The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-11 00:00:00

THE MANCHESTER CITY BANK.

Jonah Andrew, who was formerly in business at Man-
chester as a banker, wee charged with having appropriated
to his own use money of which he was the bailee.
Mr. Higgiu appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Hopwood
defended the prisoner.
Mr. fliggin, in opening the case, said he need hardly tell
them, because their own experience would Worm them,
how necessary it was that persons who held themselves out
to the world as bankers should receive implicit confidence
from the public ; and of course it was very detrimental to
the commercial interests of society when rersons who
were entrusted with money for • @pacific purpose converted
it to their own use. The prisoner was formerly head of an
establishment known as the "lily Savings Bank ;" but that
establishment having been discontinued two years or two
veers and a half ago, be opened • place of business in
Market-street, Manchester, which he called the City Bank.
He was the only person connected with that establishment,
and he made the necessary return to the Inland Revesme
Department, in which be described himself as • banker.
Amongst the other portions of his business as a banker was
that of receiving money for the purpose of advising bills in
London and elsewhere, his correspondents in London being
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. ; but the jury would
find that Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. terminated
their connexion with him about the time the transaction
about to be investigated took place. When persons Cattle
to the prisoner's place to advise bills they were in the habit
of entering the venous particulars on a printed fot.n sup-
plied to them, and in this case all these requisites were
complied with. Mr. Samuel Lyons had • bill falling due
at the Union Bank, London, and on the 21st of October, in
the forenoon, he went to the prisoner's bank tee-
the purpose of retiring it. He paid the amount,
37!. 165., supplied the necessary information, and
gave instructions to have the bill retired. Mr. Lyons made
the arrangement with • clerk named Colson ; and his strong
impression was that the prisoner was in the inner office
during the time, but of that there appeared to be some
doubt. The advice note and money found its way into the
hands of another clerk, Wadsworth. Mr. Lyons deposited
the money in the absolute confidence and hope that the
bill would be met next day, when it becanseidue. The pri.
loner suspended payment on the 22nd of October,
the day after the money was deposited; the bill
was not met in London, and Mr. Lyons received
• telegram of the fact. He tools the telegram to
the prisoner's bank, telling him that he had not
fulfilled his promise to take up the bill. The prisoner
affected to be very angry, and conducted himself so unsatisfac-
torily that upon the spur of the moment he was given into
custoli he was, however, discharged, and afterwards ar-
rested process of warrant. Upon the very day he re-
ceived e money, Colson, the clerk, was directed by the
prisoner not to write to London at all that night, which
the learned counsel thought would be very material in the
cue. If they were satisfied that the prisoner knew the
purpose for which the money was deposited in his bank,
sad if he converted it to any other than that purpose, this
Mr. Iliggin contended would be an offence against the act
of parliament 24 and 25 Vic., cb. 96, sec. 75.
In answer to • question from the judge, Mr. Biggin said
he did not think he should be able to carry the case further
than he had stated. _ •

His lordship remarked that all they seemed to know was
that the money was paid to a clerk, and that the prisoner
was in an inner office talking to somebody else. Was it to
be inferred from that that the prisoner knew the purpose
for which the money was paid 9. He certainly thought it
would be a waste of time to proceed with the case unless
there was further evidence.

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Mr. Higgin, acknowledging the difficulty, said he could
offer no further evidence. and did not proceed with the case.
Mr. Hopwood complained that upon such evidence the
prisoner had been in gaol for three montba, and said it
realy seemed to be rather persecution than prosecution.
The prisoner was then discharged.

WESTERN ClRClllT.—Wmcazgrut, Dec. 10.

(Before Mr. Jostire Ryles.)

Fernando Petrina, a fine-looking Austrian seaman, wan
indicted for the wilful murder of a man known by the name
of Jones, on the 4th of October last.
The prisoner was alleged to have committed three sepa-
rate murders during the same night. He was the cm:pouter
and second mate of the ship Winthrop, which had formerly
railed under the American flag, but on the Lira voyage she
wan registered at Halifax, Nova scotia, and sailed uoder the
English flag from that port. The captain of the ship was
an Italian named Nicolo Liperi, who, with his wife Sarah ,
Liperi, and Jones, an American, the first mate, had rave-
relay been killed by the prisoner on the night of the above
date.
The jury were one-half foreigners.
Mr. If. T. Cole, with Mr. Beare, conducted the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Brown (under instruction from the judge)
watched the trial on the part of the prisoner.
The grand jury found three true bills against the pri-
soner, but he was first put on his trial for the murder of
Jonas, the first mate.
There were a number of witnesses, but the statement of
Peter Allen, a Swede, and one of the able seamen, well
skilled in English, will be sufficient to explain the horrible
affair.
Allen said—l remember the night when the captain
was killed, a Friday. I was on deck on the look-out for-
ward. It was my watch. I beard a shot in the cabin about
hali-past one o'clock, and I ran amidships, and I then saw
the prisoner come out of the saloon running after the mate
and the helmsman. I saw the prisoner fire • pistol,
and he cried out at the time, "-- farina!
No more farina!" The mate ran round the forecastle,
prisoner pursuing, and at the same time I saw the captain's
wife on the poop aft, crying out that her husband wee
killed. She came down and ran into the forecastle, the
prisoner following her. I law bar lying on the chest there,
and the prisoner struck her with a dinar in her side. Bhe
was in her night-gown only. It was moonlight, but there
was no Limp in the forecastle. I had fora time lost sight of
the mate, but I now again saw him et the door of the (ere-
mite going in, alma the primmer stabbed him with a knife
in %e lm* sad be fell. One of the men in the forecastle
mewed primmer, sad wind eat for help I west be. but we