Mr. Sleigh said these were all the facts he proposed to
*licit on that occasion, as he thought there was sufficient
evidence to justify • remand.
Mr. Alderman Mechi said be was also of that opinion, and
the prisoners were accordingly remanded for a week.
Mr. M•Donnall asked that the money found on his clients
mitt!
Sleighbiive:artif
any
English money was found on the
prisoners he bad no objection to its being given up, but he
certainly should not consent to their having the Russuin notes.
The officers said there was only 6s. 2d. in English money
found on Rsichberg, and 2a. 9d. on Harwitu.
Mr. Alderman Mechi said the English money might be
given up, but the Russian notes must certainly be retained.
The prisoners were then removed from the bar.