The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-27 00:00:00

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Yss vishik leitbed undyed he bad been looking out for the
grimmer. Mout 7 eolosit on Wedseeday night he west to
Yeek.hoami, Oonstahleeollsr, Bwetelli where the wearer
supposed So be the pehiceer's wife lake". Having obtained
hdmiedas be eetend her mem sad found the primmer ia
bed.
IST " Seetty, I beche use to appraised yes for
that at a.brabszne, la the Stetted." T 4
pod out of bed, eased him by the throat, gad
=virf us the raw& Two oosetables owe to hie
subbases, sad after • straggle tiny empowered sad
removed the prbreuir. At the atetkowbeme tha prisoser
said for as baronial/ with wttoses, which bug grgeeted.
he said—" Look hem Besenes, I will give you 101. tf you
will tell so who split as me."
The Peiesser—l sid " Who pee you the laureation?"
Inepester Brasoaa—No, you said "split." I veld you
I would stestioa it to the reeigistrate,
Mr. Flowers reminded the prisoner.
Tb: primmer meld some property belouclog to "the young
lady kiwi bees taken by the police. Might it be gives up
to her, is order to " was mosey of it r
Inspector Minuses—You have mossy enough. You have
quite 1,0001.
Mr. Flowers would order seeds( to be given nth

ALLEGED FRAUDS UPON INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
Charles Thorne, of 736, Old Kent-road, clerk,
James Arnett, of 7, Florian-temp Berrooaderr, wharf
foremast, and William Sedgewick, of I, Edward-etreet,
Dookbeed, Bernioadesy, wharf fereseas, were pissed at the
her of the Murcia-house yesterday, bevies bees appro.
leaded by Detectivemegesaas Hayden and Beer. Poe
Pam* charging them That they did to the Path of
Dieserer Wt oomph*, conshise, seeledents sad agree,
sod by false pretence sod subtle devises, falmly,
fly, did Orin for thearelvas of sod hem the
Royal grrange asst other kronur* sod assurases PIP
large sextants of monies, their toOld4S, with intent to crest
and defraud them of the same."
Mr. Gifford appeared to premier en the part of the
Royal Rthlunge Red other binnacle Mom Mr. Mom ap-
peared for the primer. Thome ; the other primmer. were
not provided with profit:maimed misleads Serjesal Balsa-
tine was present, to watch on basal ad Morn. Barry, the
proprietor of Meritoa's Wharf.
Mr. Olfard said he was instratited to promote the pri-
WM,. upon • chars of hares ormattied very extensive
frauds, by which • great moot' imams, offices have suf-
fered to • my sedan exteat ; sad areept them wen the
Royal Exchange, the Northers, the North British ger-
raids, the Royal, the Sea, the Liverpool, Loodoe, and
Globe, tits Queen, the Maachester, the Plicanu, the lan-
maire, the Pettish, the Imperial, sad others. It would
be nesenibered, he said, that some time back there was a
very Lop fire at Deekbeed, which was keep as the Dock-
head fire, by which an immerse ipaisgty of property was
burnt. After the lire hod bees burls( far three or four
days Pima were rode epee the digeresl inmate offices,
were the goods were brand, months to 12 or 13 in
ausalter. It appeared it was the eastern whin goods
which bad hese reared had hese destroyed by Ire, for the
rs of the wharf at which the good. are destroyed
trePmrar oertifiestes on the warner epos which the goads
wen deposited, that soak goods have hese destroyed by fire.
and the Wanner offices in most sago pay the lasurame
to the nierchasts pee those carglicates whoa the
claims ore err in. It appeared that goods after
brag Taken from the vessels wen stored in the warehouses
and UPete or tehlets wen 1.155 to the &Hereof balsa of
goods, to isdirate from what vessel they were takers, arid
where they came from. These taUses were sometimes of
wood sad sometimes of elarehed ashes. The charge spirt
the primers was, se he had said, that of Beheading the
Insurance *Mose, who bed paid many thousand pounds in
respect to property which bad bees alleged to ban been
destroyed at the Ike he had •B dud to, Poe merabald oboe
lag:2 ramrod as mash as 1,9001. Nothing, however, uo.
c to give Pe to soy empires natal • ratespent wee
made to on of the issuance ogees, by • man named Judge,
which he might say had not t any way been denied, b
which appeared that a gnat queatity of jute which
bed been retursed to the °Sets se Prise hese
destroyed was I. realty at the perm time
te existeace, and is ame any inquiries should happen to be
made by any one from any of the bruiser ogre, who
might perchance wish to see for himself some of the re-
mains or the marks of the toed. said to be destroyed, the
tablets wen removed sad false saw substituted : for to-
snap if • number of bales were tallied as baying strived
by a email celled the Onwsrds. the Ishii with the mark
" Oriwerds " on it was rhea off, sad Pother marked "The
City if Dahlia" placed to its read, thus making it appose
that the hales per the Onwards had all bees destroyed.
There could be so doubt whatever that by this maim,
and he should be able to sere, hie lordship by the eon-
arson and trospiragy of die pimp at the bar, meml
thousands of pomade bed bees paid by the innusece
ogees in respect of goods said to Inn been de-
stroyed, but which were really is existence. Then
care the Trollop as to the motive ; shad he must say
it was • very unpleasant cirennerusee to guess Barry,
who were the pesprieters of the what!, sad it right, with-
out Author 'spheric*, be said, what motive could the
prisosen have apart from them, the certificates being
signed by Misers. Bony themselves. But be should be able
to show by the mirror which he should adders in the
pine a/ lb. an that the primers bed so doubt • mo-
tive for tisk induct ; and it was *sly right to gay that
the prisopers, in eonvertip, had reds it appear that b
reasoviag the Waste which Wieser the peels by which
the goods strived, they maid belp themselves to that pro.
prey, and 'either their roployin nor any other persons
eould say they bad stolen it, because it had bees said to have
been destroyed by the Ire ; mid Mr. Giffard thosght if that
were proved it would show a vary streets motive cm the part
of the primers for the fraud. This, Mr. Gifted rid, was •
short Pare of the facts by which • very serious fraud bad
most undoubtedly ben committed, sad for which be should
ultimately, after producing the seceseary evidence, oak
his lordship to commit the primps He manly proposed
to ban the information upon whisk the warrants were
panted read over, apes which he should ask for a remand
until • trans day.
The isformatice was then read, sad was as follows :
Thomas Alemader Roberts said—l espy oe the burlap
el an gumless.; valuer, ead seesaw of firs lessee, 22,
Thsegmorthe-striest, under the firm at Brown and Roberts.
A fire took place ia the mouth of November, 1864, at
Meritoe's Wharf, Dockhand, of which Misers. Bony Brothers
are the proprietors Several tnisobests had goods, es lam
I isfrmed and believe, warehoused is Maribm's Wird, which
pods, or some of them, were lama naiad fire in
various of the insuranee ogees to Lades, sod amongst
others the Royal Exchange, the Northern, the North British
and Mireentile, the Royal, the Liverpool sod Leaden, the
Globe, the London Assurer*, the Queen, the Manchester,
the Sun, the Imperial, and others. That since the said
time numerous cis have base node by diluent mer-
Peer ou the above-named °Moss for divers large sums of
money amounting to several thousands of pounds for goods
mid to have bees destroyed in the said fire as Menthe's
Wharf, many of which dolma have bees paid by the said
Pikes upon the delivery up of the warrants lamed by
Messrs. Bony Brothers, as being the titles to the goods raid
to have ben buret, together with • ortilicre from the said
Mears. Barry Brothers of the goads referred to in the war-
rants having bee. burst in the firs That, after many of
the claims have bre paid. and about the fifth or sixth day
of the present month of January, Josiah Fogs, • labourer,
lately in the employaret of Mims Barry Brothers,
gave infonsatiois to use and others, that certain
frauds bad been committal at Meritoo's Wharf, in
respect to some of the goods warehoused there, and said to
have bees burned, on the 11th lost. I went to Merits'.
Wharf, when I met by appointmeat Jeddah Fsge, and with
others eaw Mr. Alfred Bury, one r the firm of Mews.
Barry Brothers. At that interview Josiah Fop Arid that
there were 350 bales of jute or thereabouts, by the Onwards,
stored in the new warehouse, from which he and others bad
torn off the tallies. That the frost bales had flew tallies,
with the City of Dublin upon there, and that if the stock
was broken down we should find the inside bales bad so
tallies on at all ; that 200 bales beside the :irk were de-
livered since the fire, and that there were 100 bags of rim
or thereabouts at whisk Mears. Berry bad given no
pocunt, whisk were removed that the fire by Mr.
Alfred Barry's orders by Ricker from No, 10 Ex-
tessioa to No. 11, where they would now be fosod,
and that they were bunco. Artier admitted such
was the ems Mr. A. Barry asked what " butice "
meant! Fags stated that Arnett knew. It was onus for
the firm. Arnett said be had heard the word made use of.
Fags said it was very well Point amoopt all the men.
Fogs farther stated that after the June fire there were
about 164 bales al jute by Sebastian Cabot, 74 by pother
vessel, sod 10 by Alpert, put into • beige called the G.
which were knocking about is the doges for about two
months. They were ultimately stored is No. 45 ware-
beam sad burnt in the November fire, and that Bony bed
given so Poop% of them ia the burnt list. Fps Panned
Arsott to deny it. Arnold at first said it was tale and
afterwards admitted the jute was lying In the Cat, and was
glared in No. 45. as stated by Fags Fars farther said
several Oar that Amer was not te blouse ; it wag the
firm. He further mid, with realism to the Coward,
that Artier told the men whoa the tallies were
being torn off, that Mr. John Barry was very uneasy
about the jete, and if it was keep, what a
row there would be, or words to that effect. Os being
cerlenged Artier said le might have need the words,
or something to that .Hest. Farr farther said Waken
zed liedpwiek knew all about this. That when the 200
bales ex Onward were delivered, in reply to a question
by one of the mss to Sedgewick, " What weight do you
wact r" Sedgewick said, " Ob, never miad, anything will
de, as this completes the ship." That on the 13th of De-
cember, 1864, Mr. Alfred Barry skied at 22, Throgroorton.
street, and I raw him in my ream sad asked him who
Pecked the list of the rand geode, whether it was taken
frees the Pak to the warehouse. Mr. Alfred Deny said Ar
arat, his fairer, weal through the prebends, and Mr.
Therm Idebookkeeper, PAW sons My clack, Edwie Red-
man, and of ers. went through the property reinalaing oa
the premier a! Mesas Barry, and I am informed and be-
lieve found upwards al 2000 baler more than those
r ha by Anse sod Thorp te ban been saved.
vecliass pal owe grabens to this whams, sad he said
—Whoa I saw Mr. Berry, be told me Thorne was his book-
herpes I had **ensign to go more than cam to the wharf,
maim Thom soling as bookkeeper there.
Josiah Fags said-1 MI • labourer, and live at 21, East-
street, Grew-streak Twig-folly, Bethnal-green, and was
lately is the araployumpat of Messrs. Barry Brothers, wharf-
bar" Idayttwa's Wharf, Daaldwod. I had bra in the
swots' se Balmy Itrodwas ssaily two yams op to Christer

last. I Mehra Ileiise to quit about a week before Mini-
ms, in of their being slack. I did not go
on the after Chtintmesday, beiag indisposed, sod
at the end of week I left. Om part of my dsty wee to
take the weights of the bales on their being landed, and
then stow them orgy. I also emosiorally tallied jute es
its beige
_leaded aidweighed. I took the landiag weights
of the bales of jute whitill arrived by the Onward in the
'ammo. Imitated the weights in the landiag-book and
marled them on the tallies (a of calico MeV starched),
'and I saw • peat number of the tallissielterwards put oe
the liaise, aid they were then removed late the yard to be
its at the bask of the wooden bosses. I don't think
my ware removed until alter tho fre, when I helped to
break down 200 for delivery. This was about • forteight
before Obrktensa. Bargees. • labourer, asked Bedgewick if
be should look oat any particular weights. Sedgewiek went
away aid cams beck in • few minutes, and said, " Take
the bales as thm rise. This 200 will apish the cargo, and
the rest are for us." About two or three days afterwards
Clalaltaa received iestructlons from Sedgewick in my pro.
moos "to take the tallies off the bales of juts in the yard,"
and, pointing to the slack, told um to uncover it. Sedge-
wiok bad • bag with him. He put the bee on • piece of
timber sad said, " Put Use tallies is here earefally ;
don't loge any of them, and when titb's dose we'll bars
them." I °Mahan did so, and took about 350 tallies off.
°Mahan put them into the bog, and I deal know what
°Maher did with them alter this. As the tellies were taken
off, the Wes were removed by trucks into the new ware-
house. About • dozen men were emploed in this. It was
• day's work. I think 210 were pat In the cotton-floor,
sad the remainder upstairs. I saw some of them being
stowed. At the time the mss were trucking the bales into
the new warehouse I saw Mr. Arnett and Mr. Alfred
Batty looking at the men an the Masks ; sad later is the
day I my Mr. John Barry la the yard close to the Wee,
wbile we wore picking up some of the balm that had tallies
down. I had never been employed to take the tense off in
this way before. A man mined Beckett tallied them on
the stack in the warehouse. I rolled. the last day I was
at Messrs. Barry's, which was the Friday after Quist/ma,
that fresh tallies had been pot of the outside bales, marked
" City of Dublin," and the weights. I think the handwriting
on the tallies was Martin's, a labourer. I west upstairs
sad maw that those upstairs were not tallied in this
Burgess asked me se I was coming dors-
what I was going for. I said • piece
of paper I latt in the window. I said " What mass
you-eft ma'" He said," Bedgewick told me to do so." About
two or three weeks before Christmas Sedgewiek gave me
also digestions to shift some bales per Botanist. There
were them of them. Hs told sae to turn the tallies in,
that is, to put the tallise ag 'oat the wall, so that they
should not be sees. I ahifld is the same wa • quality
of other balsa by various vessels. I took • tally of one of
each stook. All these bales were in,theasw warehouse, and I
believe the total (legality, either bawls, the tallies takes
off like the Onward or tamed ia as I have described,
✓esonated to about 500 bales in this warehouse. I made •
communization to the oaks of the North British and Mer-
cantile losurarce Company on Pride , 6th of January.
I was referred to Masers. Brows and Ba I saw them
(Messrs. Roberts) on that day. I maw these on the following
day, sad once or twice afterwards. sad accompanied them
on Wedassday,the 111 b, to Memo. Barry's wearies. I went
with Mr. Radom'', and sot Mr. Roberts and Mr. Whiting.
I went into Mr. Alfred Barry's room. Mr. Arnett, Mr.
Whiting, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Badman were present.
Mr. Redman headed sio • list, which cootelned about 455
bales, whisk I stated did not haloes to the firm, although
they had them is their new warehouse. This included the
bales by the Oswald sad the Bauchi., mid some others.
Mr. Whltiog said Mr. Barry what he had to say to it.
Berry turned to AroMt and asked him what ha bad to say
to it, and whether it wee true. Anon said it was true. I
said to Mr. Barry, I thalami you with having about 100
bags of rice in No. 11, sad there ar• all gems down in the
ere insurance as being cm head.' Mr. Whiting said, "Now,
Mr. Barry." Mr. Harry rid, " Now, Aiming" Arnett
said it was true. I afterwards went over the premises with
Mr. Radmall and two other gentlemen from the Gre-offloo.
They took allot of all the base saved all over the ware-
house. I °ousted them all, Mr. Field and Mr. Gatehouse
being present to there no.
Detective Sergeants Hayden and Brett wore then swore,
and proved apprehending the primmer" at their homes on
the previous evening ; endd
Mr. Gifferd, apes that, asked for • remand.
Mr. Mods Baked his lordship if he thought there was sa6l-
- madame spinet Thorns to justify • remand?
littt Hayden, in answer to Kr. Gifford, said be be-
ler
a remand were granted he should be in a position
to prod's'', further widows.
The Lard Mayor, apes that, said he should "ta
remand all throe of the p risenses, sad declined to icosp
for Young.
The primmer were than eurierisd for a weak.

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