The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCK
THIS DAY.

COURT OF QUEEN'S '.TENCH.
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ROYAL BRIIABR BANK.
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mg ADM 1. ■CttbNADT MOWN, NDWAID ISDATLIII,
mos* Droll" 'dactsoo. 'sauna MASTS= am-
mt. VILLtAig iJANIII. 011101, JOIN ITIPLITON, AND
ICON lIINDI cannot.

inks Lad einsphell Melt hie rat IS Ullb baseb thil
it, rim he teltathei theist the ossolaisnenh. Atirrean's
mny on the tart of the mouth be would wears the there
veal to-nrirrow la ear thee be might fa the mantles have
opyottnalty of maim over his notes beam he earesoed
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ca.-, %dry, caned sod ezeinisoil by Xr. D. Seymour.
are Lad Lathered of the musty of Roth I rea-
lm( /may bow ism I lave knows lir. Cazenies, but
andsly awe liAl, beeesse at that time et sere aminerted
walker it the sr essetheat of the &lairs a the anney. He
ti osa of sy deptity-bethesesta. I had to enside Ida as
.say matters of treat arid coalition., sad K that thee he
vat ate of the mat eleciatt, honourable, end arriloriaos
Aar. I era thew.

Mr Atherton than roes to address the jury at
the part of the paradise'. He said the time
W sow arrived for the discharge, us his part, of a
Noel arduous duty. which until the inquiry had pro-
ceeded far he did not suppose would be car eyes him. It
was owning to the shades of hie learned friend Sir F.
yheeirr t i • high pretties in the law, that he stood bo-
re them as leading astasel in thie prosecution- an
elevation which the profession and the country,
without illeinctioa, hailed with satielaction, sad
le which no one more rejoiced than himself.
Still he could not but regret en occurrence, to which was to
be attributed the trt, that • car in which the Manson of
lora were boned up, had not bees cosesitled to other
Ueda than his own; nor could he bat teal sows grate' -
prehenor„ teat, pecelvesters. there might be la Or furtheapr
conduct of the ear, a chance or possibility of the roe riser-
rase . I pierce, which but foe list occernmet word mot have
✓um. He had, however, the In
the discharge of this restritof crib 0 maills=111•1
bet we the jury cease to emir *sir mullet, they wenlibace
the assistance of iha Itimincesejedoesal, the pantoned Ismsand great experience of the mite and banned lord who rat
on tha bench. Avid as rowel thminfres, this he must
say, that they had brought lab the box a knowledge. expo-
moot, and acquaintance with basins' which had enabled
them to follow intelligently the eerier detests and artunula-
tions of facts and figures which it led bees the duty of the
crown to lay before them —nay more, that for eleven keg
days dry had exhibited • ripest oar and • patient sates-
nee, which had on all sides been observed, and which wee
alike creditable to the individuals who had exhibited
It to the country which inW be well proud of
mach men, and to the a atistration of justice
is which they bore so importer • part. To the beet of his
ability he would sow address Ginn/ to the case before them ,
he would endeavour to explain the law se it bore upon
a prosecution of this description, and he would submit to
them such general remarks ae to thaposition of thedadindants
r the went. of the area seemed to require. He would deal
with three details, which appeared to him to bring home to
defeadant after defendant the charge made in this laforma-
non— to such facto as implicated and mixed up
all the defendants in the trassaotks• which formed
the substance of that information, and particularly
those which showed, that with • full knowledge of what they
ere vouching, they put their names to whet was free and
fraudelent. The able and eloquent counsel who had
successively addressed than had more than once
silted him to point out the morment.—nay, some had
gone so far as to ask him to point out the place of the
oxispiracy. But in order to obtain a verdict of guilty
against persons included la such • charge, neither
m law nor in jerboa could such proof be demanded,
sad in many Instances it could not be bu-
rred. Wee It to be supposed that when certain
prams were proved to have memoirs-I to do any illegal act,
aims the guilty corder were brought together at • yard-
ed/if hour or place, a verdict could not be given
wilt them ? Bomb • construction of the law would
be met go/amenable and if it prevailed few con-
spirers amid be brae& to light red platinised. He
would eine tuba all the proof was whisk reason,
hireme, sad the Zsgrirdaw demanded el such •
conspiracy ma was ben . There tame be tweent—
two or more VMS be itm • purpose Of
object in mosaamos—thst payees or mot he
wrong and alegal, sad there mar be acts o two or rem,
sit
whatever their number, In furtherers of that comers, ille-
gal purpose sad object in co-eperation each with the ether.
If these facts were proved the canchnion wee ineistehle,
and no mind could escape tram It.
Lord Campton said the &denim of the leered ammeal
might give rue to mining, as he might be supposed
to mean that in all oases of oanepireey there must be proof of
auto dose. As a 60941 lawyer Mr. Atherton knew well that
the crime of conspiracy might be complete without any act
being done.
Mr. Atherton regretted be had been miriade:Mood, and
was obliged to his lordship for his correction, but be had been
radio applyiog the doctrine to acre like the present. It was
quite correct that the crime of cassylnicy would be complete
without say acts being done in furtherance of It, but
the mon satisfactory psuof which could be adduced of
• compintey consisted of overt acts, and he could very
well cOllOllOll that • jury who were called upon to
preeeence • verdict in the absence of any overt acts
would And themselves in a 11041/011 of considerable difilcuhy
earl asharrsesinest. In this case, however, there were
overt acts set out. The conspiracy se charged
the present information wee in point of fact and en
this, that the defendants misrepresented te the shareholders
and customers of the Royal British Bank, and to the world
at large, the pecuniary state and condition of that bank.
What tort be the position of the defendants in reference to
tics shareholders sod the world ? With the ex
of Mr. Camiron, they acted in the milder, oat of whatti°l:
information had arisen as directors of the bank. Such also
was the position in which they presented themselves to the
shareholders and the public. Wu that position thrust
epos them against their will ? Wire they called upon
Ile discharge the dries it 'evolved without a
entrat of their own? They all know that such wee not the
am Each of the defendants voluntarily reamed and took
on Ishmael' the position of a director and its 'spear-
bilidee—aay more, each accepted his share el the
1,0001. which was annually voted out of the buds
of the bank, and which wee paid to those
directors who attended from time le time the court and can-
slim reelinp. Bat in Torridly taking on themselves
Sal maim they knew, and were also aware that
the shrehelehre sad die public knew that troy
wore eseassieg thmessime estarsi bly with • bank
whisk wee add by charter and which
wee diddialebel la id dem sassy other basking
almlllinemee lathe mesevrer whitsteak which
be weed ad my hal stamped en it the obarseter of enthra-
lled? mil end bilk, but whisk gave it a character of
oempaidles piledy sal made the dudes of those con-
gested with be termsere of a palate dos wear than
those of peelsle rivals Mei& Amidst
the admit phis igasnese ea the part
of the aellarime he dld not remember am of his
leered Meads tieing his ennui's ignorance of the eisnlents
of Se illillC - HO emmier wee justified to asemerae,
even V It were a themead times denied est melt
al thesegs dshethnldedel e la Zabel the bank mate Ma-
ssif _ whit of the iherete
and deal at seitlemene. WWI =wee Ilea le be isms
from these emelimadeast That they milerteek Mies the
world ap maw idelleakta aseeriase with ism
The lath dome Waded a geed wawa le mem ekeneeleas
an ery Manny townreeldr. Oamseas, white were ands
ca behalf of ths other admirals. They wore mid
" All this may be wort, Mat it is all coriag
to the amoral mss gar ; we loft everything to hies,
and whims hr hem does has been dose by him:.
The Isms' gemidentem weed se hr ea to say, that
Mr. Caesarea me sad maniwient ; but if
the deeded MR le id gentleman, they
failed to idea test, inhered is provisions of the
charter, end dessivek and semmitted a trend epee
noir elems= air eastemers, sad the world
The dal wed Shea mad as provisions la the deed,
.._dis wide mated of the Mak la tds leads of the
sod soyddse the bask to be weasel up
when fee sespins- Ind reserved feed of fa. kw Lb
of the espial Ma been sae weal sad salidy lost.
He Willi SOW mend Is deal with the amps orbit* had
Ina made esoket the Crewe by the lemeed deademea who
repented the dedmiate. He would at NM say dest
to lam added me of the dolhadoses would
have been •dwaßeien al duty on is pert of the
Attorney- en* npramatiag the C=sdend wadi
have
ha hem en est d *imam the caber
iimaaels atilt wield have Zee a mist of Just
=I. nadirs the arms of the eight de-
were pea on the lairearat Ilse be
W • sediedattory mower to the sienipielni ea die
Crews had spread Its net so wide, sad hal
embraced m many, and thee shut their ammilm, Na Wt.
hart Men Valiant, Mr. Frederick Vaasa, sad lb. Simi
were all alive rad of mead mind. rassory, and mar
'mediae. Some of these gentlemen, if not all a am,
had bees in art darks this trial.
The learned u..tleonur wee proomding with his address
when or report

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