The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

THU BTOFPACII OF THE LEEDS LE

Mr. F. H. Lewis applied to the court to
trial of Edward Greenland, the late cashier
Bank, to the October session.
It will be remembered that the cue of
created a great deal of sensation at the
stoppage of the bank in question, on a
position and the circumstances connects
transaction. The accused gentleman bad be
many years the cashier of the bank in qua
conies, was regarded as • man of the higher
intety, and the utmost confidence ass re
Thelank had, it appeared been in the hak
balance sheets for the purpose of showing
blishment engin &moat prosperous conditim,l
deeds and bonuses, it appeared, were paid to t
for a number of years. Wlion the monetary ;
however, it turned out that the bank was in ►
solvent state, and had bean so for a consider.
little or nothing of asseas left to be &id
unfortunate shareholders and depositors, II
lost nearly the whole of the money they ha
the bank. An investigation of the accounts
sent charges beingreferred against the prim
excitement in the district was so great the
Timers of the prisoner felt that he could no
trial at the assizes under the ordinary can
plication was made to the Court of Queen's
move the ease to this court.
Mr. Lewis stated that he appeared
the prosecution and after brie!), cal
tuition of the court to the =um
which the charge was preferred, he s
offences imputed to the prisoner were those
publishing and uttering a false balance-elm
to defraud. The case was one of a ratheras
Tauter, and, under all the circumetannee,
would be convenient for all parties that td
be postponed pro forma to the September se
understanding that it should not come on tu
session, and then be disposed of.
Mr. Sleigh, who appeared for the prisoner,
objection to offer to the postponement, ma
' as a third indictment, containing 300 brief e
I found against the prisoner, and he had as
opportunity of knowing the nature of the ei
-Theecorder then directed that the t

po;tionerd.
CU.-to Sitsler, 38, was charged with I
forged stamps in his possession.
Mr. Poland and the Hon. D. Campbell ]
Mr. Sleigh appeared for the defence.
This prosecution was instituted by the CI
Inland Revenue, and it was one of an
peculiar character. It appeared that
an advertisement wee inserted in the I
other papers, offering to lend trust mu
tradesmen, and other respectable persons u
able terms, and applications for money wen
to Henry Canton, Pier., No. 9, St. Thomas
N.B. A. person named Alker, who ren
mad* an application to the address indica
of 1001., and in due course he receive(
after some communications had passed
Mr. Alker was informed that his
granted, and a promissory note for 1001.
which he was requested to sign, and also
remit a poetecdlice order for 6/., for one
and one shilling for the stamp. There In
the whole proceeding was an ingeio
to defraud the unwary, there
any intention to advance the
and that the object was merely
amount of the interest, and it was to be fr
number of persons had been defrauded.
of information received by the Post-office
took action in the matter, and from th
made they ascertained that the prisoner h
9, St. Thornas'affmtai, and that letters lu
there addressed to M. Canton, which the
Mined possession of. It also appeared t
directions in the beginning of June that
dressed sent to a house
Hattonrt
azearidtton should be
en. On the morning of lb
that no less than 83 letters, I
ton, were received, es well as throe
and they were all taken to the address i
The prisoner was found i r the shop. m
three registered letters in the name o'
detective officer then went in, and in an
he put to the prisoner, he said that his la
but upon his being told that he would lo
Cody upon the charge of having forged its
sion, he said that has name was not C
he was merely acting for him. 111
letters a number of thew were fa
promissory notes that had been sent to p
parts of the country who had applied
for loans, and the whole of the stamps
forgeries. There did not appear to to
show that any other person was connected
in the fraud that had been practised, I
that the signature for the registered lett(
handwriting as appeared on the promison
The defence that was set up for the pre
, had been made a dupe by other parties.
, The jury found the prisoner that!.
It appeared that he had previously
fraud; and he was sentenced to 10 years'

MIDDLESEX SF
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Serjeant Devil
TIM RIOTS Elf HTDIII-1.111
flamed Allem, 13 Alfred Barrett, 14,
Pstriek Horrify's, 15, and Marks PM,.
for stealing 1601 be. weight of laid, vela'
perty of the Chief COMMiSiiOIIIIOT of be'
and Public Buildings, and Joseph Iliteie
receiving and buying the same, well k
been stolen.
Three of the prisoners, dirty-loobibi
guilty ; the others not guilty.
Mr. Grady prosecuted, inetrneted I
her Majesty's Chief Commissioner of
Buildings ; Mr. Hibton defended the
the other prisoners were not defended
theta= that the five boys had
which had been pulled doe
at the reform meeting in Hyde-park, a
the prisoner Mitchell s house in Brindlc
From the evidence of a little boy, •
living at No. 2, Ilarold-place, Hydeic
It will be remembered that
=as stolen from the stones in tail
been fastened, and the prisoners war
who bad been so engaged- N hes tb
Mitchell's shop he told them not W to
and not to say where they had mold it.
William Kerry, 184 X, said when b
ilium into custody he found a hanim•
31be of lead upon them.
Mr. Samuel Egerton, inspector, X
salved orders soncerning the slog
gates, and with his men be ch
time. He went to the
17seerand told him he bad come re
which be (Mitchell) had purchased fro
hesitated some time, but afterwards •
some which had been taken from the
then produced seven or eight pounds o
meth the shop counter. Witness said
had more, and he said be eras sorry t,
Mbar a deal of wrangling, he prod
U. 5a., =premed regret that hi
M do with it.
_ Mr. Ribbon made • long and Weer

dehisce.
Ths jury found Barrett and 3iltelvil
other prisoners, who had pleaded frailtys"
to three days' imprisonment, and as
the first day of tha session, thill were

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