The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

MORE SWINDLING.

Yesterday, .at Lambeth Police Court, Henry
OodseA Johnson was again examined, charged with de.
drandiad Mrs. Stewart of considerable sums of money by
saw representations. On this charge the only evidence
red was that of Sir. It. W. Orey, who deposed that
J hasing was not • relative of Lord Palmerston, as he had
peteaded.
Mr. Lliiottenquiresl if there wars parties in attendance
who wished to make any further charge against the pri-
sm" when Mr. Dawson, a tailor and draper t
he,
altered the witnese-box, and, when sworn, said knew
the prisoner at the bar very well. In the year 1845'tbe
prisons
came to live at Bedford, and resided there for come
Low a a gentleman, and went by the name of Captain
Johnson. Ile gave witness • liberal order fur clothes, and
was in the habit of borrowing Lis horses to drive him
'bast In the latter end of October, or beginning of No-
vember, the prisoner requested the loan of a valuable mare
to drive to Northampton with, saying he should be back on
the ming or subsequent day, but from that day until
that morniag he (witness) had not caught sight of him, nor
bad be bowl any;ezcept very slight tidings, of his valuable
mare subsequent to the prisoner's flipt, after doing him
to the time or G7l. W Bowie employed a lawyer to le*
ester the captain and his mare, but the only thing be mid
learn of either was, that the mare bad been taken hie met
to the station at Euston-square, soma short tines mem
the prisoner heal her, hy a shabby looking fellow, to take
away woe hampers of wine.
The clerk of a wine metchant in Pell-mall depend tient
in ISIS the prisoner was introduced to his employ/cam a!
most respectable gentleman, and gave an order for abides
to the amount of 1001., which he desired eleseld be ,
for wonarded to his residence, No. 1, Victoria-teneee, Beds
ford, which was done. Soon die gentlemen who
bad
latroduced him called and said after,hat be bad lees gleetly
devolved in deg character of Mr. Jame&
of whet the gentleman had said, be &keels) es
Bedford. end had an interview with lb, prisoner, whir UM
Wu that the wine was in the pommies of Capt. Des sea;
'and that dire would call ou the following morale, be
'should make it all right. Ile accordingly stopped is she
Uwe that night, and on going to No. 1, Victoria-terrace, s
the following morning, he discovered that the prisoner, and
• female who was living with him, had bolted in the course
of the night, and tome to town. From subsequent inquiries
which he had made, he (witnem) found that the wine bed
never toned it. way to Victoria-terrace, Bedford, but bed
been taken to Newport Pagnel, and at that place re-directed
and sent back to town.
Mr. Elliott—Did the prisoner make any representathell
at your employer's house upon which the wine had bus
sent to him; or was it merely oa the introduction of dm.
gentlemen you spoke o thentat you let him bags Ike
property ?—Witneas: On introduction of the pate-
man, who thought him at the time to be • person of the
highest respectability.
Mr. Elliott—Then, that being the fact, you will not be
able to make may case against the prisoner at present.
Mr. 'toward, of Bedford, the gentleman who was pre-
test at tbe last examination, here said that he bad for-
gotten to mention in his statement on that occasion, that
the prisoner came to Bedford with an accomplice, end an
accomplished one he was—a Captain Douglas—who assisted
bins in his swindling plfiCtiCOS. There was one tradesman
present who they had defrauded of near 2001. ; aod • poor
confectioner they ruined by purchasing from him a valuable
bone. for which they gave him • bill of exchange so
worthless as not to be worth the paper upon which it was
drawn.
Kr. Welb, a cabinet maker and upholsterer, said that.
besides supplying the prisoner with the whole of the far-
aiture to furnish his how, and ether goods on hire, the
pawner had borrowed 101. of him.
no prisoner was again remanded.