The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY SI, 1855.

Harris, of Jaeger/ow. St. Lake's. It tree met diesimed
how the fraud was detested, but Redman. as ea-polimmaa,
who was I. the prosecutor's service as gateekeepar, received
Information which led to invades,. maths result was the
present presectitiess. TI. improssioa seemed to prevail that
Kelly wee the dam sad claim of the War man.
Mr. Meteslie made a leagtheeed and able eddies. to the
jaTbe Assistant Judge Miami( summed up,
The jury found bee simmers Gouty.
As sassual Demo sew "marred. Mr. Barber: who stated
himself to be a gem& asereigeat, at Plough-br idge, Bother-
lithe, when bed atnrprutisig distillery, came forward to
speak in favour of Meher's preview good character. He
said he had knows him abort two years; that be was first
introduced to him by some of the first murebante of the
City of London, fee wham he bad demo business on eonunis-
don ; that he had demo betimes for him (witness), and had
bora entrusted by him with large sums of money, and the
making up of amount', and that be had always found him a
man of integrity. As he was leaving the witness-box, some
angry overtaking were head coming from that quarter, the
result of Inspector Brennen, the officer wbo ban charge of
the case having informed the witness that be knew him to
have bias connected with swindlers, and that he had
been in custody himself on a charge of fraud, an assertion
whisk Mr. Barber denied in an unmistakeable Ras-
nu. Brennan said he should not have disclosed this,
but that the witness had talked of his connexion with
"some of the first merchants of the City of London ;" but
as it was denied by Barber he would undertake to prove
what he had said, and be repeated that Barber wan charged
with fraud in conjunction with • man named Stacey.
After this had subsided,
The Assistant Jades said if it had not happened he would
have known more of Mr Barber before the nest session, as
be was confident that he bed proved too mach ; he should
have quietly remanded the prisoners, and then inquiries,
which woad have led the truth, would have been
made. No officer's character stood higher in the estimation
of the court than did Brennan's, and he was sure he would
not make the assertion be did without ground ; but if it
was not true, Mr. Barber would be able to show it; if it
was, Brennan could justify what be had said. He consi-
dered the case of Kelly much less in degree than that of
Maher, but he; should not sentence them then—he should
have them remanded.

Another witness got up to speak on behalf of Maher (who
it was stated had been discharge from the service of the
Eastern Counties Railway, for fraudulent conduct). This
',items said he was present at a public-house, and heard
Kelly offer to sell Maher the sugar, and Mr. Butler was
present too.
Kelly. who had been very reserved durlog the trial, here
became highly indignant, and. emphatically declared that
the witness bad committed the sheet perjury, an assertion
which was met with a feeble denial by the witness. Kelly
broadly intimated that he would rpeak out if the Maher
party resorted to such a mune against hint, and he could say
something about coals and bricks.
The Assistant Judge quoted the adage—" When rogues
fall out," &c. ; and told Kelly, the best thing he could do
would be to tell all he knew to the prosecutors—and to
enable him to do so, he should not sentence him till the next
session.

Belly said it was not unlikely that he should.
The wiruels Barber positively asserted that he.had never
had a day's imprisonment in his his ; and denied that he
had been engaged in transactions with swindlers.
Brennan—l did not say you had; but I said, and lay
now, that you were under a charge of fraud, and that you
have been connected with some of the greatest swindlers of
this metropolis; and I can prove it. There is a person in
court knowsit.

A man came forward and deposed on oath that he knew
Barber to be connected with one Btamy, who was a bad
man and ► swindler.

The Assistant Judge—Well, we shall know more of this
next session ; the prisoners are remanded.
The matter then dropped, and the court roes.