The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

lIITILUIG ♦ YOZOID BLOM 01 /NOLAND 11071.

/1111104 Lock, 66, demibed se e dealer, wee errsignei ea
tke "barge of having uttered o forged 61 Beak of &Iliad
note, well keowiur oho mete ti he forted, with latent to
&head John Burk, et lielhempeteed Abbott', ea the 19th
of D.cawber lest. _ _ _

Yr. WLaalq, Q C., end Mr. Hadlint= conducted the
peoenctioa oa the pen of the Ba of Engload, end Kr.
Grate apoeued on to het( of the defence.
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The Seal ezialutioa of he o Thum before the magi-
strates to* plumes Saturday. the 12th of January, mad en
tb• anaemia of that day, lir. John Harris, the moon to
whom the note was pawed, and who was of esmoodinely
robust frame, diet in his siti se he was proueding home-
wards from Reading. His depoi.ioa was Moldered as sri
doom, bet one objection wee taken by Mr. Halts to its
being read es the ground that the prisoner had not a full
opportunity of eroscogamiting lir. Ha•rie. He was more-
seated by an attorney, but ti. bench would not allow him
' to pet quo scions to say of the whams., ; the prisoner, how.
ever, wee asked if hew shed to gaunt:is soy of them, bit,
nupon the advice of his att wag, he &alined doing
k. Critainel Amendmeet Act, referring to oases of
witasems dying after the committal of a primmer and before
the trial, said, if such deposition was taken in the proseette
of the perms seemed, and he, or his comas 1, or attorney,
had a fell opportunity of crow-esamining the witness, then
it shall be lawful to read melt evideare. The prwomer's
attoraey betas prohibited by the am straits asking qui e-
bons, he had not a full opportuaity of man-ezamlninit the
witness, and therefore the deposition woo not adnibeible.
Mr. Whiteley argued that the strider re wee adralsaable
If the attorney was sot allowed to ask question', it wee
proved that the prisoner himself had "fall opportunity" of
erom-szamining the witness. And farther, the attorney
might have suggested to the prisoner quotas, to put to the
witless.

13eroa Bramwell said that both wader the ammo law
sad the gestate law, he thought the depatitlow was eclair
'able so evidence. He thought It would be well for the ma-
gistrates of this country, la future, to allow the erase szaml-
miles of iii•stesses sal set asks as eicoption to • general
proatice staler there was sone very strong reasow leased
for ft. _
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—gig lordship &Wad Is reserve the point, although ap-
plied to by Mr. Orfila.
prom the evident* it appeared that, as the 19th of Ds-
amber last, the primmer gelled at the farm hams of Mr.
Harris, at Salkareptead, aboat lee miss from Beading,
sad stated that he had a hone broken down with a load of
pots. on near the Jack's Booth, • public-bow about a mile
elf, and he wanted a hone to supply its place. Os bearing
this Mr. Berri ordered his arrest to po to the stable sod
get • sertain horse, sad is the mealtime gave the Debaser,
at his moat, a pint of good bome-brewed ale. When the
animal was brought oat albs stalls a hatpin was made a
buy it few 44 165., and the peiesue said he mast pay him
with a M. Bask of Baglaad note. r Mr. Harris replied he
did set 1118“ whet it wee so brag as It was a good owe. The
rthen laid "he gook is last Saturday r potatoes."
latia:aked his auss ha said it was Smith, and that he
lived et Thatches, near Newbury, sad represented that
he wag acquainted with several peewee well hamar&
to Mr. Harris Upon this the note was takes, and 16..
gimp gives to the papaw. who west off with the lone.
Aa hour ergo raireepteatly Mr. Harris, not being sodded
with the app eassa of the sae, sad having an impression
that it was targed, sot off la his gig, accompanied by a man,
Is permit alb* primer, whom he found six salsa distant,
im s diodes Oneliery to what he stated he war gob,.
The *my dhotis braces dews with a load of potatoes
was gam to he a isierienties, am that the asses of Smith
we. Witless, and that he was unknown at Thatitham.
When Kr. Hanle come up with him, the primmer said:
"What's the setter, fanner ? If I.ve given you a bad
note, there's yoar hone sad here's your mosey, which you
may have bask." Mr. Harris toddled this, and the man
who rode with him ,a the gig took chary of the prisoner
and walked into Beading with kin. They hen west
into a public-tow, sad one of the town police was seat for.
When shined by the glow with hear* uttered a forged
sots, he said, "I'm lanomat. I would rather go to prison
and suffer that say a weed against 'era. They're rich, sad
I'm poor, sad they'll enpeert me. I've given a friend if
mine two sovereign, to set s lawyer for ate teueorrov, sad
you won't hews It ell year ewe way."
Mr. Bowlead, as Le'llt of notes tram the Bank of
&stead, {.rate) the note in question to be • forgery.
The pry hand the prisoner Owthy; and
Berea Bramwell said he had so doubt in his owe ailed
that he wee ausecred with the ganef forgers of them
soles, sad, as then was a cliMealty is petting at them, the
aorta mat merely mash theist flu d to be pair:loath'
In such nefarious practices. This crime was considerably oa
the themes, sod meet be theeked, and he should gestates
him to eight years' penal servitude.

COURT.

Yarn=AT.

George &Wind Keyser, a rospeetable-looking porton,
ettrroadend to tab his trial spode several indictmeats charg-
ing hint with embenaling seas datable sum Owes, Wiser
lastemplopeas.
primmer pleaded net panty to the whole of the
amps.
Tits ant isms powieded with was • charge of usbeselicg
Ores several ewe of 114 161., sad 161. 10..
Xt. Perry essimseml the prosesatioo. The Meow Was
ilobadeil by lir. INlenthee.
This we ocestplsel the wit foe a peat may hours, sad
rtes sae brought to a .ea tacit past 6 o'eloetk. Tb.
=woven IN Is s eery meow compass. The pre.
el the Wan* wore Marrs. Chsmben and Wi-
Zlda ilbellineles thesibest Wee% sad it appeared
iIWO the primmer, wbs bad formerly be.. la the
untie of liessee. Whitbread, and who had a large ea-
eosin rag the Dewed vietuallon of the niesrepolir,
was intookisaini as them with a view to pub their trade
ma ing w pemits reamed to, sad as eagapmeat wee
Irmo is Maim *ma vbsmoby, secordisi to the statement
elf Ike peammameb ami pima ass so be paid a salary of
IL Ma perwook so MI. s Ewa, mid all his =pews, sad
le era aat so lan moan and esikketor. This errant-
Min wail wpm to Mrs sada* until the middle a
Mts yaw 1863, *ea tbs passmeas discovered that the
ahem was a Madam w the savant of OA.
and be admitted AO be bad embessleid mew
whew easoant. It would appear that no armaisal pretend-
Menem takes by the paemettors spot this dissowy, bat
lbognsoant was writs'. *a • cat t doe from the primmer,
a* tray drew two bilk upon him far Walnut, sad at
des mss time agreed te ply him 11 future SW. a month as
wary, sat of which he was to pay his expenses. This
en matt gestated natU Asgast of lost year, whoa the
dtfsaiemt left the serene of the prosecutors wittiest giving
amo ma sake ; and trot an oweitacion of the Win ft
sew had Mat Gap same of messy heeidee the 4711. bed
lap ma!** vat all events sot wonted for, and it
um spa imosary that the pressat wending leis
fessidei. M smeared, bonne, that although the dis-
t/wry Mak pleas la hugest, to erimital prowitag was
instituted Intl Dossiehetr. The presswork underwent a
very long erseentmeisatioa by lir. bellastiee, sad frost
their new. n, sad from lie mew, is which the entries
appeared is their books, it appeased to be pretty clearly
lettbliabld that Mier secosole with the prisoner bad sot
ban kept is a very Widener, swan, and he awed to
Mtn been charged • greet tam state sad of every year, and
the tonnes ice the efferent sew rspresetted to have bees
paid to him were Mated to be destwed. It else appeared
Oat shortly after the prisons. left the ..nibs of the
pacesetter., ke snit to them to oak for a entemest
ef the west, between them, sad the promiestors nine
eptally applied him with on, an in that statement they
=egtes his defieiney &moist to NW , hut they sd-
that this wss mislead'', sad that the actual amount
of klestappeed defaleation wee only 1601. I; Ilewise op
geared that although toe proestatore bed tadintlotedly cos-
setted triminal promediege Apt, yet that about the tam-
We the pelican had t` rosined to bring as alien egoist
Wm far deader is 417•1413iC11 with the nargee they had
meamtseS: Ma.
Ma tin, is addressing the jury for the prieosor,
NO that there was so evidence to rapport the charge
that hadllses made seeing him, aid that it war men ly as
otter-daseglit es the part of the preeentora whoa they
were threatened with au scion for tinder. Me else observed
apes the toot of the preenutora looking orer the fir t
lommassesi, and the delay they bed p remitted es the woad
nelleles, and be urged that if there bad really been soy
Muth Is the Osage it mat sat likely they would have envied
se many mtothe beft re they preferred it. lie then cos-
seated at eossiderahle length aeon the low wenn is
whisk the books of the potentate bed bees kept, sad
midi be wee isetrutted that se seek arraegemente ae noes
allorred to by this bad env ben made by tee pri
sew, sad the feet wee that he was to h.ve had re as
half of Vie profit of all he ban es be brosght tt the firm,
mad would sever base thought of sect ptiag each a inns
mention as lfif. per meth, and in reality he had sot ep to
the present tins received so mock storey a he was really
waded t,.
The IG order having isemm(d op. the jury almost iMISO
distely retuned a vereist of Noe Guilty.
Mr. Belleati: • inquired what eosin was istesded to be
tarn with the other isdietseeets. lib Named (need Mr.
Perry he obeened het it ft the nen, bat he thought the
pro *rotors wool& hardly think sf gotta as with the abor
°hordes after the dials s t of CM jary, as this facts oestectoil
with them wen axe tly the we.
Tb• Entader acid it appeared to his that it would be
mime to peened with t woe. It was Oct often that he ems
premed en (piston epees aids, bat be mast say theta illo
, neat oesesiot be away asstresd is tha radish of as
Mr. Chambers then said that OW what had idles from
tie lordebip he should deellso wending with say of the
..t.her
Verdict, of Not Ovi:fy eossequestly takes, and the
primer was ordered I. us at we disehatied trem mute ly.

ROYAL HUMANE 80CIITY.—Azes1 gametal
ma ties of the am biro of ibis misty t plate yesterday
4 iP • taco, Trafalg.,-iesste Wool Ms gnus the Oaks of
Wellies. os, os• of the vie, ;reddest., was sasstemnalay
elooted rakhat ot the 'malty fa Ilea el tb• We Dike et
Nerfoik, gibs bed WY the ono Ise nen rem