The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

XANSION-HOUSR.

Twogood wu brought before Alderman Rose
for final examination, upon the charge of having uttered a
forged order for the delivery of four boxes of Irish linen,
value 4121., with intent to defraud liesers. Chaplin and
Horne, the carriers, of Hambro' Wharf, Upper Thum,-
street.

Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Lewis
for the defence.

The following is the substance of the whole of the evi-
dent*:

Mr. G. H. True, clerk to Messn.:Chaplin and Horne,
proved that on the 18th of July last De received the order
produced, purporting to be signed by Messrs. S. and J.
Watts and Co., of Gresham-street, for the delivery of four
bones of linen which had been transmitted from Ireland to
be delivered to the latter firm.
W. W , porter to the prosecutors, proved that he
received the order from the last witness, open whose en-
domemeat to it he had delivered the four boxes to a man,
who took them away in • cart from the wharf.
Bull; 161, proved that he went with one of Messrs. Chap-
lin and Horne's clerk to the shop of Mr. Perkins, a pawn-
broker, at King's-area, and there ascertained that 41 pieces
of linen had been pledged at the establishment, two pledges
having been made on the 19th of July, and a third on the
26th of July ; that he gave directions for the detention of
any person who might call to redeem the goods, and that
oonseqeently the prisoner was lodged at /doer-lase station-
house, where, upon being interrogated, he admitted that he
had pawned the property, bet stated at the same time that
he had bought them of a Mr. Brown, of Notting-hilL The
witness added, " The prisoner gave his address as No. 17,
Mandan-street, Hammersmith, and his name as William
Twogood. I found that address to be false. From further
information, I found that be lived at No. 17, Devonshire-
street, Hammersmith, In the name of Brown. I searched
that boas* with Pullman, the officer, and found this piece
of rope in one of the rooms, and a small piece of linen.
Mr. G. W. Farmer, clerk to the prosecutors, proved that,
be bad received goods of that description, and he said he'
believed the goods pawned were pert of those obtained by
means of the forged order.
Mr. J. Stillwell, manager of Mr. Perkins's business at
King's-cross, said—Oa the 19th of July I took in twenty-
one pieces of linen from the prisoner, in the name of
Thomas Smith, of Weston-street. He was • regular cus-
tomer of ours, and I knew him well. I lent him 201. upon
them, in two pledges. Oa the 26th he brought twenty
pieces more, on whisk I advanced 16L On the 29th of
January be called to offer to pledge a watch, for the ur-
pws paying the interest upon the linen, and I gave him
into custody. I have known him about nine years, and
never heard that his name was Twegood.
An assistant to Mr. Martin, of Snow-hill, pawnbroker,
produced • piece of linen pledged at the shop by the pri-
soner, en the 20th of July, in the name of John Twogood.
Several other servants of pawnbrokers produced pieces of
linen which they said had been pledged at their shops in
July and subsequently, in the name of Brown, bat by
whom they could not state.
Mr. James Brown, draper, of 38, Norlaad-road, Notting-
hill, said—l do not know the prisoner. I saw him
that I know of. I did not give any one the order produced.
I never sold him any linen. There is no other person of my
name • draper at Notting-hill that I know of. I have lived
there four years.
Mr. J. Batch said—l Pee at 16, Devonshire-street, and
am foreman to the buildings there. I let the prisoner the
house No. 17 in that street in August last. I have known
him by the name of Mr. Brown for two or three year,, and
I pave him • receipt for the rent in that name.
Mr. T. Haughton, of the firm of Haughton and Parnell,
of Guildford, County of Down, Ireland, manufacturers and
b'emben of Irish linen, said—On the 4th of February,
1864, we consigned 352 pieces of Irish linen in five cues,
and on the 13th of March following we consigned five cases
more, to Messy,. Watts and Co. The marks on the forged
order correspond with those on four of the oases. I have
seen the hence produced by the different pawnbrokers, and
all of them except one had our private marks, and no doubt
formed part of our consignments alluded to.
Other evidence was adduced to prove that the goods
transmitted from Ireland had arrived safely at Messrs.
Chaplin and Home's.
Mr. Lewis, for the defence, referred to a ease of the
Queen v. Adams, reported in Denhon's Crown Cases, page
380, and contended that the prteoner's possession of goods
which had been obtained by means of a forged order was
not an indictable offense, sad elainted the immediate dis-
charge of his client.
Alderman Rase, to whoa it had been stated at the com-
mencement of the proceedings yoshwday In this case, that
the prisoner bad nine years ago been convicted of robbery
at Messrs. Pickford's. and • espy of the conviction had
been exhibited, said be had fatly isemddered the evidence,
and proof having bees given to him that the prisoner had
been toned doable' with the Moles poverty on the very
day after the goods had bees *lmbed by means of the
forged order, there appeared te him to be se other course
for his adoption than that of ending the ease for decision to
the Central Criminal Coast.

The primula was tbanimanniated for trial.
Beriserd &trickery, the haver who wow on Monday
charged with having We the lemdon Joint Stock
Bank with a hiudises we discharged by Alder-
wan Rose, a guallemamof seepestability hawing sppeand
and given such evidence about the former conduct of the
prisoner, who it seemed had been gratifying an intense
emziestty, by 'Mies anaserens places in which the publie
balms of the semsseial Am of the City is transacted,
as sambaed the segitrale that the object woe not crimi-
nal. _ _ _