The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1851.

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Samx 1 became of age I leave received about
,00i1. 1 j .toed my regimen. at Montreal. M'Ueachy,
about six mouths afterwards, joined the regiment there.
lie was then a lieutenant. The other defendant, Ducey,
wan also a lieutenant in the 85th. Ile was at Montreal
when I joined. Duels, my stay at Montreal, Holder
Alleyne came into the neighbourhood, as commander of a
detachment at an island on the river, within a few hun-
dred yen'h of the stetion. Ile became an honorary mem.
b. r of our mesa. I was on intimate term; with M'Ueachy
ani Ducey. I frequently saw Holder Alleyne, who
generally dined at the mos. I retinae:l to England in
June, 1815, on leave of absence. The three defendants were
in Canada at the time I left. In 181.1 my regiment was
stationed at Hun. barmy was still an oltiftr in it. I bought
from him a mare called Caetagnette. In the latter part of
August, lele, 1 remember to have had a bet with Holder
Alleyne. It was a bet of 300!., in which I backed my mare
Castagnette to gallop three quarters of a mile against
Captain Holder's mare l'igeon. The match was to be
run within one week of the Wednesday of the York Cnion
Hunt race meeting. I made that bet with Holder Aheyne.
Ilia mare was to trot half-a-mile, less fifty yards, my
mare galloping three.quart.m. lease. y was present at
the making of-
the bet. 1 asked Holder what the mare
Pigeon was. Ile said she was a little English mare
that he bad picked up from an English dealer. Davey
Was present. Ile said he thought she was pretry goad,
but she hood never trotted in public. I had nut seen
her at that time. I knew nothing about her but
what I learnt from Holder. The match was never
run. My mare had been at John Scott's training stables
in Yorkshire heroin: she was to run. She was to run
the match on Seeisbury Mehl, but she woo removed by me
to Hull b meek, under my own eye. Site was put into the
barrack etables under the care of Darecy's servant, John
Os Hare. The next morning I was called by Dercey. and
O'Hara to look at the mare, And I found her pastern joint
tut to the bone. I afterwards made another bet ; I had
then ,een the mare Pigeon, but not out of the stable. I
made acather bet against the mare I'i tun whilst in Hull
barracks. Hodder Alkyau and Darcey were present. I made
the bet after dinner in Darcey's room. holder Alleyne
had corns to Hull on his way to Cheltenham. Holder
Aileyae mike.' about l'igeon and her capabilities, and pro-
pose, d various bets. The bet that was made was 100!. that
the mare could nut trot 12 mike within an hour, 2001. that
she could not trot 13 miles, 400!. that she could not trot
11 miles, 8001. that she could not trot lei mites, :Le:ell. that
she could not trot 10 Wilt* and 3,2001. that she could not
trot 17 miles, 50e1. that she could not trot 14 miles, mad 600!.
that she could not trot le milts, all within the hour.
The nutria was to come oil on or before the let January,
lea—Holder Alleyne to name the time and place, to give
ate one week's notice, and he might withdraw from the
bet on payment of a forfeit of 500/. There was no forfeit
named that I could pay. I was absolutely liable for the
whole. 1 had seen the mare between the time of the first
and axone bet in the stable of an inn at Mull. I had nut
learned anything of her except what I heard from Holder,
and had not seen her perform. After the bet was made
Bolder Alleyne left !lull. That match was re ver run.
holder Alleyne named the day in a letter which I gave up
to him. I received the letter about the 12th of December.
I Rave it t., him in el ey, 1818. I then gave up all letters
that I Lad received from hint that I could lay my hands on.
He extorted them from me on the threat of having me
mended on a warrant of attorney. The letter said that
be hoped I should have my money ready by the day,
for I was certain to lore the match, and that ho should
he ready to trot the match on the let of January.
It was, ( OelieVe, to be run on Salisbury l'lain. 1 saw,
ll'Ucaeby and Dereey on the subject of the mach previous
to the receipt of the letter. M'Crearhy was at Hull from
the sth to the 10th of December. Ile said, in that time,
that he was sorry I had made such a bet, but that I knew '
what kind of a man bin brother was; that he would make
beta with mutely that he thought he could win from;
that he was certain I 'Motile lose the match, because he had
been in a trir with hi, brother only a 1:11y or two previous
between Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, drawn by l'igeon,
and that OM had trotted eighteen moles within the hour,
and dom. it with east . lie nevem...toilet me by as means
to compromise it, and reel that he and lei+ brother Joseph
would us.' all their iutlu. nee to induce their brother to
grant me good hems, and shit he had no doubt he would
do so, in consideration of our intimacy, if I wrote to him.
lie mid this several times. Darcey wa. then the depet-
adjutant of the regiment, and was at Hull. He was pre-
sent at all my interviews with li`Geacloy Alleyne, who
was then in my regiment, en leave, but was stationed at
Hull. lire me from Cheltenham, with the object of visit-
ing us. Delve) advised nay most strongly to compromise.
I merely thanked 3Pticacloy fur hia offer+ of service, and
said 1 would think of it. The subject was renewed be-
terns Darecy and myself when ll'enaehy was gone, and
he urged Me strongly to try sod make a compromise.
Holder wrote the letter of which I have ;token. He stated
in it that Pigeon was able to do the distance rosily, that
ale we quite well, and tit to trot for a man's life, and pro-
posed that billashould be deposited in the hauls of Ducey
as etalivaielder. 1 showeil the letter to Laney, and by hes
advice saawered it. I told him in my answer that I was
afraid I had made • foolish het. I told him what hlllearby
hod stated: tome as to his oilers of service, and asked what
be was 'ideate to do. I got an sumer by return of post, in
which he stated it wee tee good a thing for him to offer me
much of a compromise, besides which he had parted with
the greatest part of the het to others. and all he could
Mier me was for me to pay immediately 01,5004, but if I
choose to pay the whole amount, 7,3110/., then I should be-
ams half owner in the mere, and also have half of two
matches foe 1,0001. each, in which he said she was then
engaged, sad that 1 should not be' liable at all for her keep.
1 showed the letter to barer •. 1 asked him what 1 should
do. Ile advised me to pay the whole, ay throe two matches
were aa absolute certainty, because they were for distances
the mare could easily trot, so that I ehuuld be at least 2001.
better off then if I payed the smaller sum, and having lost
so much, it was worth my while to save all I could. Ile
urged me strongly to scenic to it. 1 took a day or two to
consider, and ultimately wrote to llohler, saying that be
offered me eery had term+, but that 1 had no choice, and
with as little delay as possible, I would send an order to
my beakers to pay him the 7,3001., as well as 6.11. 1 owed
him on another matter. 1 received another letter'
from him, merely saving, that if 1 paid the
money, he would keep to the terms. I employed Sir John
Kirkland nod Co., on that occasion. They are army agents,
at fall-M. ill. I emit this order by past to them. (The
order was dated the 28th December, 1810, and direeted the
sum of 7,3001. to be pieced to the credit of Capt. J. li. Al-
!rya.., and discharged to his (.Ir. Kennedy's) account. I
had not at this time auy ground fur supposing that the
mare Pigeon wan lame, or any reason to suppose that the
reprerentations that hail been made to me were untrue.
UltimAtely, I left the Queen's seneee in bee. 1817. 1
afterwerds wit a cadetehip in the East India Company's
service in November, ISIS, through the interest of my uncle,
Captain Blair. I embarked at Marseille, in January, 1849,
to join my regiment. I returned from India at the end of
September, 1810. 1 was to be half owner of Pigeon, and to
have had half of two matches, but I never received any bets
or any other advantage from her. I fine found out, in
Mares, 1817, that the mare was an American mare. I after-
wards suspected she was Lune when I paid the money, but
had no proof till lest January. I rem her in kehruary or
the bertmuing of Menlo, at Nortlileach, iu the stables of
lie. Day Dryer, the veterinary isurgeem, was with me.
She was then quite unsound. 1 fouud she was lame in May
1517. I then merely suspected that she bed been lame at
the time of the match. Before I went to little; 1 gave in-
structions to commence criminal proceedings against the
three defendants and Jueeph Lowe Alleyne. None of the de-
fendants are now in the army. I hale seen them on the
turf. Joseph Alimony is a clergyman. I believe he has a
curacy or living. Ile was present when the last bet was
made upon Pigeon.
Cc, eetearainal by Sir F. Thesigcr-1.513 was the first
time I knew Holder. lle was a lieutenant in the 324 regi-
ment, going out to Nova Scotia. Ile appeared to be about
26, but I do not know his age. I had an allowance of 100/.
elver mule to me, my pay being 96/. I kept horses awl
carriages at Moatreal. I had two hones, and for • short
time three. and a sleigh, and a little pony carriage. I fre-
quented gambling house., and went to two races. I re.
member basing 1,2001. to Mr. Stuart, at roulette. I lost
some very small sums to Mr. Filbert,. I gave Mr.
Stuart a bill which, as I was not of age, ho got me to
pat date. I stated to my brother officers that I could
not be compelled to pay as I was a minor, on discovering
that the roulette wheel I had employed was an unfair one.
Mr. Collingwood was a brother officer, and I never had a
wager with him to the amount of more than 4/.or de on the
distance of the Rocky Mountains at Muntreal. 1 knew
pretty well the distance. I was in the habit of bitting. I
Was spoken to privately by the adjutant-general at Mont-
real, the present Beamed Wetherell, on the subject of my
extravagance. I left Montreal in debt, but all my debts
Were paid by my mother in a few months. They were some
humanels ; among them SOO/. for a bet to Holder Alleyne.
It was about the Liverpool steeple-chafe. and was as to the
Tear in which it was Best run, and as to which horse bad won
it twice. I had joined the regiment in November, 1843, and
went to Quebec in April or May, 184 e. I left debts at Quebec
with orders to pay them. I arrived in Englund in June or
July, 1814. I went to the depot of the regiment at Carlisle
on the let September. I did not continue making bets and
gambling until I met Holder Alleyne again ; that was in
1816. I had not won 1.2 all. in a bet with the Hon. Mr.
Saville before that tune ; it was not till after. I was repri-
manded by the general of the district, together with Dame),
by order of the commander-in-chief, for gambling, in Feb-
nutty, 1847. Holder Alleyne came from America in March
or April, 1846. 1 saw him first in London, where 1 was on
leave for a few days. I again joined the depot. In London
my first bet was made with Holder Alleyne. I next saw
hum is the beginning of July. The bet was made going
down to item MOM and it was on the Derby. I had no
other bet wort for a Nand or two. 1 next saw Holder
&Hem rat 110, about the 3rd of July. The wager about
Pigeon sad Onelognette was made in August, 1616. Mr.
Joieph Mime was an undergraduate at the time of the bet
oa the make tesseb. Ile and his brother dined at the mem.
I do not resslisseemy seseenettion about Pigeon at the =ea-
teble. Whew IPII rase bona the table, we went to Daroey's
quarters. I bed dam only seen the mare in the stable. I
went with Hake sad Joey* Alleyne, Darcey, Captain
Csaertbed of the MAI, awl emit other officers Mr. Head
nod ML We bed ague and something to drink.
Am& Ina WAIL Man ADspe tried to get me to bet
with him. He mil Pipes was a eery stood little mare,
Ist did of MN me east she amid do. I ridiculed the no-
tion of het being able tapestarn anything extraordinary. I
was dsolved by bar alipaarasee. She was very rough and

is had condition. When I laughed at her appearance,
Holder Alleyne offered to make bets against what I had
said. lie otfored me a great many wagers. I offered him
one or two, and he disci yr.ipos_d be waer.sr that we made.
I cannot rein. move those I offered. I slid not make the
offs exactly as It./ the sums. The wager was written down
by Darcey, and s'ernsi by both of us. The $11:13s were
afters ands settled be:weca u'. Captain Radar Alleyne
proposed the sums entirely. They emanated from hira,. and
were agree.' to by me. After the bets hail been written
out, Joseph remonstrated with his brother on the folly of
making a wager of that kind. Holder Alleyne did not
then ask me to let him off the bet. On the contrary, the
next morning he offered to let me off if I paid him 501. I
refused. I did not see the mare when the bet was made.
I saw her in London the following May or June. I under-
stood she was in training at Cheltenham. I did not go
to Cheltenham before the 28th December, 1816. I paid my
money on that day. I frequented races alter that time.
I hired a hone called Fortutc-teller from Darcey. His
name was afterwards changed to the Knight of Gwyn,
by Darcey. I had an American pony which I never knew
by any name. I bought it with Capt. Holder Alley= from
a gentleman named Gwen, who had brought it over from
America. It was publicly known as a good trotter. I had a
1,18101. bet on that pony, in which Holder Moyne went
shares. We were partners in the pony. It was purchased
in July, 1847. The wager was forfeited, .3001. being paid
by the other side to me. I paid Holder 2501., and he
charg..el me 1251. more that he had given the man who for-
feited it, to induce him to do an. He had gone halves
with him. I paid the 3751. The match was originally
made between me and Syirs, "and Holder Alleyne after-
wards asked :me to let him go halves in it, and I
allowed him to do so. Holder was the joint holder. Ile
was entitled to ask for halves. I afterwards told Mr. Syers.
On the Liverpool steeplechaet, in 1848, I backed Fortune-
teller. I stood to win about 12,000/. Mr. Davis laid me
4,0001. to 1001. I won a small amount on the race, as I
also backed the winner. Captain Holder purchased Sir
Totten Sykes fir me. Captain Holder Alleyne borrowed
the money for me to do so from his own trustees, at 3 per
cent. He charged me 3,1501. fur the horse. It did not be-
long to him, but he bought him for me. lie was to have gone
shares with me if ho bought another horse of the acme
value, which he did not do. I bought the horse with his
engagements, and a match for 5001. was one of them, which
had been made by his former owner. It was necessary to
pay 5001. to prevent a forfeit of the engagement. Captain
Holder Alleyne lent it me. This was in August 1847.
Sir Totten Sykes had won the Leger. I went to Bath
immediately after I left the regiment. This was in the
beginning of December. I went to the York-house and
kept three hordes and a dog-cart. I took ltudlow House
at Bath, at Christmas. My mother had lived several years
at Bath, and I found no difficulty in obtaining credit for
furniture, and plate, and other things. I got plata from
Warren to the amount of 4001. for which I gave him my
bill. I soon after pledged that plate in London, as I was
in difficulties. Captain Holder went with me to pledge
one part, and part of the rest I pledged at Vaughaul's by
myself. It was probably not in my own name. I remem-
ber wanting money to go to the Liverpool steeple-chase. I
did not divide a 101. note and get 101. un each of the halves
from nifferent tradesmen. I did not get 201. by means of a
101. note. I received the half of a note, but I cannot re-
collect whether it was for 101. or 51. I went to the inn-
keeper of the York-house and guvel him the half-note that
I then bad. 1 asked him if be would let me have the
amount of it, and I would give him the other half when I
received it. Ile then said, I need not trouble about it, for
lie would lend me the money, and put it down in the bill.
I said I would prefer not, and so I left the half note with
him. I subaequently received the other half, and
also by the same post I received a letter from a
tradesman at Dover, to whom I owed a small
sum, telling me that if I did net pay what I
owed him by return of poet, he would sue me. I
was unable, before the post went cut, to get the other hall'
note from the landlord, and so I sent the remaining half
that 1 hail receiyed that morning, and, on seeing the land-
lord, got the other half from him, and: sent it to the
tradesman at Dover. I paid the landlord 2001. then, and
have sines paid 261. as an instalment towards paying the
whsle. The whole amount of the bill, including that of
two gentlemen who left me to pay their bills, and one
of whom was Darcey, was 3251. flas extended over 7
or 8 months. My expense of furnishing Itudlow-house
amounted to about 1,1001., of which I paid 540/., and
my 'Aster paid the remainder in full. the whole ex-
pense of the establishment was about 2,0001. I incurred
considerable debts at Bath. An execution was put into
my houses. I borrowed 4001. from my solicitor, Mr.
Newton, to pay the execution. I understand Mr. New-
ton has since paid Captain Holder. I did not then know
the money came from him. There was another execu-
tion, and I then put in a bill of sale, which I gave Mr.
Newton when be paid the former execution. I have paid,
or arranged to pay, all my debts at Bath. I left Bath on
the execution going in, as there was a writ of arrest against
me. I was arrested and lodged in Hertford gaol in August,
1848. I was afterwards removed to the Queen's l'nson.
Captain Holder Alleyne visited me there. My uncle came
to me once. I was there about three weeks, and when I
CAM out I was under engagement to my sister, on condi-
tion of her paying my debts, to go to Franco till my affairs
were settled, and I went to Boulogne. I came over here
towards the cud of November to appear at the India
House, and 1 was again arrested. 1 quitted the country
next day, as I wars released within a few hours. From 1846
to September, 1848, I was continually in communication
with Mr. Holder Alleyne and Mr. M'Oeachy Alleyne. I ,
came back from Boulogne on two or three occasions, and on
one occasion to see Mr. Cross, about drawing out an in
dimment against the defendants and Mr. Joseph Alleyne.
That was ii. October or November. 1 did not give instruc-
tions fur a bill in Chancery to be filed till some time
afterwards. It was just before I left for India. This was
not in respect of these transactions, but of a bond fur
4,0001. My solicitor knew the whole of the circumstances.
I made him acquainted with them in September, 1848.
'Die bill was withdrawn oa my authority. I was then in
India. The costs were paid partly by me, and partly out
of a trust fund. When I gave up Captain Alleyne's letters,
he did not give up mine, but said, he had destroyed them.
The warrant of attorney I spoke of was payable in May,
1848, fir 7781. I do not know if it was a warrant of at-
torney or a judgment. It was paid me a week or ten days
afterwards.

By Mr. llnmfrey—Captain M'Geachy is about the same
age as myself. Ile returned from Canada in October,
1846. Ile was not present when the bet was made, and
slid not return to England till afterwards. Ile said ho was
sorry Isis brother had laid the wager with me, as I was in
his regiment, and intimate with him. I have said I had at
one time a high opinion of him. I did not sav I thought he
had nothing to do with the conspiracy or the fraud. I said
I believed he had been corrupted by the influence of his
brother in Canada. I also said I believed hint to be a high
principled man before his brother corrupted him.
By Mr. SUR-At the time I was at Hull O'Hara was
jointly mine and Darcey's servant. When I was at
Ludlow-house Darcey CAIN to Bath at my express invita•
tion. We were then on terms of friendship. lie did not
leave the army by my advice. Captain Darcey received
money from and gave money to me at various times.
the balance is slightly in my favour. The last sum I
received from him was 4001. I gave him no acknowledg-
ment.

He:examined by Mr. James—From the date of my intro-
duction to Holder AUeync to when I was in the Queen's
prison, he received front me altogether about 12,0001. Some
of :ho items were • bet in Canada, 5001.; in September,
IS 1,4001. ;in November, 1846, 3001. ;in December, 7361. ;
in November, 1817, 1,650/. for a bill I had given him, partly
fur the money for Sir Tattoo Sy_kes and other things.
Holder was with me once at Bath. The plate debt has been
paid in full. I never had been in a gaming house before I
went to Montreal. At the time of the bet I thought the
mare was an English mare.
By Lord Campbell-1 did not give Darcey acknowledg-
ment for the .5001., because there was u running account be-
tween us. I owe him nothing now.
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Capt. Edward Head, esamined by Mr. James—l am a
paymaster in the 89th Itegiment of k oot. 1 was in it when
the regiment was at Hull in 1846. 1 was then an ensign.
I knew Kennedy, and James Holder Alleyne as Capt.
Alleyne of the 62nd. 1 was present when the bet was
made about the mare Pigeon. 1 knew the Key. Joseph
Alleyne ; he was present when the bet was made. lie was
Hut then a clergyman. Holder Alleyne said the name of
the mare was Pigeon, and that he bought her in Eng-
land. The bet was made in Dareey's room ; we had retired
there from the mess. Holder Alleyne said she was an Eng-
lish mare. I can't say who proposed the bet, but I heard K
it made. 1 was in the regiment when Mr. ennedy paid
the 7,3601. in December. I heard about May, 1847, that
she was an American mare. The regiment was then at
Dover.

_
Edward Bryer, veterinary surgeon, examined by Mr.
Hawkins—Was a veterinary surgeon at Cheltenham in
1846. Knew the defendant Holder Alleyne. Ile was stay-
ing at Cheltenham in November and December, 1646. Ile
was there gain October. I was called in by him fo attend
the mare Pigeon on the 24th of November, 1846. She
was then steadies at Glover's livery-stables, and was lame.
I atteuded her regularly until the 10th of December. She
was then still lama. I have a date of attendance on the
4th of January, bat I have no description of the mart. I
never attended any other horse of hie. He told me she was
engaged for a match. His asked me if I was a betting
man; if so, he would let me in for a good thing. (A
laugh.) 1 told him I did not bet. I don't recollect his
ever telling me where he got the mare. lie asked me
whether the mare would be able to do the match. I told
him I thought she would not. From the state in which sbe
was when I saw her, she would not have been able to do
the match.

By the Court—She was in such a state that no owner of
the horse would have thought she could do the match.

By Mr. Hawkins-1 have seen the mare in January or
February last at Northleach. Mr. Kennedy was with me.
She was then lame. From the time I had seen her in
November, 1846, till the 10th of December, in the same
year, she was not 8t to perform any great match.
Crass-examined by Sir F. Tbesign—l thought it was a
wielder distue, deep-seated in the boot. It is, in my
°plaice, incurable hut there was no visible diseue. The
hone was trotted up and down for me to see the degree of
lameness. 1 have known horses on the road with a nevi-
eau disease, but not race hones. After getting warm,
the lameness partially goes off, but not entirely. She was
in good hard condition to do her work. Captain Alley's*
said she was au extraordinary trotter.
By Mr. Hurafrey-1 remember seeing the prosecutor at
the time when the indictment was preferred. We were
speaking of Capt. M'OeachyAlleyne. He did not say that he
believed M'Oeachy Alleyne had nothing to do with it. His
said he was sorry for M'Geachy, but -71te thought he bad
been drawn into it by his brother.
lte-examined—The disease which the mare had inter-
' fend with her action. Holder Alleyne saw the mare trot-

ting up and down. It could be seen that she was lame as
she went.
Ignatius Francis Coyle. examin“l by Mr. .73mes—I come
from New, atu, where I am under senter.u. I know
Huldec and M'Cractiy Alleyae. I was on intimate terms
with tl.ens at one time. I was at Cheltenham in November,
Iditi. I saw them both there. Holder Alleyne then owed
me 37.1 f. I saw him at Cheltenham about the latter end of
November. lie told me, in a private room at the Plonsh-
inn, that a very unfortunate accident had occurred to
him within the last few days ; that he had a trotting
match fur a large sum of money with a young officer
of the name of Kennedy, and had the animal
kept right for another month, he should have won
a large aunt of money—larger than ever I had won
on the Derby or Luger. I said I never knew such
large sums to be betted on a trotting match in this country.
He said this was a private match that he had made himself.
lie then told me the mare, after she had been trotting oa
the Tewkesbury road, came home to his stable dead lame.
He asked me my advice under the circumstances. I told
him he should get a veterinary surgeon to look at her, and
if he was of opinion that she could not perform the match,
he should see Kennedy, and make the best compromise he
! could. lie told me he bought her at Liverpool, and
M'tieachy, who was present, gave a horse laugh when he
said so. i said, " There is something more in this than
you have let me know." lie then told me be had brought
her over from America with him, that her name was
" Fanny Jenks," and that no one knew anything of her but
his brother and Colonel Blois. M'Oeachy s bid, "You had
better be advised by Coyle ;" when Holder said," Very well
then, you must go to Ilutl and see Kennedy." lie asked
me to go and ace the mare in the morning,
and I said I would. I went to his lodgings
I the next day, and said it was of no use for me to ace the
mare ; he then gave me a cheque for 3751. which he owed
me, and I returned that afternoon to London. [A letter
was here put into the hands of the witness.] That is the
letter I received from him, which induced mu to go to Chet-
tenham. The cheque was drawn on Sir John Kirkland.
[The witness here identified the cheque fur the 3731., which
was produced, and dated Nov. 34), 1846.] Five or six weeks
after I saw Holder Allcyne at my house, in Alexander-
square, Brampton. He said if I met with Kennedy he
should be glad it I would say that I had two matches on
with him (Alleyne) about this trotting mare for a thousand
each. I asked him what his object was; he said he was
obliged to say so in order to get a settlement out of Ken-
nedy for the match he spoke to me of at Cheltenham. I
asked him what compromise he hail come to for the match.
He replied that, Kennedy being an old friend of his and
his brother", he had let him off for 5001. forfeit. lie did
sot tell me that he had received 7,4101.
. .

[A letter was here put in from Holder Alleyne to Coyle,
stating that he was afraid he could not do anything for him
with reference to mrtain buts. The miter went on to say—
"l do not think anything can be got from K. lie has
lost 1,601. d., and I never saw hint so much down in the
mouth in my life. I think he will be so disgusted that he
will give it up. If I can nail any other person I will." Ile
added he could not lend hint (Coyle) any money, for he
was cleared out, but ho had a good thing for &time to come.
In another letter to witness Holder Alleyuc said, " Mr. K.
is a vagabond of hell, and I don't care what he can do. I
have never done him wrung, except winning his money,
and I wish it had been all he had.]
Examination resumed—The Mr. " K." referred to meant
Mr. Kennedy. I received the Hest letter about October,
1547, and the second in August, 1845.
Cross-examined by Sir F. f hoiger—l was convicted upon
the evidence of the two Alleynes, the defendants, of utter-
ing a forged bill of exchange, with Lord Clifilen's name on
it, for I, 1001. . . .

Re-examined—The bill had been two years in the pos-
session of the Alleynes. I did not utter it knowing it to be
forged. Alter I appeared before the grand jury on this
indictment the charge of forgery was nresaed against
me. It had been made in February, 1951, some months
before, when I appeared before the magistrates, and the
charge was abandoned. It was in a conversation which the
Alkynes swore passed between them and me, that I was
convicted.

Charles Cradock, a person in the employment of Dryer,
the veterinary surgeon, at Cheltenham, spoke to the lame-
ness of the mare, and said that when he took his master's
bill to Holder Alleyne, he said he should not pay it, as Mr.
Dryer had ruined his mare.
Sir John Kirkland, examined by Mr. James—l am an
army agent in l'all Mall. I received from Coutes, on
account of Mr. Kennedy, in December' 1816, 8,3011.16,0 d.
I received an order to transfer 7,3601. from Mr. Kennedy's
to Capt. Holder Alleyne 's accuunt.
Two clerks were here called to prove certain entries in
the books of Kirkland and Co., but it appeared that they
had not been made in their hand-writing, upon which
Mr. Kennedy was recalled—Heard the evidence of the
two Alleyues on the prosecution of Coyle, when Holder
Alleyne said he had received 7,3601. from me. M.Geachy
Alleyuc said he did not know it was •portion of that money
but he received in to his account at Messrs. Cox and Green-
wood's, on the 20th of January, 1847, 2,6501. I believe
that was the date; it was paid in, he said, by his brother,
Holder Alleyne. lie said it was not all for himself.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ilumfrey—He said also that
1,6501. was transferred to the account of his brother, the
clergyman, Joseph Lowe Alleyne, and of what remained
.1001. had been given to him by his brother, and 5001. was
a loan. He said he had frequently received presents from
his brother when his brother had been successful. Ile
denied strongly at first, and at last said positively that he
did not know that the money he had received was part of
what his brother had received from me. James Holder
Alleyne, on the same occasion' said he had given his brother
M‘Geachy 5001., and Joseph 6001., and had lent M'Gcacby
5001.

oa • Captain Blair, examined by Mr. James—l reside in Mon.
taguc-square. lam the uncle of the prosecutor. I obtained
a cadetship for him in November, IS4B, and he was obliged
to leave for India within three months afterwards.

J. F. Coyle recalled—l have had conversations with
Darcey as well as the two Alleynes about the money paid by
Kennedy to Holder Alleyne. Darcey said he hail received
either 1,200/. or 1,5001,, Ido not recollect which ; but he
said he had received it on the Sunday morning before the
Dutchman ran fur the Derby.
Wm. Whitelaw' a clerk of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood,
proved the receipt of 1,000/. on 30th January, 1847, from a
Cheltenham bank, to the credit of Lieut. Homey.
Henry S. Strong, a clerk in the County of Gloucester
Dank, at Cheltenham, mid—Joseph Lowe Alleyne had an
account there in January, 1847. On the 28th of that month
he received 1,0001. by cheque front Joseph Lowe Alleyne,
which he forwarded to Cox and Greenwood for Lieutenant
Darcey Joseph Lowe Alleyne's account with the bank
began on the 21st January, 1847.
John Cleaver Gardener, a clerk with Messrs. Robartsand
Lo., proved that on the 20th January, 1817, " Lieutenant
Alleyne" (M'Geachy) paid to the credit of Joseph Lowe
Alleyne with the bank at Gloucester 1,6501.
This being the case for the prosecution,
Sir F. Thesiger addressed the jury for Mr. Holder
Alleyne. Ile admitted that the case, as it had been pre-
sented by the prosecution, was calculated to produce a
powerful effect; but, for the sake of the character of his
client, he should not let it rest on the evidence of Mr. Ken•
nedy and Mr. Coyle. In Canada Mr. Holder Alleyne,
who was then only 24 years of age, had unfortunately em-
barked in a course of gambling, which had eventually
ruined Mr. Kennedy; but, to show that the latter gentle-
man was addicted to the same habits, ho had made a bet
of 1,2001. with a Mr. Saville. As to he transaction with
reference to the mare Pigeon, it was not alleged in the in-
dictment that the defendant Holder Alleyne bad repre-
sented that she was an English mare. It was certain that
she was a very fast trotter, and that, in fact, she had on one
occasion trotted as much as eighteen miles an hour. Mr.
Kennedy saw the mare between August, 1816, snit the
time of making the bet ; and, although he had not had an
opportunity of seeing the pace and speed of the animal, yet he
would be able to judge of her qualities from having been on
the turf and accustomed to horses. When the bet was
made the prosecutor was perfectly saber; and to show that
Mr. Holder Alleyne was not over anxious to win the money
of the prosecutor he offered the neat day to " scratch " the
het, upon payment of 501. by Mr. Kennedy, but he said
that it was too good a thing for hint to low. And was
there anything to show that he had been improperly influ-
enced, or that the wager was not a fair one ? The prose-
cutor was at perfect liberty to follow his inclination, and he
made the bet of his own free will. He should prove that
the horse was put into training, and brought into good con-
dition ; and although she was slightly lame, it was consi-
dered that she could perform her match, and she was in
fact on her way to Salisbury Plain some four or five miles,
when a letter came stating that the wager had been paid.
He should be able to show that the horse was not lame
between January, 1847, and January, 1851; and he should
call witnesses to prove their belief that she was capable of
doing more than the 17 miles on the lit of January, 1847.
The fact of Mr. Kennedy agreeing to become the pro-
prietor of one-half of the mare, and for which he had paid
m the 7,3601., showed his confidence in her powers. He
never inquired for her, or saw her, at that time; he, how-
ever, told some persons that he had an interest in her, and
that she was a most valuable maze. Moreover, when he
was taken from Hertford Gaol to the Queen's Prison be
was drawn in a brougham by this very American mare ;
and be continued the friend of Mr. Holder Alleyne down
to 1848, betting with him, borrowing money from him, and
in the July of that year joining him in buying a pony.
4,0001. of the money said to have been paid by the prosecu-
tor to Mr. Holder Alleyne was, he had little doubt, the re-
payment of the money advanced to him by Mr. Holder
Alleyne's trustees. It was said that he had been the ruin
of the prosecutor, and had sold him up; but he be-
lieved it was the prosecutor's own profligacy and
extravagance which had " sold him up and he
had admitted that in his distress Mr. Holder Alleyne
came forward with 4001. for his relief; that he accorupenied
him to the Queen's Prison, and frequently visited him
there. The learned counsel then went through the evidence,
commenting upon it, and contending that it was insufficient
to prove the allegations in the indictment. He complained
of the time which had elapsed, and that he could not put
either of the three defendants into the box ; but said he
would call the Rev. Joseph Lowe Alleyne, who was at the
time of the transaction an undergraduate, but now a cler-
gyman, and who would contradict Mr. Kennedy in some
most important parts of his testimony. He should also call
several witnesses to prove the state of the maze since
January, 1847, and leave the ease with confidence in the
hands of the jury.
Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Sore also addressed the jury for
Mr. M'Geschy Alleyne and Capt. Hardy, and the court
then, at seven o'clock, adjourned.

COURT OP EXCHEQUER.—YurnaDAy.
ILlTlllall at NM P 11174.-1311,01111 111 LOS/ C/1117 Boor Mil a

Howe r. BALDWIN.—LIBEL.
This was an action brought by Miss Sarah Mary Anne
Hoare against the proprietor of the Mo►ning herald news-

paper, to recover compensation in damages for a series of
alleged libels reflecting on the character of the plaintiff,
which appeared in that journal durb,g the years 1915, I Sl6,
and .184;. The cause was not concluded at the rising of the
court.
:His Hoare conducts her own case in person, 'v.:a the de-
fendant is revr.:souted by Mr. S:rjeant Shee and Mr. li4vill.

THE POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL

William James 117ii;om, 1117,Tchiettekk, alias Dr.
Harris, and James Helloes's, were brought up fir iurtber
examination, charged with a conspiracy to obtain month'
under false pretences.
Mr. Vann, solicitor, again appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Hobler for the prisoner Bellaers.
Mr. John Downes. solicitor, of Bromley, in Kent, stated
that in December, 1819, a friend of his, of the moue of
Davis, showed hint a letter dated 3, Creseent- place, Bridge-
street 131ackfriars, and signed W. Baillic and Co., which
was to this effect:
. . _ . .

"Respected Friend,—l have received thy letter, sod
will thank thee to call at our offices on Monday next,—
"Thine respectfully, &c."
He went to that place in company with Davis, and found
the name "Bmllie and Co., Engineers and Architects," on
the door. He enquired fur Mr. !Lillie, and was answered
by the prisoner Millsom, and it 'au agreed that a sister of
Millsom's, to whom he aid he was trustee, should advance
4,400/. to Davis on mortgage on some property at Battersea
and Clapham, which Millsom visited un a subsequent day.
He obtained 6!. 52. as a moue?• guarantee for the expenses
of examining the abstract of title. Oa the witness going a
little time ,tier to the office in Crescent-place he found it
shut up, and never saw the prisoner again until now. At
their first interview the prisoner wore the garb of a quaker,
spoke of his intimacy with several of the most respectable
members of that sect, and also stated that he had been a
candidate fur St. Albans at the then List election.

Robert Smith, a plumber, who on a former occasion stated
that he had piepared a tablet for the prisoner, containing
the inscription " Mr. Belluers —Dr. Harris, surgeon and
accoucheur," stated that on that day week, the 24th
November, &Burs came to hitn and asked hint if he knew
whether Harris was really in custody, and on the wituess
replying that he was told he was, he exclaimed, " Blast
hint, he ought to have kept out of the way till any job was
over ; he will get seven years for this."
Thomas Osborne, landlord of the house in Murray-street,
Holton where Millions lived, under the name of Dr.
Harris, stated that when Milieu= lett Murray-street witness
called at Bellaer's house, Nile-street, Islington, and asked
him if he knew Dr. Harris. lie replied " Yes, that he was
a must respectable man, and lived at 2S, Broad-street."
The witness then said that a Mr, Williams, an attorney,
lived there, and Bribers replied, " Dr. Harris resides in
Mr. Williams's apartments." Witness asked him if he
knew Mr. Millions, and to that he answered " Yes ; and
that he was a mast respectable man and possessed of property,
as he had been with hint in one ut his private boxes at the
theatre.

---Frederick W. Hudson, assistant to Dr. liurchell, 1,
Kingsland-road, who knew Ilellaers, said he met him one
inernia4 is Murray•strcet. Ile went into Dr. Harris's
shop, the witness waiting fur him ; and when he came out
he Wid him that Dr. Young and Mr. Potts had treated
him very unkindly, and he was going to do the best he
could for himself; that he had vi,ited patients on his own
z.ccount, and had gone to Dr. Ilarri,'s to get some medicine
made up. After that they went together to Dr. Borchelt's,
to see if the name of Dr. Harris was in the " Medical
Directory." On the next day the witness saw Bellaers at
Dr. Young's, and he shoved him a book containing the
names at seven or eight patients he was attending.
Mary Ann Lyne, the wife of a shoemaker, 4d, Union-
street, City-road, stated that Dellaers attended a child of
hers three months and three weeks old, which died of heap-
ing cough on the nth of November. Atter the death she
caned on him at 5, Mill-street, Islington, and he gave her
a certificate (produced) directed to the registrar of the dis-
trict, stating the cause of death, ite., and which she saw
him sign " W. Harris."
A police officer who searched Marrs house produced a
book such as is generally issued from the registrar-general's
office, and stated that the certificate produced fitted one of
the counterfoils which he pointed out.
It was found, however, that the certificate did not cor-
respond with that particular eounterfuil.
Samuel Rushworth ltodwell, bookbinder, of New North-
road, Islington, who on a former occasion stated that &d-
-iem had attended his daughter, and introduced Millsom
as Dr. Harris, a physician, who prescribed for his daughter,
produced a bill which had been sent in by Dellaers for
41. 3a., of which he said his daughter hail been told by Bel-
leers that 11. Is. was charged for Dr. Harris's fee.
This being all the evidence at present to be brought
forward,
Mr. Vann applied for a further remand, stating that he
had received a number of letters relating to Millsom, and
that more clue would he brought forward agaii.st him.
Mr. Alderman Cubitt said that 'ix letters had been sent
to Alderman Carter, who presided on the former occasion,
to the same effect.

Mr. Downes asked that; Millsom should be committed for
obtaining 6/. 5.. from Mr. Davis on false pretences.
Mr. Alderman Cabitt said there was enough to justify a
remand, but not to send the prisoner fur trial, at present.
An application :o admit &timers to bail WAS opposed, as
it was stated that there were other charges against him.
Mr. Daniel J. Young, surgeon, of Singleton-street, City-
road, said Bellaers was his assistant until the Ist of Sep-
tember, and he had given him in charge for stealing shook
(produced) containing a list of midwitery cater which were
to be attended, but he did not appear against him at the
police court. When he missed the book Bellaers's trunk
was searched, and a number of blank registration certifi-
cates were found, which he believed had been cut out of
the book ho (witness) had obtained from the registrar-
general's office, and which were only issued to regular
practitioners.

......
It appeared, on cross-examination, that Dr. Young had
agreed that Belleers should hove part of the tees tor certain
midwifery Gilts which he attended, and that this book con-
tained a list of those cases, and was bought by Beniters.
The registrar of the eastern district of Islington proved
that the certificate book produced was such as was issued
only to regular practitioners; but he did not think the
certificate in question had been taken from the place pointed
out to him.

George Webbo, engraver and printer, 3, Snow-hill,
stated that in September, 1811, the prisoner Millsom or-
dered some door plates in the name of " Baillie and Co.,
architects and engineers," which were sent to 3, Crescent-
place, Bleckfriars, and soon after he ordered two other
plates, as he said, fora friend, a surgeon and aceoucheur,
besides other goods in his trade, and when he applied for
payment iu Crescent-place Millsom was gone. lle after-
ward, found him in Blue Anchor-lane, Bermondsey, in
company with a person whom he (witness) believed to be
the prisoner &Wen, and he gave bun in charge forobtain-
ing goods under false pretences, when the magistrate before
whom he was brought allowed the ease to be settled by
Millsom's paying for them. Millsom gave him a cheque on
a bank, which Isis companion snatched up, and both gut off.
lie was then dressed as a Quaker.
The prisoners were both remanded, but bail was taken
for Bellaers.