The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-18 00:00:00

POLICE.-11E8r611DAY.

GUILDHALL—A Ccee or DISTILLIS.-7. JfftaB was
re-examined, charged with intent to commit Was. The
case appeared in the Express of Taesday. A gen-
tleman informed the alderman that he had visited the
tod,irg of the prisoner, which exhibited great cleanliness
and was certainly a great credit to his wire. In reply to
Aid. Hooper, the pram r said he was exceedingly sorry for
having contemplated such an act, and the worthy aldermen
mieht rest snared that such a thing should not occur again.
—The father.in-law et the prisoner said he knew him to be a
hardworking GM industrious young man when he had work
to do.—The Chief Clerk informed the alderman that a per-
son, named Terns, a grocer in Powis-street, Woolwich, had
left his end, desiring that if the prisoner was discharged he
wield call aka Na—Ald. Hooper said he had received a
very esisuat of the prisoner both irons the chap-
lain mad swims et the Campy; and therefore ea receiving
Ys premiss sat again, he should discharge him.
lime he wee last et this 110111 t, Dome benevolest individual
W Ihrwirded if. SOWN* his relief, which would be given
te his wife.

-15*IRREBT.—ClIAROE OF LIBEL AND THREATEN-
INO.—T.WaIkr wu charged with having, on the 12th inst.,
unlawfully written and sent to Mr. J. Z. Buller, of the firm
of Smart and Buller, Lincoln's-inn-fields, solicitors, a letter
containing threats calculated to lead to a breath of the peace,
sad with having, en the 14th inst., composed and published
a malicious libel, for the rupees of bringing his character
into disrepute. The alleged libel was contained fa a
letter and printed placard, and charged the com-
plainant with having powered himself of certain docu-
ments, by mesas of which he was enabled to draw the
whole of the income. amounting to IAOOI. or 1,4001., of •
Mr. Wailer (the rimer), who, " swing that the law had
been evaded," end " worn out by fruitless applications, felt
himself called upon to appeal to the moral power of public
denunciation." It oroudet. by aneinerog that pamphlets
containing full explanations and rolaes of the
case would be gratuitously circulated, and would contain
the correspondence of undermentioned gentlemen who could
vouch for the authenticity of the faets. The names of seve-
ral soliciton, some of them relations of the prisoner, were
attached to the document, but no printer's name. The letter
referred to was received by the prosecutor at his country-
house from the prisoner, in which, after making use of the
moat opprobrious language, he concluded by saying that un-
less his wrongs were redressed within four days, he would
have the walls of the different courts and inns of law posted
with the printed placard, and would also enclose pamphlets
to Lords Denman and Brougham, who were already in pos-
session of the facts. There was also another letter received
on Monday last by Mr. C. Smith, auctioneer, of Waterloo-
place, from the prisoner, who is him brother-in-law, enclosing
a copy of the placard, in which he heaped great abuse upon
the prosecutor, and concluded with the words "if these
shots fail, I have yet one red hot in reserve that shall
effectually settle the affairs between us."—Mr. Rymer, from
the affair of Messrs. Spearman, of Tower-street, stated that,
for several years the prosecutor had acted as legal adviser to
the prisoner, who had been possessed of a oonsiderable pro-
perty, which he had wasted in building and other specula-
tions, being thereby reduced to the necessity of subsisting on
the charitable contributions of the prosecutor. The con
aexion between them entirely ceased in 1840, and in conse-
quence of their differences the affairs were submitted to
Mr. Gatti., then one of the clerks in the Court of Chancery,
to make an award, frets which it appeared that a balance of
1,3001. remained due by the prisoner to the prosecutor, no
portion of which he ever received, the prisoner having shortly
after passed through the Insolvent Debtors' Court,
and finally become a bankrupt. He then commenced
a series of threats and abuse, seeking every
means in his power to injure his character.—The
pi leaner admitted that the letters were written by him,
and that the placard was issued by him under the impres-
sion that a libel should be tried by action in one of the supe-
rior courts, where he would have the opportunity of meeting
Mr. Buller with abundance of witnesses to prove the facts,
but he was not aware that such a subject could be d
of by a warrant. He thought that the prosecutor would be
bound over to follozsi the indictment, as he wee anxious to
have the matter investigated before a superior court, where
he would be protected y competent persons, being regard.
less in the meantime what prison he was sent to.—
The prisoner being called on by the court if he wished to
my anything in answer to the charge, requested to be el
lowed to enter into an account of his connexion with the
Ceetor. In 1827 the prosecutor was recommended to
buy his brother-in-law, Mr. Smith, as hie solicitor, and
from that time to the year 1830 he received to the amount
of 15,0001., which he never accounted for. Between that
time and 1839 he again received 10,0001., of which he also
never rendered any account, until he was compelled by an
order from Mr. Justice Guiles for that purred. In • short
time after Mr. Buller allowed his library and the entire of
his furniture to be sold, in his absence, by auction, having at
that time 3,0001. in his possession belonging to him (pri-
soner) ; and from that time to the present he continued to
possess all hie imam amounting to 1,2001, er 1,4001.,
of not one shilling of which he rendered any account.
His property then became mortgaged to an amount
not exceeding 8001., and up to the present moment
he knew not what became of the Weals. During
the last five years he bad been in the reesipt of 12e
per week from Mr. Buller. Being reused to a state et des-
Citation be sent to Mr. Buller, begging that ke meld send
him 61., and the reason then assigned far net maw wore
mosey was, that he would be Wobblier him (primer) with
weapons against himself. The prisoner then appeared much
excited, and emeladed by saying that be bad hem trampled
upon by the preesenter. He had deeermisod to sabsMaMte
the emend bets be had est forth in the tleamessts rehrred
to.—Mr. asiery shrewd that there was an doubt the eon-
tents of the dissents were in law libellous. whatever foun-
dation there might be for the allegatime sustained in
tier.—Nr Rymer assured the seat that there was
no truth in the statements they eentelsed, and the
allowance whisk bad bees given in the primmer would
in haws be diessationed.—The primmer mid that such an
allowance same eat el his own propertyrojr
be mould that
trifle beiimanilmsed be Amid take the vatic-
house, but his meet sexing wish was that matter amid
come In a primer shape before a superior tribunal.—Mr.
Henry ordered dm primmer to pat in bail, himself in 801.,
and two sureties in SOL auk, to Gasser the charge at the
session.—Shortly alter the arm bad been disposed of Sir
Francis Knowles entered the smart M sift that his name
had been attached to the printed pheard without his know-
ledge or sathority, and although Be had as plumps et se-
gualatanee with many of the primases relative', smog
whom he heard the matters in geodes dimmed, yet, never
having had the documents submitted to him he refrained
from giving advice. He begged, therefore, publicly to repu-
diate having his name connected with the libel.—The pri-
soner, who was again put to the bar to hear such & disa-
vowal, said that the masa why he took such a liberty was
bosuns Sir Frauds was acquainted with his condition.
WORSHIP-811LEBT.—Theransauto CA/11.—An ale-
an tly attired female was charged with robbery.—Mr.
Pepper, landlord of the kiss's Arms, in the Whiter.hapel
iitated that on the presiding afternoon the prisoner
prasaseed MIMI at hie bar, and called for some gin, which
was sandiad to her, semiske sat down under the pretence of
over the army yet. He presently after saw her
y accrete the stem smiler her shawl, mod at the same
flit .2es smear glee upon the somata; which, upon
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