The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

TILE POLICE COUBT&

MANSION-HOUSE.

Mr. Anderten a member of the Curt of Common Conga%
attended et the Mansion House, and addressing the Lest
Mayor, said be thought it his duty to his neighbours and UM
public in genital to direst his lordship's attention to • preg
who had located themselves in a teapot:table shop sa LEL
gate-hill, and who were creating thi greatest masposee
the ishabitants. A set of persons had occumminfi
hd-
nem, professing to b. salesmen of barkeeps' stock,
and although they sold drapery, shawls, mall articles
of that sort, they were actually advertisiog the stock of
Sir John Dean Pant and Co. (Lsoghter ) It was a grow-
ing evil, and his (Mr. Ancterton's) neighboun com-
plained most bitterly of it; at the same time they begged
through hi. to represent that his lordship would be doing
a vast amount of good if he would take the nes:emery means
to repress it. It was a most infamous affair, and he (Mr.
Aaderton) did not think he could use language sufficiently
strong to express his condemnation of arm who attempted to
dispose of goods under such pretence..
TM Lqrd Mayor reed • bill which was banded to him by
'Mr. Anderton, headed "Strains, Paul, and Company."
The Lord Mayor said the matter should have his best attsa-
don.

Mr. Bell, a genVemaa who happened to be in the court,
said the corporation had given instructions to the City
Solicitor to proceed against the parties.
Edward Agar was brought before the Lord Mayor, in
the custody of John Forrester, the oillrer, upon the charge
of basing attend a forged cheque for 7001. upon the holm
of Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co., of Lombard-street.
Mr. Mullein, the solicitor to the committee of bankers
for protection from forgeries and frauds, attended for the
proseention, Mr. Woatner for the defence.
William Smith, of 61, Theobeld's.road, earpouter, said:
In May last I wee doing sun* work at a house in Gray's-
inn-road. I had hue occupied, on and off, for three
montbr, at that work. The punter tame to Bathos**
several times. I always heard Dim called by the name of
Jenkiss. Oa one oesseice he noticed some tattoo marks on
say arm, and he asked me if I bad been la the navy. I
said I bad been in that service. and he then amid be had
bees bathe West Indies, America, and several places. Oa
the same evening be asked me to meet him at the
eoraer of Raymoad's-buildings, and I did so, and at his
request took a boa for bile to Piekford's booking•ofilee, in
o:ford-street. That was about two months ego. About a
week afterwards, I was making a drawing for a door at the
desk, end the prisoner said, " You seem bandy with your
pen, old fellow. Should you like to leave off earpeeteriar,
and get an easier berth ?" I said I should. He said, "
Bee what lan do for you in the course of a little while.",
And be asked me to mist him in the lasso place. I met
him accordingly, and he asked me to take ten sovereigns
fee him to a coffes•house in Orange-street, Bloomsbury.
The saltness then particularised several other appointments
which he hod bad with the prisoner, and several other mis-
sions ups. whisk Ito had been lent by tke prisoner, and
which be had executed, and than he dins proceeded :
The prisoner asked me if I had ever dose
Imams at a backer's, or with bankers. I said, I bad
Illipmfadly does business at banking-bonus ; and be
*taM be thought he should want me to do a little for
Wu Nos Ibis. I asked bin what it was to do ; sod be told
ma be Maid toll me mom about it is a week or two. A l
fortnight or three weeks after that I met him by accident in
douthamistrs-row, and he asked me if I should like to sere
a hundred pound.. I said, "Yee, I should, very much."
I asked him what it was to do; and he said, to present
=llim a barkers for 7001., and 1(I was an hl read
his instructions, no harm would come of it." He
thou said, "I'll meet you on Holiday. At say rate, do you
look is at Toss's Coffee-house, is Holborn, every sight, sad
wiry likely you will dad me there, se you have
new got up be this and of she tows ; sad If you nos

Imo don't speak, and I will see you and follow
you out." At 12 o'clock neat day I met him by appoint•
meat °staid' the coffee house to Orsoge•airest—that was
,set Te•dey week ; and he th-n lobo me what I was to do
with the dimwits. He said, Y must take the cheque to
the beak, and present it to the clerk is the neusl way, and
if they pay the mousy it will be all right. If they begin to
question you, you will then understatd it is wrung. If they
you where you brought it from, say from Captain
Pellet', of the Easton Hotel. If y ask yea ars you his
menet, say no, hat you wore passing by as hotel, sad a
gentleman asked you if you would take a letter to "Heart's
Hotel, wept. Fitzgerald; ai.d that you consented to do so.
1 was teeny that this geatloman gave ass half a sovereign
to take a sob to convey the letter to ldivart's and back,
and that I was to return back to him, and that
I was to say that be then Inquired into my character, who
and what 1 was, and te thought be could get me a very
sacellent situation, and tc►t he theo asked as. if I would
take a cheque to the bankers and get it cashed, and that I
consented.

Here the witness minutely detailed other directions which
he had rewired from the prisoner, and proceed, d as follows:
I repeated to the rrisocer the story be had told se as
nearly as I could. He said, " Yoa 11 do," and he gave me •
little canvas bag, half-a-sovereign, and the cheque produced
for 7004. He said, "You'll retillect what to do. les dated
for next Wednesday." He said be was going out of town,
sad should not see me till then. " Take the half sovereign."
said be, " walk up to Euston-souare or Boymouratreet, get
an envelope, put • black sheet of paper in it, sod
address it, or get it addressed, to Ciotti,' Fitzgerald,
Kivart's Hotel, Brook street; get a cab and drive there, and
leave it with the porter. Merely leave it, then drive back
to the Baotou, pay the cabana out of the half sovereign,
walk to Lombard-street and have • glass of ale on the read,
so that the change will correspood sad make your tale quit.
correct I'll watch the papers, and se soon as you are
liberated I will end a note to your house and snake as
appointment." His asked me if I had any better clothes than
I bad dm got on. I said I had, and he told me it was as-
I= hr ewe to go respectably as liould. Oa Monday
as
a sessausication to Mr. Mullens, the solicitor for
the prosecution, and yesterday morning I did exactly as the
prisoner had directed me to do, by going to the particular
places he mistimed. At ten minutes past 3 o'clock I got to
the bankers, premated the cheque, and received tram •
ges:lensas there • canvass bag tied up, with which I went
to meet the primmer at the place appointed by his. I
walked about the place for some time without seeing him ;
at last, as I was standing at the corner of Theobsld's-road he
came up to sae. He said, " Have you got it all right 1" I
said "Yes," pointing to my breast pocket,when the bag wee.
Hs said there were two men watching us, and we went on
towards Hellion. He said, "Those two fellows are fol-
lowing us. Fling me the stuff, and I'll run for it." I
passed the beg to him as we walked towards Eagle-
stveet, and he told me to go into the bakst's
shop and he would have • ran for it into LincoLzi's-
inn- fields. I saw no sore of him until he
was in custody. I was brought to the Mansion-house with
him het night, and he told me to stick to him, and if
east his 1,0001. be would get me out of it. He said it
was my fault that he was taken, as I ran the ease way he
did. (A laugh.) He said I was very careless in putting
the beg us my pocket as I came out of the bank is Los- ,
bard-street. _ _ _

Creee•sianained—l saw Mr. Mullen about it on Monday.
I had consulted a friend on the sal rec.
Mr. Scott, clerk at Mean. Stevenson and Salt's bask,
said: Mr..l. Divertll, of Pembroke-park, Pons.. keeps
as await at our house. Yesterday the cheque produced,
which is • forgery was prorated at our house by the last
witness, who reesiied in payment of it a canvass bag con-
taining some coin and paper (farthings and waste paper)
tied up. The signature is a fair imitation of Mr. Itsverell's
writing.
The prboner mid he would leave the case in the handle
of his solicitor.
Mosseaded.

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1855.