The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-31 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

MANSION-HOUSE.

Oe►ber, Wagner, Kessler, and Krakauer, the Ger-
mans charged with having forged and uttered a cheque for
3401. upon the London and Westminster Bank, were finally
examined. The justize-room was crowded during the whole
of the time occupied in the investigation.

The two first examinations were gives at length. The
following is the substance of the two lant :
Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Mr. Roy, for the prosecution,
said it was necessary in or,ler to make the ease perfectly
intelligible, to state • few of the leading circumstances by
which it was distinguished. He then proceeded to show
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that Gerber, who It;i1 presented the cheque at the London
sad Westminster Bank, had called at Ounead's Coffee-
house, in the Strand, according to premium:tad arrange-
MM. esti had prepared himself with the newspaper silver-
Illermest Sad Ilhol other documents which had been used for
the 7 prorang that the person who nu to present
Ills , ri in the event of its discovery, was quite armo-
al., soy intended fraud. Tho participation of Kessler
liessenedon was evident from the fact that he had
diedeed AP' Mr. &lira Dean, some days before the
mat presented, a cheque in exchange for some
aossoy ; which cheque had not been pre-
sumed Vie her :„days after it was drawn, and that the
=l7 WOO IR exact oopy of it, the drawer having
PIM that two or three times in his life drawn a
Amps la di &miler way. With respect to Wftser, that pri-
NSW 11111•11 to Osmond'. coffeehouse prepared for the per-
ateMemes dOe part assigned to him. He affected to want
a shoal et paper upon which to write • memorandum for
theism's who was to call and inquire for Mr. Sim-, but he
took the opportunity to slip another piece of paper, which
was ass when upon by him, into the hand of- the waitress
at the adhohoewe, in order to be able to avail himself of
the insesiser expedient should • discovery take place.
Krakauer, as bad been shown, was Wagner'il companies,
and it would be shown that he had lent Umber his coat
when that prisoner was going to the bank with the foetid
cheque.
Sarah Dunk, the waitress at Osmond's coffeehouse, whit
gave evidence upon the second examination of the pri-
mate, made the following additional statement :—The
piece of paper produced is not a part of the sheet of pars
I gave to Wagner. It was at half-peat 12 or a quarter to
1 o'clock when Wagner called at the coffeehouse oa the
19th December.

Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis for Wagner—l have no
doubt that the man who wrote open the paper had whis-
kers. Ho hair was nut black but brown. I put the re-
mainder of the sheet of paper into my writing desk. I gave
a half-sheet of paper to the Inspector. I had three or four
more sheets of paper in my writing desk. I do not know
whether they were from the same quire. I gave the officer
this sheet of paper yesterday. It was an entire sheet of
meg that I gave to Wagner. There was • whole half
*est and one whole quarter of • sheet left on the table in
two disinet pieces. I cannot positively say that it was the
IMMO War-sheet of paper I gave to the Lacer as was left on
Met Sable, but I think it was. I believe the two quarter
all* of paper produced to have formed one half-sheet.
J. Spittle' the officer—On the 2nd of January I saw the
prisoner Krakauer in the hall of the Mansion-house. Ile
was not then in custody. Gerber had been in custody, but
not at the Mansion-house. Krakauer said, while Oerher
was very neer us, that Umber had on his coat when he
(Gerber) was apprehended for tttering • forged cheque at
the London and Westminster Bunk. I expressed some sur-
prise at his lending his coat, and he mid," I say it's mine,
but it is because he has nut paid me for it: I have sold it
to him." I produce two pieces of paper which I received
from the witness Ann Dunk. I asked her for any paper
she had in the house when Wagner was there. Bite pro-
duced it from a ease.

A foreigner, whu was stated by Gerber to be the man
whom be had met at the Duke ut York's Monument as Mr.
dims, who had answered the advertisement, attended, at the
request of the solicitor fur the prosecution, and Gerber was
asked whether be wished to say anything on the subject of
that atematiew...
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Gerber-1 behove he is the man, but I cannot swear to
him. The person I mean bad a mark on his face, but that
man has none, and I cannot say he is the person. I air
the mark on hie fate.
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