The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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Galt Iludwicie, alms James Ralph, sad Henry Attwell,
alias James Attwool, two respectablwattired men, one aged
66, and the t titer 24, ware hroacht before the Lord Mayor,
in melody of Haggett and Aeott, C ty detective officers, upon
a charge of fllrgite and weevilly, • cheque for 4101. 7a. 44.,
upon Wet: :Coning mu; company, the hankers, oa the 2311 t
of Joao last.
:dr. Mullen', solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for
the Prevention of Fuigeries aid Frauds. sppeared on behalf
of the prosecution ; cad Mr. James Lawts defended the
prismers.
Mr. A. B. Buslinalleaid—l am clerk to Mesereklaeling and
Comp icy. Mr. Allred Turner, a soilaiitr, Ststilang in Red
Lion square, keeps a bushiest account with the Arm. The
cheque produced for 4101 7e. 41. wag migrated to me at the
counter. Ido not know who presented it. I gave in pew
went for it eight 601. notes and 101 7s. 44. in money. The
dates and numbers of the notes are written on the bark tf the
cheque. That is oar goosed rule The numbers of the
notes are 89,958. 95 701, 95,702, 98,730, 99,165 dated Stn
Nov., 1855; aua 610, 1 021, 2.602. dated 6.b Feb , 1866.
At the time I was in thd act of piling the cheque, the pri-
earner Hardwick', who wee in the eankingsbowe' asked me
about the resideece of a gentleman who formerly kept an
account at our bank He made muse statement about
bill of eachatige. His question intimated me very much
while I was paying the cheque and I told him that I
would attend to bias after I badfinished whet I was about.
.

Mr. R Wilson—l am clerk to Mr. Alfred Turner, soli-
citor. of Red Lbricoqesre, who keeps &basking arrecnutt with
Masse. Oahe, anti Cr. The signature, "Alfred T "
to the cheque prodsoad, is net, in my opinion, in his
handwriting. Mr. Tamer is not able to attend to-day.
I ell up all buiseee cheques. In April lest the
wlooser Attwell called on is. two. some pm-
lonian' business respells,/ an 10 U. He wad
that his name woe Henry Hester, and that
be lived at No. 10, Pakenham-street. Orey'.-iss.rosg. He
isetracted me to write for payment of the I 0 U to • Mr.
John Heap, of 68, Cserringtot street, o.lclay-tqaue, its
amonat Wag 381. 16.. 61. 1 wrote secordiasly. (lams
body ogled at llse ofiloe dories my absence, sad paid the
amount. I after's, ds pall the 381. 16e. 61. to the prism.?
Attwell is bank rotes sad geld. Oa the 19th of Juno loot,
be mined spots me orals sad ~kcal me to write to a Mr.
Nut MNo. 6, Moho& *Mot, Eastosoquaro, for poyeisat of

ea lOU for 1031.15,. Sd. I wrote accordingly to that
pesos, and on the 21st June a wen Galled at the office and
PaWme 1041., this being the amount of the I 0 U, and
Odd. the charge forth* letter. I believe I readout from that
=a 60/ note ended!. in gold. I paid the 1011. to Mr.
'a eseeunt at 'demon. °collage . Oa the 24th Jane
ffilkesell again called, when I filled up a cheque for
11111.8 s. 104., which wee signed by Mr. Turner, end handed
le hiss, we elirging him 61. 84. for writing the letter. Att-
ie& druid a receipt for the mosey in the name of William
suer.
It,. Lewis—Look at the ehequi for 4101. 75. 4d. Do you
'mete to say that that is not in Mr .'T ',handwriting ?
Witness—l am confident, as far as las be eoefident,
lbet it is not in Mr. Tuner's handwriting.
Re-eausined—The body of the cheque is a vary good
Imitation of my handwriting.
Mr. Beduin recoiled—l produce the receiving book for
the 21st Jest last, which contains an entry of a ram of
money paid lido Mr. Tamer's account on that day. The
total amount is 2021. 13s. 4d., and it eonsista partly of
cheque', partly of a 681. note, sad 61/. In gold. Th• date of
the 601. note is the Bth November, 1856, and it is numbered
96,320.
Mr. R. A. Bally, clerk in the accountant's office, Bank of
England, said—l produces 601. note numbered 96,320, and
dated the Bth November, 1866. I find that it was issued on
the 21st June, to a person of the some of Harding, of 48,
High-street, How, for gold.
Mr. Badmen mailed—Oa the 24th Jane lad I paid a
Obtuse for 1031.8 e. 104., partly in a 1001. note, numbered
91,867, dated 9th August, 1856, and the rest in gold. Ido
bet know to whom I paid the cheque.
Mr. Bally recalled—l produce the note for 1001. spoken
to by the last witness. It was brought into the bank on the
Pith June last, in the name of William Matthew', 10, Old-
West road, Middles's, when gold was given for it.
Mr. Jobs Beattie—l am muster of the Temple.ber
Branch of the Union Bank of Louden. On the 2nd July
last a female called upon me at the bank. To the best of
my belief I saw the same female at Yarmouth on Sunday
MA where she wee living. By asking there for the name
lif Ralph I got access to her at the house where she lived.
Oa the tad July lest she came and said that she wanted to
toad 201 to Hamburg for Mr. Richard Gamy. She gave
me the name of Wilson, and said she lived in High street,
Woolwich.
The Lord Mayor—Strictly speaking this is net legal evi-
dence against the orisons's.
IS,. Maness—No, it is not.
Mr. Lewie—l do not object to It, because I have had some
conversation with Mr. Mules' upon the subject, eat I fed
that I am doing service by not objecting.
Emanation resented—l asked her why she came to that
breach, as the City office world have been nearer for her to
go to. She said she had received the money in the sellik-
hourhood, and was anxious to get rid ef it, or unsething to
that effect. I took the money, and told her to wider Willi
Mead to call upon our correspondents at Homburg, Messrs.
J. B. Geissler and Company, for the 201.
Mr. Mulleue—ls it the practice of your bank, when money
is credited in that way, that the person who receives it frees
the correspondent should draw a bill upon your bank from
the place whore it is received in favor? of your corres-
pondent there ?
Witness—Yes, that is the practice.
Mr. Mullein—Your correspondent then pays the drawer
the amoant, and it is credited 1
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Maltese—ls that the bill (handing it to the witness)
lAMB has been drawn upon the Union Bank of London is
eciasequence of the money that you received in favour of
Mr. Gurney ?
Witneee—Yee.
The hill was then pat in evidence. It was dated Haw
bare, July 6, 1868, drawn by R. Gurney upon the Union
Bank of London, in favour of J. B. Ostler and Company,
the amount being 201.
Crosresassiti-That is oar usual course of bushiest.
Joseph Haggett, the detective officer, was then sworn, and
said—l yesterday took the primmer Hardwiche into custody
streirseestk. I saw him there yeateedly in the pretest* of the
ellll4
to whom he answered to the name of Ralph.
yeaa rirbe requestediaao tli.irth,eio mighthaveto aaa: lize,it.terrv,iivit.
tokbigVace itold him teat anythingYhe might say would
le awl eitliiir for or spinet him. The interview took place
=I lis OM Mews of Mr.
Maltese, my brother decor, Scott,
31:101tess— What did he my ?
Haggett—He said that he wrote a letter to b's wife in
London authorising her to go to a bank to pay in 20!. to the
credit of Mr. R. Gurney, at Hamburg, which was done, and
that he afierwarde received the money at Hamburg in the
name of R. Gulley.
Mr. Maltese—Did be say why he made this statement?
Haggett—His reason he said woo for the porous of
saving his poor wife, who had acted all along by his dim
Mom.
Mr. Multens—Did he say anything about what he had
then said Wog given in evidence ?
Haggett--I told him that I should give it in evident.,
before the magistrate, god he said, • I wish that to be
done."
Mr. Lewis—Have you told us all that took plus at that
latarelow ?
Haggett—Yes.
Mr. Lewis—Did he not tell Mr. Mullen. in your presence
and in the presence of your brother officer, that although
be was charged with forgery that was quite a m'str'te.
Haggett—No, he did nut say (orrery.
Mr. Lewis—But words to that effect ?
Bawd—Yee.
Th. Lord Mayor—What did he say? Give io h's
Made.
Hargett—He said, •• Reoillect, Mr. Mullen', that I am no
for
Mr. Lewis—Asythicg else ?
Haggett—A question was then put to him by Mr, Muller.'
about a man. Ido not know whether lam to mention the
same?
Mr. Mullins—No, don't do that.
Hupgett—A question wes put to him as to whether he
knew a certain person, whose name I decline to mention.
In reply to that get stion Hardwick, said, •• Well, yes 1 do."
Mr. Lewis—Yoe have said that be did say that he knew
leech a person. Are you sure of that ?
Huggett—Yes ; he than turned round and walked away.
Mr Lewis—Did Reviling else take place after that ?
Haggett—No.
Mr. Lewis—Did he not again address Me. Mallow when
he was leavier ?
Hugged—Not in my hearing.
Mr. Lewis—Did he not say anything about his wife, who
has oleo bud taken into custody, being discharged, on con-
ditioa that he made that admission?
Hogged—Nothing farther occurred ; bat, in coming up
in the trait
Mr. Lewis—Don't talk about matters that occurred is the
dais.

Haggett—He has repeatedly told me thst— •
The Lord Mayor—You are being cross examined upon I
what you base state 1 to have taken place at this interview
down stairs. Coshes yourself entirely to that.
Mr. Lewis—Was it not a condition, that this tvidence
ing given, his wife should be discharged ?
Haggett—No.
Mr. Lewis—Da yoe mean to aweer that in t' *presence
of that gentleman (Mr. Mullen.) ?
Haggett—l do.
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—You do not know that that '
statement was made upon condition of hie wile Wig dis
charged
Haggett—l do not.
Mr. Lewis—Did not Mr. Mullen, in your pretence, pro-
mise, upon that informaticn, that she should not be brought
to the bar ?
Haggett—The word. need were, " not at rrennt."
Mr. Lewis—Did anything take plans in your presence, in
Scott's presence, and in the presence of Mr. Mullen, with
tensed to the prisoner Attwell?
Hugger—Nothing.
Mr. Mullens—llad Attwell aLo requested to hare en
interview with me ?
Hugest—Nat in my presence.
Mr. Marie Augustus Nathaniel PSegetbrom esid—l am
manager of the business of Messrs Simms/. backers sad
money-Mangers, at Hamburg. On the 6th /sly last, the
two prisoners called at our bureau in that city. Hardwick*
produced to me a draft on our house for 261 marks, Ham
burg currency. I raid him the amount, and he signed an
aeknosteledgment, which I produce, in the name of R. Gur-
ney. lie said be had Men recommended toes by Memo.
Goatee and Compile, to embargo some Bank of Hoglood
motes. The primate Attwell then produced four SOL cote..
They both *eked what money it would be best for them to
take, as they were goieg to Penni& I recommended them
to take Prussian treasury notes. While the notes were
being counted out tbe prisoners had a comenetion together,
and they then said they wished to exchange four more note.,
and I ultimately exchanged the whole elg'tt.
The witness gave site numbers sod dates of the notes,
which tallie I with the numbers and dates of those referred
to in the evidence of Mr. Bushnell.
By Mr. Lewis—l made no ioqtrry of the prisoners as to
where th. y came from, hut one of them told me he was
going to Konigsberg. I bought the notes et the fair ex.
change of the day.
Mr. Mullen. mid that wee the whole of the evidence that
he proposed to adduce at present, hut he should hereafter
be to a condition to prove that no persons of the names
given by the poisoner Attwell to Mr. Wilson ever lived at
the stated addresses.
TM prisoners were then remanded.
Mr. Mullane—lt is perfectly understood that Ido not in-
tend to prefer any charge against the wife of the prisoner
Herdwicke.
Mrs. Margaret Herdwielse, an elegantly dressed person,
of shoat 60 years of age, was then formally brought .nto
mart by Soon, the detective officer, and told by the Lord
Mayor that she might retire.
The Lord Mayor said that a few days ego he had re-
quested that the mete would acknowledge the receipt of
201 for the poor-box from " Camyon," which had appeared
in pint as Demme," and that the benevolent decor
wished the erne to be corrected.
BOW-STREET.
Min Sitch, late servant of all work to Henry Homan
Whale, a beershop-keeper in High Holton, was charged
with robbing her master of a sum of 551., and two other
womened Louisa Harper and Lydia Mayne, were
charged , muswith feloniously receiving the same. It aped
that about three weeks ego the prosecutor missed thepear mu
In queetios, contistieg of 301 In gold, four M. notes, and a bk
Mum, from the cash-box, which bad been left in the esp•
board in one of the upper rooms. He gave information to
the police, and the prisoner Bitch being suripacted, she was
closely watched. She wee seta to go *metal times to the
lodgings of Harper, who is •ohazwemen, living in the Deal-

yard, Drury-lane. Hulsey in her turn was watched to this
hones of Mayne, who carries on business in Dorset-street.
Dan"Aussei and subsequently Bitch paid a visit
to Mayne, and they went together to a shoe-
maker's where they purchased some booti and shoes.
Franklin end Holmes, the constable', who had this in-
vestigation entrusted to them, then called on Harper, and
taxed her with having received the money from " Borah"
(the name by which Sit& was known at her employer's).
13he at first dialed it; but on being pressed admitted that
Bitch had given her the money to tske care of it, end had
told her to burn the " papers, which she did. Not having
any place to keep the money in she had entrusted it to
Mayne, who however retuned it to her some sovereigns
deficient. She had then left it in the care of her aunt, an-
other charwoman, living in Earl-street, Sven Dials. The
aunt, on being applied to, at once gave up to the pollee a
sum of 201, which she said was all she bad received from
the prisoner. The prisoner Mayne was then apprehended.
Soo also admitted that she had received from Harper a
parcel, which site afterwards found to contain twenty-seven
soverragne en she could not resist the curiosity which
prompted her to open it. She then handed it over to •
young man, named Bl'Phenon, to take tack to Merlin., but
instead of doing so he spent 71. of it in drink with some
woman of the town. However, he returned the 201., whiela
she then gave back to Helper. Bitch, on being awe-
headed, said she bad found the money in the watercietet.
The man, M.Pherson, had not been taken. It appeared
that Biteh bad formerly been in the service of Mayne, by
whose recmmendation she obtained her situation at Mr.
Whales.

&wig, who appeared for Mayne, addressed the court
at some length, conteading that her stcry was credible, and
that there was no evidence of a guilty knowledge en her
part, but
Me. Jardine thought it was a case that ought to go Wm*
a jury. He should commit them for trial, but should 'Mall
the prisoner Mayne to bail.

The charge against Thomas Stowell, of obtaining M. by
false ripresentations from Mrs. Penny, the landlady of the
Newington Arnie public house, King-street, Walsworth, wee
prceeeded with before Mr. Elliott.
Mr. Bingham, the witness for whole attesdance the am
hod been arjourted, wes now present. He admitted that
Stowell baa baea i■ the habit of bringing him Maims.
to which he used to attend, and about which there had Wm
an understanding between them ; but he emphatically de-
nied that he had ever represented Stowell as his clerk, aad
said he had never told any oae to pay "his clerk, Mr.
Stowell," and he would give a receipt for the money. His
(Mr. Bingham's )name had been written up in the window
of an °Mee fitted up by Stowell for some weeks ; bathe had
never paid any rent for the office, nor was it his; it was
fPowell's. He recollected a gentleman coming to that °Moe
in a brougham ; and Stowell, he believed, took hie instruo.
Lions, but bo (witness) did not on that occasion, or on any
other, represent Stowell as his clerk. He (Mr. Bingham) did
not pay the rent of his ohm No 1, Thenet•place ; it was p-.id
by a Mr. Perkise—why he did so was a matter between
themselves, and he would swear that Perkins did not prac-
tise as an attorney in his name. Since turse proceedings
against Stowell had commenced, he (Mr. Bugham) kad re-
ceived four shilling', from Stowell; and, betides that, had
attended a cue for him at the Judges' Chambers, but had not
on the latter occasion represented Stowell es his clerk, nee
had he done so at Honemoo ger-lane Gael ; but at the latter
place Sowell bad represented himself as such, in order to
visit prisoners there. The papers behngisg to him he had
not taken from Stowell's office, bat he did take his books.
In reply to the questions of Mr. Dilate, Mr. Bingham
again said that Stowell never told him he had received the
di. in this cm ; end be (Mr. Biagham) did not know of it
till he read the case in the newspaper.
Mr. Lewis, as on the former day, addressed the bench at
considerable length, contending that there was no ate that
should go beyond hA worship e inquiry.
Mr. Elliott said the case was one which must go before a
jury ; end having commented in strong terms on the con-
duet of the prisoner throughout the whole CM*, he said he
should commit Stowell for trial. . _ .

As the depositions were not completed, the primer wan
held tn bail to appear at tbis curt again on Tuesday nest.
when he will be finally committed.

MARKETS.

STlOnit.—The average prioo of Laos a or Muscovado gum the
produce of the British poeseseions Arocries for the week ending
Sept. 21, is Its. gd. per ewt. exclusive of d.ty. The average price
of brown or Muscovado sugar the produce of the Maus itius for the
vieek ending as above is 30s. 3,d. The average price of brown of
Muscovado anger the produce of the Bust Indies for the week ending
or above Is 341,5 i d. The average prim of the tiers foregoing &scrips
dons of sugar joictly, for the week ending ae above, ia lie. Sd.l pet
Own, exclusive of duty.

OOTTo7l.—Livasaoh, Barr. 26,—The necouary daily eupply of
our large home viscureption, joined to a cpecutative esprt demerit%
which has prevailed during the whole of the present week, has been
booed nit only outfit:lent to support last week'n currency, but boa alma
ninon an upward turn 'o the market generally, the amount of eoln
being 76,750 toles. A reference to the details of our procedinge
will show that the low nullities of American as well as thiddri
Uplands ere id. higher. The other sorts of American, Surat% and
Brecile are gee more in favour, and may be regarded as 1-16 d.
butter. We quote naidditog ['friends, 6 6.16 d.; Mobile, 6 3.16 d.;
sad Orleanr, 6 7.16 d. The committee of brokers pthec lair Uplands
60.; mobile, bid.; lied Odeon,. Tict. The admen from. An:lcicle
as bathe state and propane olihe coming crop, and the tattling. ea
compered with lest year with leach the And products are brought to
market, lath given some atremphito the above tendency, while, on
the other head, the ctate of financial and monetary &Haire in [Ando%
regarded lean indication of the now satisfactory state of European
politic., bee bun feet ae a considerable check. With the present
large consumption of Europe end Americo, should any d,tabt come
over the public mind as to the abundance of the crop in the Voiced
State., the position at our cotton market would be tcrious indeed.
At present, although not pronti.ing to be an early crop, happily there
is no ground for supposing that a way not prove upon the whole an
abundant one—of course, the later it is the more precariously it will
be, placed. 17,730 Americo, 1,60 Bernd, and 430 Egyptian are rim
ported to have been taken on apecnlstioe ; 2,170 American, 2,200
runt, 260 Bengal, 160 Egyptian, one 310 Yemeni for capon, so that
the deliveries to the trade for the week hove been oh tot 17,800 bales.
Balm today 12,000 hales, 4,000 being on speculation and for export
Balm of the week, 72,730 hale.

CORN.—Casin roao. Sam 2.—There was oelya =dente supply
of wheat at unit t today, sod all the best dry samples wets reaPly
taken at Is. advance ~ver tart week's rates; secondary and damp par.
eels 1,. lower. Red, Va. to ftle:; extra. 725.; white, 735. to 765.•
;
extra, 80.. derby ratf•er dearer, as many portal are begmated
malt ; 401. to eta.; extra, Cue. Beans fully es dent; Mk. to 416.;
ells; 475.
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!Asoor—v. !Orr. 26.—With a fair chow of wheat, oar market was
Boa, at stout last week's prime. Wheat, red, 6,4. to as.; whitA,
695. to 725. A better demand foe holey, and bait week's rates well
s pported —lle. to 47e. Oats rather better-295. to 13.. Ter) few
beau or peas offering.
forearm., Seem 26.—At this day'. market there was a felt attend.
once of the trade, and a good donand was espenienced or prime
wheat and flour, which being ear remely scarce commanded rather
more money. CAIIIIIIOII and Inferior descri;stens were also rather
mure Matted fee. and the turn dearer. hew crate and oatmeal beteg
I. better supply, were Id. per 421bs. and Is. per load lower. Barleys
beans, and pees were • ithont alteration it value. Indian corn at.
Muted more attentioe then of 10 and with come rpreolar ire buy.
tag an advance er 6d. to Is. per quarter was established, prize YeileW
bringing i.e. lid. to 334.; name], 325. to 314.6 d. and white, 334. dd.
to 144.6 d per quarter.
Warm:num, Parr. 76.—The market for wheat is quiet, but rather
Sewer than • few day. ago. Beet courlities of new meet a steady
demand at le, per quarter under lest Prielsy'e peke., whilet inferior
curt& ere neglected. even at a greeter decline; old is le. per quartet
lower, without south bloineea. Pine barley Ir. feu quarter higher:
other sorts are Om. Oats, shelling, and teout. e itch rather higher.
I Averages week ending Sept. 26 Vihriat, 2,9 64e-7yd.; batter,
189, 451. ; oats, as, 3 is. 7d,; beaus, 42, 495. ald.