The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-23 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, TIMSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1863.

was in pecuniary difficulties. I have not acted with
Wil-
liam Bennettis procuring money to retrieve Watts from
bie difficulties. I know that my brother raised money for
William Reopen, but 1 know uothieg about the, money
being raised to pay off judgments gamut Watts. I know
that money bee been raised. I I have Myself prepared
mortgage deeds for the purpose of raising money for William
houpali. 1 caunotetate what amount of mosey was actually
raised, and I cannot my how much money William Roupoil
owed our firm in January, 1856. The leases relating to
these farms were prepared, I believe, in our office, but I had
',Abler; to do with them. I remember there were some
negotiation. with Mr. Longman for a loan upon the Great
Warty property, but lam unable to say bow those nego-
tiations went off. Ily brother acted In these matters, and
I know very little about them.
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Re-examined—My brother was subpcenead u e witness for
the plaintiffs, but he was merely celled upon to produce
certain dude.

Mr. Beck, a witness who bad been examined, having
prepared, at the request of the court, the binocular micro-
scope with which he had examined the alleged forged deed
of gift is an adjoining room, the jury retired for the purpose
of themselves looking at the document through the same
Matron:mot.

This dated the use for the defendants.
Mr. Bovill then proceeded to sum up to the jury the cue
which he believed he had established on behalf of his clients.
He said be wee glad that be could congratulate them upon
the approaching termination of this protracted inquiry, and
be hoped that et the result he should also be able to con.
granulate his clients upon the decision that they would arrive
at. When he last addressed them the only evidence that was
before them was that of the anaemia for the plaintiff, one of
whom undoubtedly (Mr. Berridge) made the important
admission that in his opinion the signature to the deed of
gift was the genuine signature of the deceased, and he said it
appeared to him that the evidence he bad laid before them on
behalf of the defendants had completely answered the cam
for the plaintiff, particularly upon the important questions
of handwriting, sod whether the signature to this deed of
gift was a genuine signature or not. His learned friend Ser-
eant Shoe had stated in a tone of triumph that be should
prove that the genuine signature of Mr. Richard Palmer
Roupell was never written without some peculiar charac-
teristics, one of which was the flourish at the end
of the name, but by an almost special interposition
it actually turned out that in one of the deeds produced by
the plaintiff the very thing occurred in that signature
which his learned friend so much relied upon as having
never exhibited itself in the " flourish," as it was termed,
to the name ; sad Dot only this, but Mr. Richard &email,
who, according to the ammo of his keened friend, was so
very careful ia writing his sigoature, had actually spelt his
name with one " I." (The learned counsel handed the
document to which he referred to the jury, in order that
they might inspect it.) He called their attention to this
fact as an answer to the suggestion on the part
of his learned friend, but it appeared to him
that the fact that was so much relied upon in support of
the plaintiff's case was really of very little, if any, import-
ance, end that the bundles of receipts that had beim Fo-
dived made out in the clearest possible manner that Mr.
Richard Roupell had no uniform mod* of signing his LAIN
and that he segued it in ell sone of ways. The learned
counsel then proceeded at considerable length to comment'
upon the peculiarities in the different signatures that had
been produced, and he contended that with regard to this
portion of the coves the plaintiff had entirely failed. After
some further observations, he said that it appeared to
him that the facts to which be bad directed the
attention of the jury were a complete answer to the eel.
deuce that had been given by the experts, and especially to
that of the gentleman who had bothered his father—(a
laugh)—and who might probably have succeeded in bother-
ing them if they had not, fortunately, been able to obtain
panorama of the mans of receipts that had been put in, and
which showed conclusively that the points upon which he
professed to rely were not of the slightest value in the world
as affecting the present question. The learned counsel
Dort called their attention to the evidence that had beau
given by the clerks from the Bank of Ragland and the Loudon
Joint Block Bank—men who, he said, were not baekaeyed
experts, but men who were in the habit of paying Ingestions
of money upon their knowledge of handwriting, and who
by their great experience were able to detect tai
forgery in an
instant, and he urged that it was inspomible not to give the
greatest possible effect to evidence of such a character. He
next went on to give a general outline of the case that bad
been set up for the plaintiff, and asked the jr-y whether
they thought that upon the facto before them they
would be justified in returning a verdict that would deprive
the poor ladies who were the reel defendant; in the action,
end their children, of this yrapesty, and eaable Mr. W.
Roupell to obtain 200,0001. worth of property for his family
upon the supposition that the deeds by which he bad pealed
the property away were forged and counterfeited.
Mr. Bomil had not concluded hie address when the court
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The Smacrroz-Gmfgant AND TIER Hosts SHCRE-
Tair.—Yeaterday morning, in the Commons, there was con-
salvable difficulty in constituting " • house," end it was
half-peat 12 before the requisite 40 members could be got
together to enable the Speaker to take the chair. At about
20 minutes past 12 Sir Roundell Palmer, the Solicitor-
Genoa), suddenly rose and made towards the door, through
which the Sergeant-at-Arms allowed him to pass, in viola-
tion of the standing order, which provides that when once
to the chamber • member must not leave until "a house" is
made. No sooner had the learned gentleman passed through
the glans door than be was met by one of the officials out-
side, who sternly sent him back to the ministerial beaches
amidst the titters of those who were already prisoners. A
minute or two after this Sir George Grey, apparently
remembering an engagement, and not having nottced what
had just occurred, made off in a hurried way towards the
door, the Sargeaot-at-Arms by this time having left the
house. But the Horne Secretary fared no better than the
Solicitor-General. The scrupulous doorkeeper solemnly
reminded him of the risk he was incurring in running counter
to the rules of the house, and Sir George Grey walked
quietly back to his seat, where be remained until the 40th
member appeared, and the business of the day began.
THE VIADUCT AT LUDOATZ-HILL.—At the meet-
ing of the City Commissioners of Sewers on Tuesday, •
communicatioa was made that the Loucks", Chartism, sad
Dover Railway Company, in consideration of the opposition
by the corporation, had entered into an arrangement with
the commission, on their bill passing, to execute the work
in the manner originally arranged with the commission,
namely, to widen Ludgate-hill 70f t.. at the bottom, to make
other improvements in the roadway, and to construct the
; viaduct to their satisfaction with regard to ornamentation.
ALLSORD MURDZR AT HAGGERSTON. Last
evening Mr. H. Raffles Welthew, the deputy coroner for
Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Duke of Sussex
Were, Haggerston-bridge, Shoreditch, relative to the
death of Elisabeth Gorman, aged 72, who died from
violence at No. 15, Martha-street, Haggerstoe. It ap-
peared that the deceased was the widow of a master tailor.
On Saturday evening last a diaries warrant had been
issued spinet • lodger named Alfred Horatio Busby by
Mr. Francis Sherd. the landlord, for the sum of 7s. 64
Busby disputed the claim, although the broker's men ware
in possession of the goods. About ball-pest 8 o'clock Busby
went into the room and endeavoured to remove a bedstead,
when the deceased interfered. Busby said, "Get out of
the way you dirty —,* and struck the deceased, who
fell down. She 'was raised up and carried Into her own
room. She was placed M bed, and died at 5 o'clock on
Sunday monis& A police-constable was sent for, and
Busby was Mime into custody. The prisoner is • carpenter,
and bad had notice to give op possession, but he obstinately
refused to do so. A distraint had been previously issued
far other arrears, and he bad received notice to quit, but
the broker put in an execution before the notice had ex-
pired. Busby applied to the magistrate, who decided that
the goods were to be given up on the payment of the rent
due. Mr. W. H. Johnson, • broker, of Goidamith-row,
Hackney-road, said that he went to the house oa Saturday
night last, when he found Busby bad placed a flag out of the
frost window. He went into the passage, and found Busby
in the act of carrying out a bed. There was a crowd iu frost
of the house taking his part, He saw Busby posh the de-
ceased while in • state of excitement ; at the same time be
called her a vile name. He did not believe that Busby in-
Seeded to kill her, as the set was done in the beat of the
moment. Henry Hemet, the broker's man, gave con-
firmatory evidence. Mr. (deed, assistant to Dr. Green-
wood, of Queen's-road, Ralston, said that he found the
deceased with bloody muse issuing front the mouth, and
in • state of insensibility. She died shortly afterwards.
The immediate canoe of death was effusion of serum into
the ventricles of the brain. The injury might arise from
external violence. The jury returued • verdict of
"Manslaughter against Alfred Horatio Busby for killing
and slaying Elizabeth Gorman."

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FATAL ACCIDiNT ON IHE LONDON, CHATHAM,
AND DOD= RAlLWAT.—Yesterday Kr. T. Hills, one of the
coroners for Kent, held an investigation into the circum-
stances attending the death of John Mitchell, aged 35, em-
ployed on the Loodoo, Chatham, and Dover Railway, who
lost his life the previous evening at the Rainham station, by
being run over by a passing excursion tram on He way from
Chatham to Dover. The evidence of George Ralph, a sig.
neiman on the Lae, went to show that the deceased sod
another man came down the road leading on to the railway
and attempted to paw through the gates, which at the time
were closed, as en up-train was then almost doe. The wit-
ness warned them of the danger they were incurring in at-
tempting to crass the line, as, in addition to the ordinary
peseenpr train, the down excursion fast train to Dover was
then due. The signalmau then went to signal the train to
the next station at New Bromptoo, and on looking round
saw the deceased and his friend pass through the gates on to
the line. He at once shouted to them to go beck, when
they both hesitated, the deceased still making his way
WOW the line, while his companion went beck. At that
moment the excursion train same op at great speed, and
before the deceased had time to get off the hoe he wes
naught by the engine, which wait over him, mangling hie
body in • dreadful manner, death being instantaneous.
James Pollock, the driver of the exonrsion train, said be
did sot see the deorsed, sod was not aware of the accident
until be arrived at the Dover terminus. The jury, on this
evidence, returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
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