The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-01 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NOItTIIEItN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPO3L, 31Ancli 31.

!Wont Ma. Juntas Canawast.
_ BIGAMY.

Wm. Costello, who had pleaded guilty to tho charge of
haying married Ann Flood, his first wife being alive, was
sentenced to six, months' imprisonment with hard labour;
David Jones and James Chadwick each twelve months',
J. S. Vaughan six, months', and Ann Anderton two
mouths', imprisonment, each with hard labour.

CHARGE OF SHOOTING.
Thomas Balt was indicted fur having. at Chorley, fired a
Pistol loaded with powder and ball at It:chard Timid, with
Intent to murder, &c.
It appeared that on the lit of March the prisoner, being
at a public•house at Chorley, loaded a pistol with powdi r
and shot, and hating said that it was sufficient to shoot any
one went into Chorley-wood, near which there is a colliery
at which Richard Tootal and another man with whom
he had some quarrel worked. The prosecutor (Tootal)
stated that on the vcuine in question he heard a rabbit
•. skeane," sod instantly a shot was fired only fifteen yards
from him, the wadding of which struck another man, and
he hiard the noise of shot fall near him.

Several witnesses wen ezautined with the view of show-
in; that the prisoner wished to shoot the prosecutor and
wanted to conceal the fact.

The jury fuund the prisonerAig
Nun Pmts.—avow' 111.8Aana 111. urns.
Witsus O. Tux BRITISH ROYAL BANK.

This wee an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
158/. t 0.1., the amount of a dishonoured bill.
It appeared that the plaintiff—a merchant, in Liverpool
—did business with the defendants, who are bankers in
London, and who discounted a bill for the amount in ques.
tion, which they had received from the plaintiff, and which
was mturnid dishonoured. It also appeared that the de-
fendants, upon the return of the bill, placed it to the
debitof the plaintiff's account, and did not give him proper
notice of the dishonour.

Verdict for the plaintiff.
In answer to a question from Mr. Atherton, bit Lordship
slid he cold net kromiee to esounenee the special jury
tz:al tomorrow Otis dq).

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Edwin Henry rowel, charge* with having been acces-
sary after the feet to the forgeries alleged to have been com-
mitted by Joseph Farrell upon the Bank of England, and
with basing harboured, aided, and assisted the principal in
escaping from jo.tiee, was brought before the Lord Mayor
for further examination. lie. Clarkson appeared for the
prosecution, Mr. Lewis for the defence. The investigation,
from whip Is we select the mast essential portions, occupied
a cmsideratdo time.

Mrs. Ans. Gordon, who keeps the Red Lion Inn, at Kea-
ton, in Kent, at which the pnsoner aad a person suppolied
to be Joseph Farrell, put up with the bore aed gig which
were hired at Ellis's stables, said : —The prisoner nut a
gentleman of lower stature whe accompanied him, called at
my brew on the 22nd of Feb., and returned on the 23rd,
slept there that night, and went away next morning. The
companion of the prisoner on depositing the portmanteau
which was left with me, said that I was to take particular
care of it, and not to give it to se y other person. He
said that his name we Stevens. I know Mr. Harris,
the plumber. Ha had beei-in the room with them. I took
charge of the pertmanteau and locked it in the bed-room.
in which the two gentlemen slept, and in which it remeined
till the officers came, to wham I delivered it. The prisoner
asked me if I thought they could get a solicitor at Croydon.
The prisoner observed in the noun of conversalon;teat it
was very cold, and I said he was like moat London gentle-
men—they were cold when they came into the country.
The other said they were not Londoners.
W. Edmonds (City detective) gave evidence to the fact
that he was at Ellis's stables on the 24th of February for
the purposes of justice, when Buckley, tie link man, who
gave testimony on the former exazunation, arrived at a
quarter to 10 • cluck at night with the horse and gig.
Joseph Doggie, petunia at the Globe Inn In Baker-street,
Portman-square, said—l remember that on the 22nd of
February a horse and gig mom to my master's hones. I
saw the person who came in the trig. He had a cap on,
and was a short gentleman. Ile wanted me to go to Mr.
Powell's. I had seen him in the same house with the pri-
soner two or three times. He came at half-past 7 o'clock,
and told me to go to Mr. Powell and say that he wished to
speak to him directly, and I did so. I knew where Mr.
l'owcll lived. I left the menage with the servant. Shortly
afterwards Mr. Powell came, and I saw them both go down
the yart toe ether towards the gig. I saw the same gig this
=ruing at Ellis's, and picked it out from a lot in the pre-
sence of Holden, the ostler.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—The horse was standing
in the New.road, there being no convenience for gigs Ft mod-
loz at our place. It wee about 8 o'clock when I saw them
go down the yard. I did net see them go away.
Dr. Davidson (the gentleman whose name was forged)
said the signatures to the two dividend warrants pro-
duced, Nu. 141 and 142, are not mine, nor are they the
signatures of any person authorised or empowered by me
to sign them.
Hr. J.. 1. Pater, one of the senior clerks in the dividend
office of the Bank of England, said the course of business
is this. On application for • dividend warrent the ap-
plicant is asked his name, and the amount of the
stick. The clerk then turns to the book to see if it agrees
with the claim. He then turns the book to the applicant
for his signature, after which he takes from the drawer
belew him the dividend warrant corresponding with the
number in the dividend-book. If he does not personally
know the patty, it is his duty to refer to tile handwriting
on the preceding dividend; and, if he finds the hand-
writing there corresponds with the dividend applied for, he
gives the dividencewarrent to the applicant, who signs it,
and the clerk witnesses the warrant. It is the practice for
two clerks to go through the unpaid warrants, and examine
them with the dividend book. If the dividend book is not
aimed, we make a memorandum ow • sheet of paper,
called the "query sheet," for further inquiry. Oa the
list of last July, in consequence of • communication, a
comparison was made between the dividend warrants which
were remaining in the drawers of the Reduced Stock and
the dividend book, with reference to Dr. Devidson's
1 Hot and 112nd dividend warrants, and it was discevered
that the books for the two warrants bad not been signed,
hut that the warrants were gore. I went to the check
office, and found them two dividend warrants. They ap-
peared to be stet Need by J. tame, who was a supernu-
merary belonging to the Consols office. In November I again
examined thaw dividends, and they were then uusigued
by the supposed applicant. On or about the 10th October
I entered the 143 re dividend payable for that month in the
dividend book, and in doing so I made a memorandum
respecting tee two preceding entries not having been
signed, and requesting that they might be signed. I be-
lieved at that time that it was a mere omission.
Mr. 11. 8. l'alratr, eoperintendent of the dividend office
of the beak, laid-1 remember that my attenteen was called
t: the eeieentry of signatures to the I list and 112.4.1 dive
deieds in the book, and to the Let that the dividend
warrants were 40110. I knew Joseph Fan', one of th.
clerks in ;be bank, and I spoke to him about it, under the
impression that it was the effect of neglect, and I ee• roved
him for his extreme carelessness in haying witnessed the
warrants without the signature in the books. I ascertained

that the twe had been pa.d by him. He coloured up, 115-1
p •sred to be greatly canfwe t, ena sea he was very sorry.
I told bun t:iet he must •ei a avow. to Wain the a:gnature
of Dr. Davidson. He conticued to discharge his duties
mil the 23rd of February, but I heve n it seeninto since.
Crum-examined by Mr. Lewis—Farrall had been absent
a great deal between Jute and o:tcd‘es. I sin not aware
that I spoke to Mtn afterieerde up the subset. Not the
slightest suspicion was entertained of him. lam not aware
that the beak authorities wrote to Dr. Davidson on the sub-
ject. I have been tlerty.fire years in the bank, and I
never heard of any offence of the kind described during
that time.
Oa his re examination the witness said it was an express
rule to prevent any clerk to take out any work, and aiiy
clerk who did so would incur great censure.
Mr. Francis Howie& (elerit in the dividend office of the
Bank) Mid—Egrall was supernumerary eisiel
hank. In June last he was engaged is what we call shut-
ting work in the Consols office. He brought that work to
Jo to the desk close adjoining to a drawer where 'he Re-
duced dividend warrants were kept, and where Dr. Da-
vidson's wurauts could be, supposing they were not
already received. lle had opportunity of access to that
drawer, which was nit locked. His position would have
enabled him to take any of these warrants, but if I had seen
him do so I should hive thought nothing of it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—The clerks are not per-
mitted to take murk out of the Bank. Ido not know
that I have seen it. I heard many years ago that a clerk
had done so, but I know they are not permitted to do so.
Mr. S. Herrison, jun. (a clerk in the 11 look at
the dividend warraiits, 141, 112, and 143. I know Far-
rell. I have seen him write often. He has occasionally
corked with me. The subscription to these warrant, is
certified by him. I hue no hesitation in ailing that I be-
lieve the signatures are his handwriting.
Mr. T. Wheeler (clerk in the Stock Dividend office of
the Hank), said, if there be dividend warrants in amen
more than the two lmt, it is the practice to remove them to
that part of the office in which I sit. On the 24th of Janu-
ary I had under my care the dividend warrants 134 to 140
of Dr. Davidson's stack, and the books applicable to those
warrants. The 141 th dividend warrant would not be with
me. It is the practice to enter red ink figure., if the for-
mer dividend warrant has not heen received. On the' 4th
of January, F.,rrsii was in the Bank, and it was his duty to
give out the current dividend warrants. On that day, at
three o'clock in the afternoon, he said to me that
there was a number of old dividend warrants due, but
the gentleman would tome again another day, as we were
so near the time of closing. I believe he mentioned the
name of Davidson. I think he sail the gentle.
man was a reopen either in the army or the
navy, who had been abroad. I did not see the
party eluded to. I was aware then that Farrell had
given out the 141st and 142nd dividend warrants of June,
and that they had not been signed fur. On the 25th of Ja-
s yperson came to me and handed Dr. Davidson's7u a r43rd dividend warrant, with figures on the back denoting
that there were back warrants to be received. This 113 rd
warrant is witnessed by Farrell. Acting upon that I gave
to the person representing Dr. Davidson these seven divi-
dend warrants, 134 to 140. Ido not recollect the person.
The endorsement is my authority for paying the back war-
rants.

Mr. Clarkson said ho bad to request that the Lord Mayor
would remand the prisoner for another week upon the evi-
dence disclosed, which preyed beyond all doubt the close
connexion between the prisoner and the party accused as
the principal.
The prisoner waa then remanded for another week.