The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-11 00:00:00

TIR ALLEGRO UNIT! iaxc FRAUDS.

It will be connected that the trial of Yr. Terry, the late
manager of the Unity Beak, sod Mr. Botch, the secretary,
for having, as alleged, published • fake balance-sheet of the
condition of the bank, with intent to deceive and defraud
the shareholders, was postponed to the present session, and
both the defendante were la attendance, reedy to take their
trial
Mr. Ciller& Q.C. (specially retained), with Mr. F. H.
Lewis and Mr. Montagu Williams, who were instructed to
prosecute, however, epplied to the court to sheer the case
to be further postponed. The application was fended upon
an affidavit made by Mr. Lewis, the solicitor for the prose-
cution, the purport of which appeared to be that the pie-
'caution had bee originally takes up by the official
liquidators of the bank, who lied guanine/ad his costs, bat
that a dispute subsequently arose between these 'oedema
and the directors upon the subject, the latter being unwil-
ling that the meets of the bank should be expended for the
purposes of the prosecution, and in the result it became
Deomsary to make an application to the Master of the Roils
for his sanction to the bank funds being exploded for sash
a purpose, and an order to that effect was only obtained
oo the 29th of March. In consequence of this, it was mew
noted in the affidavit that difficalties had been thrown in
the way of the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis stated that he
should not be prepared to lay the cm properly before the
jury at the present amino.
Berjeant Parry, who was specially retained, with Mr.
on behalf of Mr. Terry, strenuously opposed the
appileatios, and said that his client had suffered greatly
by bawler such a charge hanging over his head, sod he re.
=laded the learned Recorder that there were ne less than
twelve loos examinations before the magistrate, and that
the facts were investigated in the fullest possible manner.
He added that Mr. Terry was most anxious to have the
matter disposed of, sod it appeared to him that it would be
very hard upon the defendant if the as were again post-
poned, for no other reason than that there teemed to have
been some squabble between the directors and the liquid*.
tors of the bank upon the subject of the cone.
Mr. Metcalfe also strongly opposed the application for a
postponement on behalf of the other defendant, Mr. Burch,
sad the Recorder, in the result. said he was of opinion
that no sufficient reason had been shown for the postpone-
ment of the trial.
A &acclaim then took place uto the day on which the
trial should be taken, bat no definite decision was arrived
at, the Recorder obeerving that it was a one that must be
tried by one of the learned judges, and they would them-
selves fix the most convenient time to dispose of it.
Aaron Clare, • polioiroonstedge of the K division, who
meandered to take his trial, sad who was droned in the
police uniform, was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury.
Mr. Begley prossonted ; Mr. Cooper and Mr. Orridge
were counsel for the defendant.
This case occupied the court for several hours, bat the
details were of a very *antirabies nature, and the prin.
noel fade have bean several times before the public. The
charge arose out of a disturbance that took place at Mill-
wall, Poplar, on the evening of the 3rd of December last,
upon which occasion a police constable, named William
Brown, was alleged to bays bees assaulted by a man named
Richer ; sad • counter charge was preferred spinet the cov-
etable of having assaulted Berber's wife. la the emit Brown
was coovicted of that assault, and sentenced to two months'
imprisonment, and during the proceedings the prossat de-
fendant was called as a witness on behalf of his brother cos.
stable, and it was upon the evidence that be so gave that
the preseet charge was founded. The allegations of pee-
jury were that it bad been falsely sworn that Brown lour-
fend to prevent Barber from ill-using his wife, sad that he
received • violent blow either from • poker or • bar of iron,
which felled him to the ground, from Barber ; and the de-
fendant appeared to have sworn that he saw the smolt
animated, and that Barber ran away and be pursued him.
The man Barber and his wife were examined, and they
swore positively that no quarrel took place between Diem
on the night in gaieties, and that the disturbance was
occasioned by the policeman Brown, who bad interfered
with them without any provocatioo, id strook Mn. Bar-
ber a violent blow with his truncheon, and this evidence
was corroborated to a cedilla extent by eaters! other
witnesses.
Mr. Cooper made an able address to the jury on behalf of
the defendant, and he said that the defence he was ia.
Mudd to make was that the provost charge had boa
trumped up from ill-feeling against the police, sod to shield
Berber from the oonsequeocee of the molt be had coat-
i mined, and that although Brown bad been convicted of an
L assault he was entirely inmost. He said he should call
him to prove that be had spoken the truth in the fine
, instance, and that the evidence given by the defendant was
conisquently also tree, sod that there wee no foundation
for the charge that was now preferred against him.
William Brown, the coestable, was then called, and be
positively swore that on the night In question he was told to
go to the spot when the oocorreoes took place, and was told
murder was going on, and on his arrival at the spot he
beard a woman scream out, " You murdering brute !" and
saw a man with something is his hand ; hot before he
mid interfere be receiveda blow from the man on the
head which knocked him down insensible, and that he did
not use his truncheon at all that eight. He swore that
Barber was the man who struck the blow.
A wham was also celled who swore that he beard the
cries of murder, and it was he who drew the attention of
Brown, and told him to go to the spot.
The evidence of the pollee inspector, who on the morning
after the occurrence went to mace inquiries, was, that
seeing acme blood on the floor of Barber's pomp he aaked
jwhat it was, and was told Barber and hie wile bed been
fighting the night before, and that no oomplaist was made
el inisoooducton the part of the police.
Medical testimony was adduced, the effect of which was
, to show that the wound on Brown's head was snob as might
have been inflicted by a poker.
Mr. Bosley then proceeded to reply, and the Recorder
having summed up, the jury returned a verdist of Not
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THZ CAU OP PHLECITONL

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awl Mr. F. B. Lewis, to defied the paiooser. Is impeded
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