The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-19 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

3ILNSION-HOUSE.

Urban Andrew Gait:, • waive of Holland, carrying on the
badmen of a commission agent at 16, Fenchurch-street,
was brought before the Lord Mayor, upon a warrant which
charged him under the Factors Act with having unlawfully
deposited and transferred a warrant for 16 bags of dower
seed, contrary to the orders of sod without any authority
from his principal.
Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, appeared in support of the prom-
cation, and Mr. Lewis, jun., defended the
Mr. file:.gb, in opening the ease, said :—. y LoriMayar, I
have the honour to appear before your lordahipito support the
prosecution against the prisoner at the her, who is a person
coming within the meaning of the Factors Act, and
who has an ettablishroent in Feachurch-stmet, where
be carries on Madness ostensibly as a commission
agent, and the charge I have to prefer against him is one of
very great importance, not as regards him merely, but es
wprds every person connected with this great commercial
immunity. The gentlemen I represent, Marra. Krearrimen
sod Bon, merchants, of Echo, in Holland, consigned foe a
seems purpose to the prisoner certain goods, a certain par-
ties of which he, in violation of good faith, pledged, cad by
'hip obtathel an advance of money upon them ; he Pledged
the warrant of tinle to those goods. The statute 6 and 6
Vie., r. 39, a, 6, emote "That if any agent estrusted with
the camsmion of goods, or of the documents of title to goods,
stud contrary to or without the sutbority of his principal
r t NU?, for hie own benefit and in violation of
rod faith, make any consignment, deposit, transfer,
or delivery, as or by way of s pledge, lien, or security,
or shall, coatrary to or without such anthonty, for
his own benefit, and in violation of good faith, accept any ad-
vance on the faith of any comma or agreement to consign,
deposit, treader, or deliver such goods or documents of title
as doresekl, every such agent Mall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanour." lt appetite that Masts. klearviesen, of
Beta, consigned to the prisoner in the month of April lee
nineteen Dupe ..1 clover aced upon sale, and it appears that
enbnqueetly the younpr member of the firm was la Loudon,
and he hat several caavenations with the prisoner la refe-
rence to those ainethe begs, which the princes told him he
had reolved, art is Nape* of which the prisoner said that
three Ohms be bad mid, but that the remaining linter be
wee fraprag ef die market, as he could sot procure
he him he palm set upon them by his prin-
ter& It afterwerds tamed out upon Inquiry
hot the prisoner made his appearance at the °tilers
01 Minn. Barker and Co., merchants, of King William-
rivet, and he there and then deposited with them, in the
month el July Lett, the warrant, or that which is indicated
by the alarm. sa the document of title is reference to they
goods, and he deposited it with them ea a security far an ad-
mace to him id 601. That was without the authority of his
principals. It was is violation of good faith ; It was in
contravention of the astute to which I have jest called your
attention • and if the facts be as I have stated them, he is
clearly guilty of the asses indicated by the statute, and
against which for the protection of the public that statute
was ceased. I shall prove these facts blia you, and then
it will be for your lordship to say whether the owe ought
not to be seat M a higher tribute' for adjodication.
Mr. Johannes Antonio Meurvissen was then sworn and
wit—l live at South Sea Home, Threadneedle-street, and
am agent to George Dorabasoh, a merchant, who I. agent to
my father, Johannes Reiser Mauvissen, who terries on-the
business of a merchant at Eche, Ia Hollaad. The prisoner
carries on the baleen of a commission agent at 16, Fen-
church-street. I know that my father consigned to him 19
bass of clover seed Ia the spring of the year. I had a eon-
esmanon with the primer in reference to this consignment,
both before and after the arrival of the seed. Before its ar-
rival ha mid he would sell it, If possible, to the limit ray
father had given hire. and which he stated to be 645. per
cwt. After the arrival of the seed I had another com-
mies'= with him, In the courts of which he told
me that be could not obtain the stated limit for
the seed. Abut the 23rd or 24th of April he
told me that the highest price he could get for
it was 60e. par cwt. About the 12th of May he told me that
he had sold three of the nineteen beam, sad that the recoainiag
slalom should be kept out of the market, as he could not ob-
tain my fether's limit for them. I never gave him any
authority whatever to deal with the seed otherwise thaw to
sell it.

oreme-ezman ined by Mr. Ueda—The primer sad I were
sot to be pmrtneem la the prat derived from the We of the
said. He did not ten m. tort he had mat the seed to Liver.
Pool.
Yr. Goode's* ((chid clerk)—The cesetioe I. sot with
regard to the Ned baste stet about, bat with regud to the
warrant that wee
Mr. Lewle—Dlrege sot claim an amount fmr cotaeoheioa
chum and warehottang on the ninth= !lyre?
Witnew—Yee; bat he Dertr ;Are we Loa ectowit.
Mr. Loris—He Item certain charism in respect to the en-
tirety, bus b. net P