The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-24 00:00:00

THE DAVIDSON AND GORDON FRAUDS.

[Continued from yesterday :8 Express ]

A variety of schisms was the. aides:ad.
Mr. Chambers thou took several other technical objee-
r Volta, but his lordship overruled than observing at to
same limo that if, upon further mmaidiratioo, he should
think any et the poWla worthy of belag eassidend, he
should reserve them, with those whisk mast undoubtedly be
submitted to the Court of Appeal.
, Mr. Chambers this said he should only address the jury
apes as. pier, which it appeared to him would j Gatti, than
in saying that the prisoner was not guilty upon the present
chug*. The Wages imputed to the primmer was that, after
being sanintoned to attend before the oonisoiseloaer oa a
parialar day, he had neglected to do so ; but he should
ask the jury to say in truth and justice, not oily that the
odium had in reality a been summoned, bat that la
hiint of fact he could not have received the summons which
wee amused of disobeyiog. All the evidence upon the
subject was that after the primmer had gone array the
swift was left at his wanting home, and there was
wads, whatever to show that he was sot only
i t of his having been made a bankrupt, but
trilirsslile also had not the slightest knowledge that he
had beta summoud to attend at the Bankruptcy Court.
With regard to the prisoner having goae abroad, he re-
minded the jury that it had been proved that the distillery
had bate producing 30,0001. or 40,0001. a year, and he said
that nothing was more likely than that he had gone abroad
in the hope of retrieving his affair, and twit he had no idea
he should be made a bankrupt during his absence.
Mr. Justice Erie, in summing up, said the precut owe
was on* of a peculiar character and undoubtedly of some
tionaiderable Importance. Having called the attendee of
the jury to the nature of the charge, he said there were
three points that mut be made oat to their satisfaction
before they acid And the prisoner guilty. The first was
whether the prisoner was made Oct to be a bankrupt; &h i
wood, whether the papsn required by the act of par-
limiest had his. duly served; and thirdly, whether be
had esieted le seised the Bankruptcy Court out the slay
appellees! ter him to do so, with the intent to defraud hie
eredleses? It appeared to him that is sobjeseto
tur. as to other natters thet would be law,Kbefeall for.
osuideratioa, all those roquirenseits hod less aside
est i lad el* regent to the ereseest AO lei bees Riede
use of by IM learned eelaaal tat W primmer, as to the en-
vies of the settee to appear, it eumned to him that the ob-
ject of as I=rture wee etre* to meet the ease of an
upt, by Mue that the servios of the
=Tit las Llassplus of abeam et slis
pins of business should
be all that was required. Urea the subject of the
Malts... he said it was perfectly clear that the pri-
erMi WS' ladabtad tO a very large amount at the
time he left this country, sad he referred. to what
took plus as the very day he departed with his partner,
and Gated whether it was not a very tuneable inference to
be drawn that the object of the prisoner was to get what
he weld out of the wreck, and then bid adieu to this
country.
GwUry.
The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of
Kr. Ballantise thee said there was a charge 'plait the
prieosses partner Davidson, on which the evidence would
be precisely the same, and the same objections would, no
doubt, be asks. as thois that were reserved for consideration
in the present osee. It therefore appeared to biro that it
would be a aseleas waste of time to go into that indictment,
and that it would Ist bettor that It should stand over until
the le al ;sedate were decided.
Be sant Byles said that, ea the part of his client, he saw
no objestioa to this souses; and all the other charges were
consequently poetpoud.