The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-07 00:00:00

POLICE.—Yznes.DAY.

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kx a. ....rs MALL —FOROIRT ON Mn. GUTHRIE, TIIR St•it-
ozos.—A foreigner, named 11. I'. Kohn, was again brought
up on the charge of uttering a forged bill of exchange for
2101. at the banking-house of Messrs. lloare and Co., in
Fleet-street.—From the evidence taken on the previous oceit.
sion it appeared that the prisoner presented a bill dm hangs
on Thursday hot, for the ibrvc amount, at Messrs. Hoare
and Co.'s, it purporting to be drawn by Mr. Charles Guthrie
and accepted by Mr. George Junes Guthrie, the suraeon,
residing Berkeley-stmt, Berkeley-square. It woo dated
the 20tla of Much, and waa a two months' bill. Mr. Har-
rison, one of the clerks in the establishment, suspecting it
was a lor,tere, showed it to n•teral Other gentlemen, and
was informed t y them that Mr. Gathrie was not in the
habit of oiling himself up in any kind of bill
transactions, in conseluence of which he ant the
prisoner with their porter to that gentleman's re-
siden-e, to esculent the manic:mares of the signature. On
their return the porter BM that Mr. Guthrie denied all
knowledge of the bill and requested that it should not he
paid, upon which Kohn was allowed to depart, and told to
send the person who gave it to him. As no person came in
the course of an hour or two, the porter and a policeman
w, at to the coffee-shop which the prisoner had mentioned in
New-street, Covent-garden, but did not succeed in finding
the party whom they wanted, and therefore Koho was
taken into custody. From the statement of Kohn and Mr.
Huiegen, the landlord of the coffee-house, it appeared that on
the morning In question an elderly man c Me Into the house
and inquired if the latter person's son was at home, and wise-
they he could execute a little commission for him ; and on
receiving a reply in the negative, he then asked the prisoner
te go as far as }leen-street and get the bill produced cashed.
I He was instructed to bring back 100/. in gold and the rest in
notes. Both the prisoner and Me. Iluiagen asserted that
they saw this person write his name ( Ferrell) at the back
of the bill.—George James Guthrie, surgeon, said that
the bill produced had not been accepted by him, but the
handwriting was so well executed that had it been attached
to any other document he should Lave believed it to be his
own. Ile was not in the habit ot having anything to do with
any kind of bill transactions. For the information of the
alderman he might state that about three weeks
back a person applied at Messrs. lloare's for his
banking book, at the same time presenting an order, as if
from him, to that effect. The sleeks at the banking-houe.,
however, did not give It, and en his being inf Trued of the
circumstance he told them not to pay any chigoe that did
not come crossed upon another banker, as he expected that ,
some such experiment al the present would be tried.—Mr.
Lewis, a solicitor, said that he appeared to watch the cue on
behalf of Mr. Charles Guthrie, who was at present on the
continent, and he could say that the bill which purported to
be drawn by that gentleman was not in his handwri'ing.
—Alderman Gibbs asked how long he had been on
the continent ? Mr. Lewis said about one month.—Alderman
Gibbs wished to know if be was in town about the date of the
bill.—Mr. Lewis said that although hi was not on the con-
tinent then, still he was not iu town at that period. He
mentioned this, as what had takes place would go before the
public, and perhaps an erroneous impression be created.—
Alderman Gibbs told the prisoner he had placed himself in
a very awkward situa,ion, and therefore he must still be
treated as the utterer of a forged document, unless he could
find the man from whom he received the bill. However,
he would take bail, himself in 801., and one surety of 401., to
appear and answer the charge.—The b.iil being forthcoming,
the prisoner was liberated.

WORSH I P-STRSBT.—Tie. C lIAATIST Ittorans.—The
greater portion of the morning was occupied in reading over
the depositions reseeding the persons charged on the previ-
ew day with having been concerned in the riotous proceed
legs and conflicts with the police, arising nut of the chartist
assemblages on Sunday last. A great deal of excitement
manifested itself in the neighbourhood, and the street was
literally thronged, chiefly by friends of the prisoners, wholes-
trayed great anxiety to obtain a glimpse of them.
MURDEROUS CUAILTINT OUTRAOE.—Joseph Crane was
charged with having been c nmerned with several others in ei
murderous attack upon Thomas and Frederick Woodward,
brothers, under the impression that they were special const-i-
-blre, during the riots on Sunday last. The complainant
Thomas Woodward stated, that he and his brother ere
passing through Virginia•row, Bethnal green, between
twelve and one o'clock, on Sunday, and were threading
their way through a large crowd assembled there, 'rhea a
sudden cry was raised of " there goes a government spy and
epec.al constable," and they were instantly assailed with a
volley of stone. and other missiles. At the same moment,
a simultaneous rush was made by the mob, and witness ran
for protection into one of the houses, but had scarcely
secured the door when it was burst open by upwards of
twenty of his pursuers, amongst whom wee the prisoner,
who struck him a violent blow in the face, aid the
rest of the rabble commenced heating and kicking him
until he begged them, fur Odd's sake, not to murder
Lim, and told them they bad better search him it they
thought he wan n special constable, upon which they rifled
hie eoekete, and abstracted all the money he had about him.
The mob ontside were in the meant coo sbouting to the
others to drag him out, and one of his assailants caugl,t him
round the neck and forced him into the street, where he
was instantly knocked down by the party outside, who
struck him to the ground, kicked him about the head, body,
and face, and knocked out two of hie front teeth. He suc-
ceeded with great difficulty in recovering his feet, and was
erdeavouring to escape, when the mob hastily formed a dou-
ble line, and each of them struck him as he passed, untit he
reached the corner of the street, when one of the inhabit-
ants pulled him into his house, and haviag strongly barri-
caded the door looked him into a back room, where he
remained nearly two hours. when he was ultimately released
by Mr. Hanley, the chief usher of the court, who had
accidentally heard of his detention.—Frederick Woodward,
brother of the last witness, confirmed the preceding evidence,
and stated, that he was endeavouring to escape from the
mob, when a man and two women appeared at the door of
one of the houses, and invited him to take refuge there,
which he did; but the instant they bad bolted the doer it
was burst open by the rioters, a number of whom rushed in,
exclaiming that he was a " special, and now they had got
hold of him they would murder him." A general attack
was then made upon him, and at every blow they exclaimed
" Take that, ou special l" After beating him until he was
completely exhasted, and both his eyes closed up,, they
dragged him into the street, where they renewed their vio-
lence, and on assuring them again that he was not a special
constable, some of them said, " We'll search him," and im-
mediately turned out the whole of his pockets, from which
they abstracte&lie., and finally told him, that if they had
found a staff upon him he should not have gone away alive.
lie was then allowed to go.—When called von for has de-
fence, the prisoner denied that be was one of the persons
who had assaulted the complainant, or that he was even
present on the ocossion.—Mr. thiamin said that his identity
had been clearly established, and ordered him to be at once
committed for trial for assault and robbery.
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