The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-12 00:00:00

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

MANSIOMUOU4B.—Cicauoa or urrEntxo Tonal.)
Cazoess.—T. Ford was charged with having uttered a
forged cheque far 3001.—Mr. Raison, a cashier in Messrs.
finds, Payne, and Smith's banking-house, stated that, on
the 6th January, the cheque for 300!. produced, purporting
to be the Of quo of Mr. Blackburn, a customer of the house,
was presented by Thomas Taylor ,sa porter), far payment.
The corer, upon being quesuoned, said he had received the
cheque from Mr. B'ackhurn's clerk. The genuine-
ness of it being doubted, the porter was detained.
—T. Taylor (the porter who presented the check) said: I re-
ceived a letter in answer to an advertisement for a situation
ca Wednesday, and went to the Bell and Crown Inn, Hol
barn, to see Mr. Thompson, the writer of it. according to the
advertisement. The prisoner came out to me as Mr. Thomp-
son, and said he thought he knew of a situation that would
suit me. This took place in the passage of the Ii 11 and
Crown. He asked me rim • reference as to character, ar d I
gave him the name and address of Mr. Osborn, nay former
employer. He told me he would write to me, and next day
I received a letter appointing to meet me at the same place
on Friday evening, when the prisoner salcl he had spoken to
the governors and all was right, and I might consider tripoli
engaged. He said he would take me to the estahts'auent,
but did net say what it wee. He told me then to make my
way to a publiahouss at the corner of Mark lane. B -fore I
left him he asked me if I had the note he wrote to me on
Thursday, as he wished to write the address upon it. I
i. handed to him, and he put it in his pocket, and, on ea-
rner piece of paper, be wrote the address of the house in
Mark-lane. and gave it to me. He met me there, and I got
up and walked with him into Fenchurch-street. He gave
me •N. note to get changed at Masterman's hank, which I
did, meeting him at the Cora exchange Hotel according to
appointment. He then told me be would take me to his
chambers, and I walked with him to Mincing/sae, when
we stopped at an archway ; he asked me to stop there •
minute, and he west in at the first door on the right, and
when he tame out he gave me a cheque on Memos. Smith,
Payne, and Smith's husking-house for 3'ol. He told
me to say, if they asked me who nut me, that it was Mr.
Btookbant's clerk. I was to take the money to him to the
ooffsareoni. At :he desire of the clerk at the bankers' I put
my name on the cheque. sad' I identify it vow. —Mr. B ash
(for the Prelecatieel : When you first saw the prisoner, how
was be dressed ?—Witness: He was dressed in a dark over-
oat, sad be had • whitish handkerchief, with blue spats or
stripes urea it, round his neck ; and he had black curly
hair, Canna in b-hind. I think he had whiskers The
pockets of the coat were outside. The hair was a regular
row loud of earls turned in, and it appeared to be natural
hair. I saw him four or five times, and he was always
dressed in the ems way. Had no doubt at all about his
identity.—Mr. D Forr ster produced a black wig, curled
and taming in, according to the witness's descriptioa, be-
hind, and two handkerchiefs.—Witness: That wig is like
the halt which I saw the prisoner wear. The winos then
panted at one of the handkerchiefs produced, and said he
believed that was the handkerchief the prisoner wore.—
Mr. G. Blackburn *aid : I have kept an account at Messrs.
Smith, Payne, sad Smith's sines 1825. The signature to the
cheque produced is net mine, nor is the filling up
of it mine, nor have I authorised sal on to draw or a.gn it.
(Here two eh. qu a were predneed. These two cheques,
each of which a for 31., I paid to r. Salford, of Islingtrn.
One was drawn on the lad of December, the other ea the let
of Jaasary.—D. Fontenot: I searched the prisoner. He
gave me the ease of Thomas Ford, Aldenhiun-'.net, Bo-
ner's-town. I went there and saw his wits, who said that
Ford was her name. I round in a box the black ended wig
praised. I saw the handkerchief produced round Mrs.
Ford's neck, and I aaktel her for it, and she gave it to me
wither. haoltatioa. This memerandum.hook was with other
papers fond in the prises. r's pocket. Two leaves ha i been
torn, sad upon e tapering the torn leaves I find that they
needy d natal with the two pietas of pap.: which I r.errived
from Taylor, and which It .t witness stated the prisoner bad
given to him, the one containing the address of the public.
house, the other the sec runt of the way in which the cheque
was to be paid. Amongst ease duplicates found was on
for • coat,.hick :early aar sea with chi deseriptin g inn
of the coat the prisoner wore when the wines anarmani-
caned with him —The prisoner was then remanded

GIT.LDHALL.— Aurae", Linst.—Mr. 17. Solowtoru,
steetioesser, Mr. W O. White, printer, and Mr. J. 'Geller,
cabinetmaker, were austmosed tor having, oe the Co Jan.,
written and nublisht d a fol.. and malicious libel, in the form
of a hand Ml , oonteining allegations that the complaisant,
Mr. G. Hawcliffe, wee 'bow sang goods, the props, ty of a
mock auct•une• r.—Mr. O. Rowell/fa, auctioneer, of Moor-
gate-at:est, gold that he was the sole occupier of the house
and used the lower past as sale-rooms. He bought the
lease of the premises from a Mr. Itederavo, who used
le .any on the same bunaoss, when m partner-