The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-15 00:00:00

POLICE.-Y ESTERDAT.

MANSION HOUSB.—Tai W•oxonx TLITIXONI&L -
G. Butcher was finally examined, charged with having ob-
tained money under false pretences.
Lieut. Waghorn said that a subscription for a testimonial
to him had been raised, and the defendant had been ap-
pointed a collector. It was the prisoner's duty to act under
a committee, through Mr. Stamens, and he gave up to Mr.
Stikeman his right of collecting. Witness knew that Mr.
Stikeman had long ago settled the prisoner's account. The iY
prisoner had no authority from him to collect tresh sub.
scriptions. Witness bad a wife, tut no children. No sub- 1;
icription whatever had been opened with his sanction for the 6
benefit of Mn. Waghorn. There was anything of the
kind that be knew °Gaud had a farthing paned between ;
him and the primer. The defendant should- have handed
the cheque produced, upon receiving it, to Mr. Spikeman,
but be was not authorised to receive it at all, having given t
up his authority 12 months ago. Up to last Friday (BIM it
Mr. Waghcorn) the prisoner was in the habit of coming to it
me, but since April, 11148, he never was authorised to collect.
I told him, in the intermeilate time, that it was an inopper.
tune time for collecting suburiptions • and on Friday last he
left me upon the distinct understanding that he was not to 1;
go on in collecting ; and after that I find that he hu not
only collected, bat that he got the cheque cashed at the Lon-
don Joint-Stock Bank.
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The prisoner said he had been informed by somebody that
the subscription was for both Mr. and Mrs. Was/horn, and he
spoke of the high oplekn entertained of his integrity and
exertions as a collector by several persons of eminence. He
had been engaged in getting subscriptions for the Fry
testimonial, for the Rowland Hill testimonial, for the Free
Hospital, and for several ether institutions ' • and there never
had been any error in his accounts or the least imputation
upon his character. He was willing to pay the difference
claimed. but he eonaidered that there was a sum of money
due to him for 001311111)bi011, and he had been 'lye's in the
habit of stopping his commission money out of the subscrip-
tions. He did not consider that his authority to collect
ceased for there were several sums promised which bad
never been yet paid, and he thought he was bound to collect
theta,
Ald. Carden.—lt has been positively sworn that you called
upon Mr. Gibbs, and the other two gentlemen who paid con-
trilmtiona. without any authority, and that your right to
collect had been given up by you a year ago.
The prisoner.—l had been informed that some tea brokers
were anxious to contribute to the testimonial, end I therefore
called upon Mr. Gibbs. Here the. prisoner repeated several
of the statements which had been so strongly contradicted
upon the oaths of the gentlemen who had been examined.
Alderman Carden tad come to the conclusion that the
prisoner had been gong about collecting money for his own
advantage upon a fraudulent pretence, and should sentence
him to the full term of three months end hard labour.
Mr. Wash= addressed a few words to Alderman Carden
expressive of a wish that a less severe punishment might be
inflicted; bat the magistrate declined to alter the sentence.
J °sera ADT.—Joseph Ady was summoned on the pert of
the Post-office authorities for money due to them.
Mr. Peacock mid the defendant had, notwithstanding the
grad Indulgence with which he had been treated by the
Post-offiee, and his promise not to set upon his old plan of
universal correspondence, deluged the establishment with
letters, and failed in the performance of his promise to
pay the postage of the same. The establishment new
demanded of him 141. Be. 2d., for 1,729 letters, 1,387 of
which had been refused by the parties to whom they had
been transmitted, 309 returned as taring been addressed to
parties unknown, and 33 return' d as having been addressed
to parties deemed.
Mr. Hyde, a clerk in the Post-office, produced • large
parcel of kitten, and said he had examined them all, and they
purported to come from Joseph My, and had upon them
stamps indicating the cause of their return.
The Lord Mayererdered that a warrant should be issued,
and put in force, if the defendant did not pay down 51. at
one, and 11. a week until the whole amount should be
ligation&