The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-24 00:00:00

THAMES.

Charles Freeman, • tell, thin, and sanctimooloos-looking
man, who has for some time styled himself the itev.Tbom.is
Aaron Freeman, RD., was brought up on remand before
Mr. Self, to answer various charges of swindling, obtaining
money under false pretences, and larceny.
Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, who defended the prisoner,
requested that all the witnesses might be ordered out of
court, sad his request was complied with. An exception
was made in favour of Mr. Tupper, • printer in Bermsyard,
SocklesslenT. The prisoner war formerly is Mr. Tupper's
employ, acid stole some printed cheques, the property of his
employer, forged the names of several respectable person,
and uttered some of the cheques as genuine to tradesmen
and others, who were deceived by the plausible manners of
the pretended clergyman. For this offence the prisoner was
convicted at the Old Bailey Session in 1866, and sentenced
to a long term of imprisonment and hard labour.
Mr. Beard thht the police bad no right to being
forward the antecedents of the prisoner. The only charge
at present, as he understood, was of obtaining 2/. 2.. from
Yr. Harper ?wolverine false pretences.
Mr. Selfe—Of course Mr. Beard would have as little sa
peenble said about the prisoner's history.
The transactions of the prisoner with Mr. Harper Twelve.
bar, of Bromley, and obtaining 21. 2.. from him toward.
the building of a new congregational chapel, his application
M Mr. Peter Duval, of Bernsoodaey, for • piece of ground
ea which to erect the chapel, and his 'twin some books
from the house of Mr. George Minted, hare already been
made public. The prisoner, who was regenested to have
wonderful powers of lying. obtained an organ, valued at
2001., for his alleged new chapel, which was with considerable
difficulty got back again by the makers, after being detained
some time for rent. The prisoner obtained 301, from •
woman on loan, which he never paid, and • gold watch end
chain from the same person, which he pledged. The
woman had since taken it oat of pawn.
B;chard Brocktield, 371 K, who bad charge of the case,
said there was plenty of evidence against the prisoner, aod
called
Mr. Tudor Keeling, tailor, of 21, Sidney-place, Com-
, nereial-road, who said that the prisoner came to his house
te August, 1.860, and ordered clothes to the amount of
121. 16s. The reference he gave was satisfactory the order
was complied with, and the clothes were supplied to the
, premier. They were never paid for.
( Mr. fielfe—And serer will be.
Mr. Bard—This. only • matter of debt.
i The Bev. John Gregg Hewlett, 13,D., of Tredegarequare,
I Mile-end-road, said Mr. Freeman came to him some time
ago, ad asked fork.wit:lnce to enable him to build • new
He put some questions to the prisoner, who said
be wasthe Bev. Thomas Aaron Freesias, Doctor of !Mi.
nity, that Oberlin, in America, was hie university , and •
Mr. Finney was his professor. He bad scans little doubt
about the accuracy al the prisoners representations, and he
now regretted be did not adopt the course of testing his
rat Th. prisoner came again, with • letter from a Mr.
, whisk was as follows : 'My dear Sir"—
Mr. Bend objected. The lather scald sot be read.
The Bev. Dr. Heeled centiened—The primer produced
a list eif salseriptioes containing names I knew. f made
the rework, "They are all in the Name handwriting." The
riser mid " Yea. I have had them copied." The prisoner
aim srY he wasted 2001. more to waspish, his Waged.