The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-28 00:00:00

Behrens warehouse, and Behrens, being told that 9s.was the
price, said that was too much, and offered 7s. 3d. Witness
agreed to sell at that price, and then went to James Kay and
Co., and bought the cloth ; the cloth was delivered to their
(Walton and Heap's) warehouse, and then transferred
to the defendant's place. Behrens said he could take another
quality, and witness went to Mews. Forth and Marshall
sod William Wisely and Co. ; Wisely's price was 10s. 44d.,
and agreed to sell them to Behrens at Bs. 9d. He got 500
pieces from Forth and Mondial' at 10s. 44d.. and sold them
to Behrens at Its. 9d. ; Le actually paid Bs. W., claiming an
allowance of 3d.' as he said the goods were light. The firm
stopped payment on the 23rd March.
Mr. Temple—From the 6th of December down to the last
transaction in March Low many pieces did you sell in this
way to Mr. Louis Behrens!
Witness—From 20,000 to 25,000 pieces.
Mr. Temple—AU at a loss?
Witness—All at a loss.
Mr. Temple—And will yon tell me whether it was or
was not at the market price that you sold them ?
Witness—Considerably under. The goods were gene.
rally delivered to the defendants after dark, it being dark
at that time of the year about four o'clock. The largest
proportion of the goods sold to the defendants had not
been paid for by the firm.
Cross.examined by Mr. Serjeant Shee—The aontract price
at which they bought the 20000 or 25,000 pieces was
9,2001. ; the defendants had paid 7,958/. for them, making a
difference between the two sums of 1,241/. When they
failed there was due 33,0004 for grey cloths ; the difference
between the amount sold to the defendants and the total
amount they owed went to various printers. The total
liabilities of the firm at the time they failed were upwards
of 70,000/. He asserted that he was not aware of the
insolvent position of the firm, but believed and hoped
they would be able to tide over their difficulties. He did
not intend to cheat the penom from whom he bought goods.
He thought the difficulty was only temporary, and that
they would be able to recover their position. When he
was taken into partnership he stipulated for a fourth of the
V. A balance-sheet was prepared each year, but he
had subsequently found that the balance-sheets were en.
tirely fictitious, and that one year he had been robbed out
of 'M. the profits being stated at 1,300/., whereas they
were 2,5001. A portion of the amount received from Behrens,
2,400/., had not been accounted for in the books of the
firm. He was sure he had paid the whole of the money
over to the firm, but he could not account for it more
particularly.
. . .

r The witisese was subjected to a long and searching cross-
examination with reference to the evidence which he had
given in the various courts in which the affairs of the firm
have been investig►ted, and to the position of the firm at
various periods.
lu re-examination Heap said the capital of the firm when
he joined it was represented to be nearly 5,0001. He
brought in no capital, but he had 601. to his credit in the
books when he joined the concern. He had not appro-
priated to his own purposes a single shilling of the 2,4001.
referred to in crow-examination.

William E Patchett, apprentice in the bankrupts' em-
ployment, said that about the sth or 6th of December Louie
Behrens came to the warehouse, refused to buy some muslin,
sod offered to purchase the grey goods in stock. The wit-
neu corroborated the evidence of Heap's account of several
interviews with Louis Behrens, at which he (Patchett) was
press . .. • -

Mr. Agnew and Mr. Thomas Orrell, a buyer to Mr. Sam
Mendel, were examined as to the market price of grey
cloths from December 7, 1860, to March 7, 1861.
Before Mr. Orrell's examination was completed, the court
adjourned until nine o'clock to-morrow morning.
There are several witnesses yet to be examined on both
sides, and the case is expected to het over Friday. An-
other use against the same defendants, in which Mesas.
James Kay and Cu. are the plaintiffs, stands for trial next
on the list.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOITSE

Jetse Redfern, conductor of an omnibus, No. 7,549, ap-
peered in answer to a summons taken out by Herbert
Edward Wilson, charging him with having deceived him in
respect to the route which hie omnibus was to take.
The defendant pleaded guilty.
It appeared that the complainant saw the defendant's
omnibus near Blackfriars-bridge, and asked him if he was
going to the Exhibition. The defendant said he was, but
he was going to change horses at Earl-street, which would
not take many minutes. The complainant got in with a
lady who was with him, and, after changing horses, were
driven to the Bank, where the defendant demanded a fare of
3d. each.
The defendant in defence said that when the com-
plainant asked him if he was going to the Exhibition. he
told him he was, hut be bad a lame horse sod be must
change it, and that be must then go to the Bank first, but
would not be there's minute, and that when the complainant
arrived at the Bank, he said he would not go with him, and
got out of the omnibus, in consequence of which he charged
him the fare, but had he remained is and gone to the
Exhibition be should nut have charged anything to the
Bank. _ .

The eotnplaio*it, however, positively asserted that
nothing was mentioned about the Bank.
Alderman Challis told the defendant be was liable to a
penalty of 40a., or in default, one month's imprisonment.
He said it was a very serious came. There were at present a
great many foreigners about, and if the defendant were to
give them the same answer as he bad given the complainant
they would be much confused and inconvenienced. He
fined the defendant 10a. and costa, making together, 13s.