The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-20 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

Menu*lde Corteyeo; redll7gll;ii fesip, two Spaniards,
whose appearance would denote them to be of the highest
respectability, were charged with obtaining the sum of
1,1001 from Messrs. Muriato and Co , of Gresham-house,
City, by means of forged letters of credit.
Mr. Mullins, the solicitcr to the Society of Bankers, ap-
peared to prosecute. The prisoners were undefended.
William White said—l am clerk to Messrs. Christopher
Muriato and Co., of Gresham-house, Old Broad-street. On
the 13th of August, this letter produced was received at
our house by poet. It purports to be signed by Messrs
Cortina' and Co., and is dated Valenti', the 6th of August.
It is written in the Spanish language. It is • ocei:it (or
John Manuel Campo, Doi , for 1.0001. It bears the post
mark of Valenti", the 61h of August. On the 17th of
August, the prisoner Cortayeor came to our house, having
a second letter of credit for 1001., and received this august
for 1,1001 on Messrs. Martin and Co , and signed a receipt
for it in the name of John Manuel Campo in my presence.
He then left. I have sine* carefully examined the signature
of this letter, and it is as like the origiaal signature of one
of the partners se it possibly can be. I know their signs-
tun, and should suppose this to be theirs.
John Prince Lemon said—l em clerk in the house of
Messrs. Martin and Co., bankers, of Lombard street.
Muriato and Co. keep an account at our house. On Wed-
nesday this cheque for 1,1001. was presented to me for pay-
ment between twelve and 1 o'clock. It was brought to me
by the prisoner Compass. There was a gent!eman with
him, which to the best of my mole ction was the prisoner
Masip. I paid the cheque in 119 61.-notes and 60 101.-
note", and 61. in gold. The 101--sotto were dated the 4th of
June, 1865, and were numbered 36,201 to 36,260. All the
51.-notes were dated the lit of August, 1855, 19 of them
were numbered 61,372 to 61,390 both inclusive, and the
remaining 100 were from 62,861 to 62,950 both inclusive.
Henry Came said—l em clerk to Mears. Spielman and
Co., mosey charger", of Lombard-street. Between 12 and
1 o'clock on Friday the prisoner Cortaytor came to our
house and changed 100 51 notes for French and Belgian
notes. I took the 51-notes to the Bank of England. He
wrote his name on the back of one of them in my pressen.
"Manuel Campo, London Coffeehouse." He received 12,600
francs for them, 7..000 is Belgian, and the remainder in
French notes. The 51 -note en which the prisoner Cortayeor
wrote his same was dated the let of Augeat, 1856, and num-
bered 61,378. Hs wes alone at that time.
John Etheredge said-1 am in the service of Mr. Ellis,
proprietor of the London Coffeehouse, Ludgate-hill. Oa
Wedseiday last the two prisoners came to reside there.
They came together, aed occupy the 111111111 bedroom—a
double bedded r am. They went out and teturned to-
gether. Oa Friday they went out about 11 o'clock, and
came back between 2 and 4 o'clock. I do nut know their
name.. The name of only one of them is entered in our
hook, but it is not the name of either of the prisoners. I
understood from the German waiter, they were to have left
on Fri Jay night.
George Russell, a detective s film, said—l took the pri.
*o'er Masip into custody at the London Coffeehouse on
Friday night, and searched him there. I took from Dim
this passport. which I produce. It is visaed by the Spanish
authorities on the 28th of July, 1855; on the 6th of August
by the French consul at Valenti"; and on toe 13th of
August by the Spanish ambassador at Paris. The name on
the passport is Miguel Masip.
Francis Manuel Antonini said—l am a member of she
Sr.. of Muria° and Co., of Gresham-house, 0:d Broad-
street. I know the handwriting of Messrs. Corriana, of
Weeds. Ido believe the signature to this letter of credit
to be a forgery.
This evidence haying been interpreted to them by a gen-
tleman in court,
The prisoners wished to know if they might communicate
with the Spanish ambassador.
Alderman Copeland said they should be allowed every
convenience for communicating with the Spanish ambassa-
dor, or any friends they might wish to see. They would be
remanded, and he thought they had better not enter upon
their defence until they bad legal advise.
On this being interpreted to them, Masip asked why be
Was to be detained in prison, and when told that he was
charged as an accomplice in the affair he expressed the
greatest indignation.
Alderman Copeland desired that they should have writing
materials end every facility for getting up their defence,
but ordered them to be kept in separate cells and not allowed
to communicate with one another. _ _

They were then formally remanded.
It was stated that suspicion was first excited in the matter
as follows. The Messrs. Spielman, after changing the notes
for foreign money, paid the former into the Bank of
England. These haying been iesued from there only a day
or two before, led the Bank authorities to make inquiries,
a•d induced • closer inspection of the assumed letters of
credit.

—.—
Hugh Joseph Sonia, a respectably-drened man, was
planed at the bar on remand before Sir Chapman Marshall,
charged with bovine stolen one handfed 101. shares in the
Great Luxembourg Railway.
It will be remembered that the prisoner wan a clerk in
the employ of Mr. 'estop, of 5, Tokenhouse-yard, and that
in March, 1864, he gave the shares in question to the pri-
soner, for him to deliver to a Mr. Meuop, end that subse-
quently he charged him with not delivering them, when
be said that Mr. Mossop had requested him to get them
changed for bonds, and that the shares were then in the
hands of a perms at Southampton. Mr. lessop went down
there, but could not gad the person named, and on his re-
turn the prisoner had absconded.
He wee formally remanded until Tuesday, for the com-
pletion of the deposition', when he will be committed for
d.

The prisoner was then charged with embezzling 2101, the
proppeer+♦ of his employer.
Mr. John lfoesop said that on the 16th of May, 1861, he
paid the prisoner 6281. le. in chequer, nom., end gold, for
Mr. Jeesop. He had en open &anent with him, and sent
this money on the settling day by the prisoner. He took no
receipt for it.
Mr. Jump said—On the 16th of May, 1864, the prisoner
paid me 4181. Is. in cheques. He paid me no notes er gold.
He had never since accounted far the balance, 2101. He
paid the cheques into my bankers on that day. 11 wu his
daty to amount to me for all moneys he received on the day
that he received them.

Tim primmer reserved Ids defense, and was fully cow.
milted for trial.

BOWSTREET.

Joseph Tear, the eab-proprietor who was charged on
Saturday last with remising 601. worth of cloth, which had
been stolen from the warehouses of Mr. Fisher, Broker's-
alley, Drury-butte, wee brought up for farther emminatios.
Mr. Duncan, the barrister, attended for his.
Although no additional evidence was attached to the
&mealtime, some important declaims were made to the
prejudice of the prisoner. It will be remembered that •
party of four or five area were occupied at four o'clock in
the swains in loading the prisoner's cob with bales of
cloth, when one of the prosecutor's, matins woke up, !mum
tho mire, started the thieves, end ran through several
same@ la his night-shirt in revisit of the prisoner, who
AIMS of at the rate of eight miles an hour. Upwards of
4001. worth at gc oda bad been put together for removal, the
thieves having with a jemmy broken into the warehouse,
by seemaliag a water-pipe.
The primmer stated, in his defence, that he had been
hired is the rail way to take some parcels over the water,
and whoa Ise drove off he thought his fare was inside.
Mr. John Adams, of 20, Yure-street, Cheemide, draper,
Identified the prisoner as the seise cabman whom he had
ems en sluaday evening, about three mantis ago, stead-
ies with his cab opposite • si:k Inereet's presises, la Noble-
street, about 10 o'clock at night. He remained there a
/sag tine, haviag provioasly arrived with a gentleman,
who bad left the cab end disappeared. Witness was talkies
at the tints with • Mr. White, who happened to ic„,, the
cabala, sad drew witams's attention to him. He was re.
seiaiai then whin witness and his friend went away, and
the neat day be heard of the premise having bees broker'
into, and as ezttasive robbery ammitted.
This het was proved by Mr. T. Redford, who stated that,
Semite the Saturday sight sad the Stseday morning, the
wastehnese wee entered end silk sad drapery loud& to the'
Wee M bad been rammed.

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