The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-04 00:00:00

MI CARE= OP A SWINDLER.

Some days ago a person of respectable appea-
ser, who described himself as • physiden, and gave the
name of Hwy Charles Smetheriek, had bees conuaitted
frees Lambeth Police-wart to take his trial at the armies
Surrey serlons on • charge of obtainiag • dram wedding
wait and other valuable goods from Mz.Harvey, of the West-
senator-road. sad other trawler, for the use of • yang
lady he had taken from her mother, with the avowed intes
tine of martyr( her, but got apprehended for the trend.
The publicity given to the case has bra the omens of
bringing forth some fresh information respecting this
ledividueL
Some day. ago a letter, of which the following is an
thread, was received from • geademasi la the county of
Do.rset, addressed to the sitting magistrate :
"ffir.—lteadiag the upon of the committal of • met
pbe H. C. Smethwiek, M.D., en a charge at
frrad,rtialko. to I
beg to inform you that • man whose
ties is gives In the last page of this paper, calling=
Vicente, aoranitted esestly a similar fraud cm myself
and • lemma ben, with whom he lodged, lelBB3
that the petiteness of his berries in the Crimea,
having • ball in his side, air nomads, • tarp inemease to
pay up in Paris—being similar to the case reported—were
need by him here, when bear nearly induced his landlady's
daughter to many him ; and that he was NM by my wile
in September last. at the Jarboe art Rabin, ea the Wes
We think it is the row man, and if so, his real same is
Charlie Barroom, and he has Deesiasprisosed at Dartmoor
for bigamy sad other crimes. I shall be led to know if be is
the woe man, as there are parties at Colahsster, in Fret.
as well as myself, who are reedy to prosecute him."
This Weer was placed In the heads a Serpent O'Dell,
18 L ; and from impulses made by him score cartons frt.
have bees disclosed in referee* to the chamoter of Barth.
wick, alias Borrow. Ie the first plaos,O'Dell found that
on the 13th et May, 1858, Alexander Borromeo, alias
Doctor Tucker, but who described himself se an Italian
count, was appnlieeded at Reading, in Berkshire, while
delivering • laisture at Ms theatre es " elentro.biology," by
Ticknor' or of the summoning ofilosn at Bewares% as •
warrant charging him with obtaining money from the pro-
prietors of the Alarming Star by fraud and fair
padres', and en the following day was charged before Mr.
(now Sir Thomas) Henry, heBOW4WOOO. with that afros.
The charge of fraud was one of a very imam shareasr,
and created a eery pat esimatioe at the time. At the
period of the Bernard sad Orsini trials ea • charge of ceo.
spines to murder the Emperor of the Freed*, the pi-looser
Simettawiek, who derrilled biased as an Italkearinat, and
mewed the name of " Barrecoeo," furnished • detailed.
able, and ample report to WOO of the morning papers of •
intoning of as Dal= tionfersecie held in London, at which
ooefetroe many of the art leading Italians in the country
ware alleged to be presses. The feeling of the coofereace
was alleged in the report to be strongly inimical to the
Frew& policy, tad the Timm, which gave promi-
sors to the report, while other journals, includiog the
Daily News. distrusted it. published leading snides
ups it. A few days, however, reeked to solve
the mystery; no meeting Of an Italian raferesos took place,
and the report from beginning toned was as impudent fabrics-
Rom The manager of the Morning Bterfiedieg himself thus
imposed apoe,by Count Borrows, applied for and obtabeed
a waxiest against him, but it was early two soothe before
the officer in whose bands it had been placed succeeded in
apprehending him. For this offence the prisoner was tried
at the 11410i0DO, and the charge being clearly established
against him he was sentenced to Gee year's imprisoammit
with hard labour. Unfortunately for the primmer, but
fortuuttely foe the cede of public justice, the proceedings
oat his trial and conviction were pnbitshed, and this brought
to light three charges of a more serious and heartier
character spier him, that of martyrs DO lees
than three ladies, and emaritier se act of bigamy in the
err. The oeusequeeos was that bills of indictment were
preferred against him before the grand jury at the Old
Bailey. and on the 17th of August, 1858, he was brought up
on • writ of babies corpus, and placed at the bar of the
Central Criminal Court, before the Recorder, to
take his trial on both charges. He thee pas his name
as Alexander Charles Bonomeo, and his ago as 29
years. Mr. Sleigh was reamed for the proration, sad from
the evidence adduced, It appeared that in the year 1842. the
prisoner paid his addresses to &young lady, named Sadler, and
was married to her on the 30th of October ia that
Tsar, at Trinity Church, Chelsea, the very church
hebad premier! Mies Bone, his het vied= to
be married at. He lived with his wife about four
pan, when he deserted her and married another lady.
Mies Ann Maria Froggett deposed that, in 1847, she was
oe a visit with some friends at Frahm, when the prisoner
paid her some attention, and she ultimately ermoseted to
accompany him to Gretas-greee, where they went through
the osremoey of marriage, the prisoner at that time repro-
seating himself to be a single mem sad they lived together
as man and wife natal 1851, and she bad one child by him
—a little girl, then living. He heft her in that year and
she had not seen him spin until I. custody. He married
her in the name of " Marco Emile de St. Hilaire."
On this charge the primer. was found guilty, and was
'pia given gabcharge to the jury for unlawfully inter-
marrying with Mir Margaret Murray, his former
wife beige at the time and still living. The young
lady maid she berme acquainted with the primmer
is 1851 in Sligo, Ireland, and they were married in
about tee months after. At this time the prisoner Prac-
tised as • doctor. sad gave lecture, and was known as Dr.
Tanker. He wrested himself as a single may, and one
child was the resat of their union. The prisoner married
her in the name of Honoree, and he was known by that
name at Sligo as well as Tucker. They lived together for
three year, whoa he left her. Oe this charge
the prisoner was also found guilty of bigamy, and
Him Murray, is reply to a queatioo from the Recorder,
said the prisoner got hold of 2501. of her mow,
and while. he fined with her he did not treat her we
The Recorder, la paining sentence we the primmer, said
it wee quite clear that he bed for matey years got Melina( by
frauds, not frauds of the ordinary description, but by
seducing young women, under the pretext of marriage, and
then plundering them of what property they pr.
He ins young, adhe would have time for reflection uosesedpon
his past oakum and is order to afford him an op.
portunity for such reflectioe, he should older him
to be kept in penal servitude for four years.
The prisoner has been very fond of saying that he had
been in the Crimea, and had been wounded there, but
Sergeant O'Dell does not believe he was then. He has
learned, however, that while play iog cards with • party at
Flamer or a the gentlemen charged him with cheating,
and one or two of the others declared it was sot the first
time, for that ha had cheated them. He was thee obliged
to go oat with the rake= who first accused him, and got
wounded in the sells The prisoner will be tried at the
Newington raw next week.