The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.

George Pineonok, oflirOaloy7terroeo, Blandford-square,
and Awn,Ns Henry Hope, of West-street, Smithfield, were
charged wrath a conspiracy to defraud Lambert Kesterman
of a hone.

Mr. H. T. Wood, for the complainant, stated that Kest( r.
man was a Belgian, residing at Cebu, and a dealer in
horses, who wee In the habit of bringing hones over to this
country for sale. He had put several horses out to grass at
Pincombe's, who had a farm at Willesden, and gave him
authority to sell them, but not to part with them without
the money being paid, or without his order. Pineombe
sold several horses, and remitted the money to Kesterman.
On 10th July Kesterman took a bay mare to the farm,
which was taken away under suspicious circumstances on
the 13th, and had since been found in the possession of Mr.
Hope, one of the detendants, who declined to state how
he gut it until a police•olficer was sent to him, when he
said he bought it from • man named Lefevre, who had
absconded, and could net be found. We undeistood that
Pineombe denied any knowledge of Hope.
Mr. Sleigh. for Pin combe, submitted that on the opening
of the case it wee deer there was uo conspiracy. Pineeime
was the bailee of the hone, with a power to sell, and- if he
sold it improperly the remedy wee an action of [rover.
A Solicitor who appeared for Hope said he wished the
case to go on and have the fullest investigation.
' Lambert Kesterman was then examined through an in-
terpreter, and stated that he was a Belgian, residing at
Calais. He employed Pineombe to keep horses for him.
lie told him, through hie interpreter' that he could sell any
of the horses and keep the money till ho came back from
France. He gave him no authority to sell them without
receiving the money.
Charles Frisell, the interpreter in question, was then
called, and stated that by authurity of Kesterman he told
Pincombs not to part with any of the hones without Kea
terman's order, and that if he sold any of them he was to
take charge of the money and to deliver it to no one but
Keatennan.

Kesterman wu recalled and said, that in July he took a
bay mart to Pineombe's, et which time Louis Lefure wu
with bin. He told Pincombe not to take less than 161. for
the sari, ate if she wu sold, to keep the money till he
came back to England. lie went to France, and on his
return, on the 21st July, be was told the mare bail been'
stolen. He km w Hope, and sold him a roan horse on the'
10th July. Lefevre was present.
James Chappell, late in the employ of Mr. Dixon, of the
Repository, said he was with Kesterman, in Smithfield,
when he wild Mr Hope ■ roan horse, on which occasion
Mr. Hope di slim d to buy the bay mare in question.
Mr. Wood eked the evidence had turned -ut so different
to his bonito Wins, that ho must withdraw the summons.
The solicitor for Mr. Hope said that his client bought the
mare openly of Lef, ♦re, after ho had communicated with
Kestermsn. Ile had never seen l'incamhe since, and if
there was any conspiracy, it was against the parties now
charged, on the part of liesterman and helevre.
Mr. Sleigh said that Pineomho had meted entirely beet
ad•, and this was a cruel conspiracy against him.
Tue case erns then withdrawn, as was another summons
wising out of the same transaction.