The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-08 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—YESTERDAY.
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Adten Young, a young man of gentlemanly appeanne,
surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment for obtain-
ing money by false pretences.
The defendant pleaded guilty.
Mr. Ballantine, who appeared for the prosecution, said
that the prisoner bad pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining
the sum of ten shillings by false preteen's, and, In Finite of
fact, that was the actual natare of the offence imputed to
him, in addition to an attempt, he believed, to obtain the
same sum in another instaace. The prosecution was in-
*hated by the Executive Committee for carrying oat the
Inhibition of the Worn of ledustry of all Nations in 18.51,
milk appeared that the committee having rem ived informe-
d*. that an establishment was in existence which professed to
have the po ter of selling space (or articles to be exhibited io
the tidbits' appropriated for that purpose, but which
they were well aware wu an Imposition upon the public, as
a. lush power wu delegated to any parties, they militated
the aseemary Inquiries, and the remit was that the present
alms wee preferred against the defendant. He was directed
at the same time to lafena the court that the committee had
made inquiriie, which satisfied them that the prisoner had
borne. hi berth a mist respectable character, and that he was
most respectably connected, and that feeling that he had
already been very severely punished by the criminal proceed-
ings that had been taken against him, they did not desire to
pre'., for the infliction of imprisonment upon him, but should
In initialled if he were called upon to enter into such
nocgaitances as the court should require. The learned
counsel added that the object of the prosecution was to
prevent the recurrence of such a proceeding in future, and
to let it be perfectly well understood that any attempt to
defraud the public In connexion with the extubition,would
be subject to fall enquiry, and prosecution If the ciroimx
stances should warraat suck a comm.
The Recorder enquired the circumstances under which
the fraud was committed ?
Mr. Ballantine said the prisoner and some other persons
kept a surto( office, when it was represci.ted they had the
power of selling portions of the space of the building for the
I Rehibition, and in the particular butanes which wu now
ceder consideration, a sum of 10r. was received from a poor
woman who wean:ions to lave a space of four feet allotted
to her for the exhibit inn of a pair of stays.
The Recorder oil he felt himself ia this difficulty, that
the position in life of the primmer rendered the offdsce all
the men serious.
Mr. Ballerinas said he was ewers of that, and he could
only express the desire of the eommittee that the prisoner
shield be dealt with se lenient) y as possible.
Yr. Clarke:is begged to allowed to say:a few words on
behalf of the young man at the bar. He was much obliged
to his learned friend for the hied manner in which he
had tendered in his behalf oa the prerant musics,
by the direction of the committee, and he believed that if
the defendant had gins the tame explanation b lore the
magirrate which he had since, the present prosecution
would n have been instirattd. The only object, as he
widen:cod it, was to prevent such proceedings in fawn,
tad when be reminded the court that there wee no ream
to suppose that say fraudulent system of plaadee was le.
slimmed egaisse the defendant, end that it was extremely
probable that lie bad acted under the Whence of persons
older thea himself, he warted they would consider it saffi•
dent te Nil upon the defendant to enter into swop isances
sad spin him from the degradation of imprisonment.
The Semerder inquired the nature of the explanation
girtm by the deleadaat
' Mr. Ballantine said the prisoner represented that he aster
undertook positively to provide a space in the Exhibitiou,
bat merely to act se ea agent with that view. He believed
that sone somautaicatiene had been made to the committee
pends, gabfest, a
sack. dassripeloabat they had always npathated say Kam