The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-07 00:00:00

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Mr. HarnAreys, et the fine of Humphreys, appeared to
prosecute ; Mr Leine. Adduce, instructed by Mr. Mess,
appeared foe Theme ; sod Mr. George Lewis, jam, ar-
mored for the other defoodents.
Mr. Braadf ad, inspector of the If division of
owes present to watch the rase on the pith el the pollee.
polkas Police.
Me. Ranspbreys said ice regretted that Mr. Gifford was
spin unable to atteed, but be wee prepared to go on him-
self as well as he could.
Josiah Fop wes thee celled, and mid—lle was till ros•
gently in the service of Meaux Barry, at Merilon'o• wharf,
at Deekbeed. Had been is their service shoed • year end
nine mouths, end ressived settee to bare • week beta"
Christmas, and left the Friday after. The ream be had
Notice to leave wee, that they were sleek is amount el
IL fire. His duty was to take weights of goods if required,
and was ea oldisary labourer is the wharf. 16 was • part of
his duty to smile m stowing away the goods. He lad
oacesithelly Wiled jute, sad takes the weights ea Ito thing
landed. He remembered in the summer of last year a
veiled arriving called the Onwards, sod be took the weights
of the cargo—baths of jute. The average weight was 21
cwt. each. He entered the landing weights into .s book
ogled the leading book. At that tea he was acting as
hooding clerk. He pet the weights is the tellies, which be
Laded to some one then to fasten on the bales. Throe
' tallies were pieces of starched calico, with en eyelet hide,
through which a pies of wire was passed, by which they
were fastened on the bake. The marks were 8 C and ota
• diamond.
Sujesat Atkinson said he did set knew what his friend
proposed to show, but he submitted what was as the bales
was sot oddities. If the hales were still is exist/Pe they
would be available as evidence, while what wee written on
the bales was only secosdary seldom*.
Mr. Humphreys said be wished, to show that the tellies
lad been removed, end the goods said to be destroyed,
which were really at t in eddenes.
The witness , sad said—The number of baler by
the Onwards was about 500. He pet the meek id the bales
on the tallies. When the tallies were pat on the bales they
were stewed away on the wharf ground (witness plated out
the spot on the plan). They remained there about eft
mouths. Nom of them were removed until after tb.
November fire. There were 1.000 bales of the mate mark.
Os the Bth December be assisted is breaking Lea the stark
by the orders of the prisoner Sedgewick, who told him to
break down 200 bales foe delivery. He wee assisted by
WWI lILMOd Barge.. Bargees asked Sedgewlek if he was to
pick out any particular weights. Sedgewiek west away sad
returned in a few mooetes, and said. "No • take them se
they rise. This 200 will finish the ship, and the rest are
Sc, us".
By the Lord Mayor—Then were about 550 in that stack.
Eraminationototinued —Witness end Borger commenced
breaking the stack, assisted by a man named Aylward. A
few days after the Bth al December he heard Araott speak-
ing to Sedgewick in the new building, sod bred him may,
" Hr. Joke was ins very bad way about the steak of jute
by tire Onward toeing over." Shortly after that he and Bar-
gees received orders from Sedgewiek to tear the tallies off
the remaining portions of the bales per °sward, and to
Weak the remainder ot the Mack op, sad be par.
Mauler no tallies were left os, and to put the tellies into •
hag; and when the job was Baia/red the tallies were to be
burned. A mill beg was besought by Bedpan&
for the purpose, end diced cm some tie. When the tallies
were takes off they were put into the bag, and the bakes
were tarp sway and put is the Now beg. Sedgewisk,
who was the forensaa of the men employed in the work,
was present all the time. When the hales were
helm; removed, witless' maw the primmer Arson cad Mr.
Alfred Berry there. Mr. Alfred Berry was use al the firm
of Bury Brothers. At the time they wino premat wittier
and the other noes were engaged s taking the tallies off
the hales sad re-cowering them. Wee Jo the day, Mr. John
Barry was looking os. Early on the ORM morning witness
was sent to borrow some spanners to unscrew • machine
called whim wham. He got them, mad got the machine
unscrewed to go to the stack. He gave the 'pursers to e
men named Noble ; and later in the day Mr. Dell " blew
ap " the witoies before Mr. John Berry fees set Mk*
back the spanners. Oa the Friday eller Obristuru, the same
day witness left the service, he raw that • number of those
Wes were stacked in the end warehouse. About 210 bales
were as the bottom floor, and about 210 ea the ground
door, and the rest on the top floor. Those wituess 'oticed
oo the greened floor as the Friday he lett the service bad
tallies on them marked " Ex City of Dublin," making it
appear that they had come from a ship bearing that name.
Witham went up to the top Soot for • piece of paper he left
there, and saw the other portion al the stack of bales by the
Onward, about 140. He did not see say tallies ou those
balm. He saw Soapier& when he came home, and asked
him why he wanted to bell Darter to ask him what he was
going upstairs for, and why he did not "abide himself. Pre-
?Mil to the Bth Denenberg wham sesieled in storing away
bales of jute from other versa, is the same warehoess. lie did
it by direction of Sedgewiok, sod wee assisted by Burgess,
Aylward, and olden. Some of the bale" were by Betetist,
about 15. Some by the Mary Streegthruse—elont 30 in
number. Some by the Art Usion--about 30 la number.
Soma by the Jane Porter—about 30 la number ; arid about
50 by Ws Clyde. With pore the infarreatiou to the in-
genue offices on the mead Friday after Obrithmas. On
the 11th Jaamay he west to the oars of Meritee's-wharf.
The primrose Arnett, Mr. Alfred Barry, Mr. Whiting,
Mr. Roberts, sad Mr. Bodeen were present. Mr. Whit-
ing oddest's& him, and asked him if he had not something
to say shoat same gads that wets kept tack Irma
the art-offices es being bust that wam not bust, sad he
said he had, tad that he had ambled is taking elf the
tallies. About 350 bales by the Cussed, sad about 210
on the ground-floor, were marked "City/ Dublin," but
the marks were on the addle bales oaly, and if they
pulled down the outside bales they would Red the inside
balm bed no tallies on at all, and the NlMlShealff, &heat 140,
' were ea the top fine. Mr. Whither mimed Mr. Barry what
be had to asy. Kr. Barry said, "Now, Mr. Arnett. "" Mr.
Aroott mid it wee true. Witmer said these were about
five hundred bales altopther is the building whieh did not
betheyto the firm by the ships he led akeedy meatiosed.
Mr. 'ling referred le Yr. Barry, sad Me. Berry rm.
furred to Mr. Ludt, who mid it was true. Witham else
mid to Mr. Alfred Barry, "'charge yes with basin 100 kegs
el Use which do not Delon to you, sad you have only put
*ma awe as sues." Mr. Whiting Warred to Mr. Berry.
he mimed to Areott, who said It was tree. Whams also
add that alter the Jape fire thy had LPL* sem hales
el jets, and pat into • bathe sailed the Otho The. meth
sheet 360 hales aktegether, sad efts' Leathg shwa the
docks for about three months they were molamied end pat
into Oroves-builthau by fledgemick,and that they were buret
is the last the. Mr. Whiting "gam referred to Mr. Barry,'whe
maimed to Arnothe and be ultimately admitted it was tree.
Within mid be would give Mr. Loath a fair chance, and W
he denied it, he abaliesged hint to bring up the female'.
day.hooke. That wee before Arnett staled it was true. Mr.
Roberts said, "If you had the 300 bales burnt I. the Oat, as
you admit, why not charge us with them!" Witness heard
no answer given. He pd out • phase el paper and mid to
Mr. Alfred Barry, " You have chimed for 440 bales, by the
Alameda, as being burst, whores" only 413 were
burnt. Witness knew there were ably 413 bout, Louse
he coasted all the tiers. No answer was made to that. Mr.
Whiting made • remark to Mr. Bury. and said, " Why
you admit everything that this roan says," referring te wit.
amw, end said it wee not a very respeatable teenmetios, sad
he most think the Ire °Hoes meet have • peat deal of
money to emu Mr. Barry tamed to Arndt and
" Why, Mr. Meat, we have so cheqns." Witham' mid to
Mr. Barry " Yea, you have. Call things by their right
sums fdelivered three van loads el gesis end you got
the money ; that's the cheque." Mr. Badly only laughed.
Mr. Bober's, the thebierwer. was present the lieu, aid
he commenced to take 'lock of the salvage in the wire. •,
house". Witness was present the whole of the time stock
was being takes.
By the Lord Mayor—The etaminaticia took about two
days.
Cues-examina by Serjesnt Atkinson—SW(6lde* was
the foreman who ordered him to take the goods away.
By Mr. Lewis—He went to the Insurancecompany the
Friday following the day he left the service. He made so
comeruniesthre in the meantime. He knocked about doZ
the time fay*: to get work, sad wetted st Stith
wharf part et the time. When he was removing the t •
kern the jute be knew be was doing 'neg.
Mr. Lewie—Did you know you were committink a orime?l,
Witness said he was ecties under hie foreman s
sad knew it was wrong, sad beikvd it was being dose te
defraud the insurance company.
Mr. Lewis—Why did ace you then give notice to the
insurance offices?
Withal—lt did sot wait my purples. (Laughter.)
Witness eent•innsd, and said he remained there three wean
afterwards. He ?smirked to some of • the men OM
they were " doing the doll Wee pretty well. He
did not know the same of any owl whew he enigma
Before he went to Mr. Barry's Yr.
Mr. Roberta it was not arranged that he shouldl the
question be did. He had mkt seiveml them that Am*
was not to blame, and also that iledpowthic was Rol le bleme,
and be still thought they ought sotto he whose they new
Mr. Lewis—They are there upon year evident,. •
Witness said they ordered him to take the tense el.
but he knew they were doing what they wen toll by ,
Meows. Barry. Witness did not to hie knowledge hob he
land the cargo from the City of Leaden.
By the Lord Mayer—There was • mago from • viral of
that emu
By Mr. Lewis—The mare mesh was on those bales
as were on the Oswald,. Goode from different
cargoes had been &speedy delivered le ether.
inS•7l
parade might have Lea takes from cas ehip's
of aimither. He Peer know lame then twenty bate deik•
vend in that way. Whams don't knew how they wen
made op. Wilma" was "foreman at St. Ithithateesdocks,
and was discharged from there. He was Lamm and col-
lector of a teed of •
• olub, turd had 371. belonging to hie
fellow men. He stopped away,
was why he was
lost the mosey, but it was not believed. (Mr. Levis) Waal
witness some questions relative to the trend, bat he said he
would rather dear up the money badman, me what had been
elicited from him would take hie theraster awn, and Mr.

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