The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-30 00:00:00

THE POLICE OVUM&

3LiNSION-HOUSK.

ralllol BMW*, the hopgrower is the
meaty of Heat, Tam brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with baying attempted to obtain the sum of 61. by false me-
km= from Mr. H Ramsey Forster, town manager for
Mmes. Allsop and Bons, brewers, of Burton-upon-Trent
and Lag William-street, in the city of London.
Mr. Faster appeared in the witness box for the purpose of
stating the 'articular' of the cave, which he said was a pecu-
liar ow, and one with which it was necessary that the public
should be made acquainted.
Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, intimated to the Lord Mayor
that there was an officer in court who had a warrant for the
upon a charge of a much more serious nature, and
it would be therefore =necessary to go into details
there, inasmuch as the prisoner must be delivered sip to that
officer in order to nude's° examination upon the higher
actuation elsewhere. _ _ .

"4—The Lord iar; mid he had no objection to allow the
qrstatement to be made by Mr. Forster, who seemed to
a:lious, upon public grounds, to make it public from the

jumilce-meia."
Mr. Forster then stated the substance of the contents of a
letter which he had written to the father of the prisoner soon •
after the occurrence complained of bad taken pleas. It was
to the following effect, and wee dated from the warehouse in
King William-street
' A young man of respectable appearance and good
address, who stated himself to be your son, came to this
office this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and stating that one Mr.
Allsop wee • friend of yours and known to himself,
said he was placed in a position of peculiar difficulty from
which he hoped I would bo so obliging as to relieve him. He
said he bad left Crenbrook this morning, by the parliamen-
tary train, with two of your farm labourers, to bring back
four horses which you bad purchased at Bayswater for him-
self and his brother, who were about to enter upon • farm.
That his brother had given him a cheque for 16W. to pay for
the horses, but nothing for expenses ; and that the dealer in
whose possession the horses were would not give them up
without an additional 61., which he begged me to advance to
hint on his I 0 U, promising that you would call and repay
the amount on Monday. His manner was so planaible that
I did not doubt the truth of his statement, and I consented
to let him have the money, if he would allow one
of the hones to remain in my stable until the
sum was repaid. His objection to agree to this
raised a suspicion in toy mind, and I decided upon sending
one of my clerks to Bayswater with the applicant, giving him
instructions to advance the required amount in the event of
the young man's statement proving correct. This arrange-
meat was met by the applicant remarking that he bad to go
over into the Borough, and would be back in half•an-hour.
My doubts were now 'screamed, end when the applicant left
I dmired one of my clerks to observe which direction he took.
I soon found he bad gone in an opposite direction
altogether, and I at once sat down, intending to write
you • statement of the fact, as they had occurred,
for your information. I had not proceeded far when
the applicant returned, and said he had met one of hie
uncle's clerks on London-bridge, who had promised to
let him have 41. in an hour, so that if I would let him have
21., he oould manage very well. I said I would let him have
the whole sum he required if he would satisfy me of the
truth of his first representation, but unless hcdid that I could
not allow him to leave my office. He now declared all he
had said was tree. and added that if I would let him go away
for an hour, he would bring me proof of the fact. I replied
he must either go with me to the office of his uncle, who he
said was • hopfactor in the Borough, or to where he had
stated the horses were at Bayswater, and that unless he did
so, I should give him into custody. Ho at length consented
te go to Bayswater, and I got into one of my cabs with the
intention of proceeding there with him In
down Cannon-street be pointed to • gentleman wta,thlleg
said, lived at Cranbenok, and knew you, and expreaeol a de-
sire to speak to him. I got out end accompanied him to the
c.....tleenan, whom, I think, he addressed as Mr. Lovett, or
The gentleman said he knew you, and believed you
bad • son ; but in reply to the applicant's question whether
he would vouch fur his reepectability, he said he could not
do that, as he understood one of your eons had dirgratied
himself by obtaining money under false pretences. The
young man replied, ' YES, sir; but that iv not me; it is my
-other.' I remarked that what the gentleman said would
constrain me to carry out my original intention of giving him
into custody. Upon hearing this the applicant maenad his
story was all Glee, and begged to be forgiven. I said it was
impassible I could forgive so Migrant an set of diaboneaty,
upon which the young man ran off. I followed and seized
hum, and • desperate struggle took place, which ended in
my consigning him to the police-station in Bow-lane, whence
he will bo brought before the Lord Mayor on Monday at
noon.
" At the station it transpired that a warrant is already out
for the young man's apprehension on a similar charge. I
am quite sure, whether or not you are known to our Mr.
Allaop, he would not disapprove of my putting you in Fos-
: sisal= of the flea of the case, and I earnestly hope the
t alleged relationship to yourself may prove as false as the
other representations made by the young man."
I The Lord Mayor said the circumstances of the case were
, remarkable, but thought it would be sufficient at present to
deliver the prisoner to the officer who held the warrant upon
I the more serious charge than the mere attempt to commit the
fraud.
William Glennister, superintendent of the Hastings pollee,
I identified the prisoner as William Beeman, whose name was
mentioned in a warrant produced, charging the prisoner with
I having obtained money under false pretences., and said he had
also seen two other warrants against the same William Bee-
• men, the one issued by a Sussex magistrate, the other by a
I magistrate of Sevenoaks, in Kent.
The prisoner said not a word, and was taken from the bar
by the Hastings superintendent.
THAMES.
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William Zakey, a mas;;;;;QTr, sad late master of the
brikgpper, of Dartmouth, was charged with feloniously
sin that vessel at sea, near Dungeness, with intent to
de the underwriters of the ship at Lloyds.
Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, conducted the prosecution,
and said he had only just been instructed, and oould not pro-
teed far with the ease that day, nor was it expedient he
ehould do 1,0, in consequence of the multiplicity of Moines!.
He should, however, put before the magistrate sufficient evi-
dence to justify a remand. He called
Captain E. B. Nott, R.N., who said he vres super-
intending agent for Lloyd's. lie knew the prisoner to
have been the captain of the brig Clipper. The ship
was bound from London to Newport in ballast, and gunk
in the flange:teas roads. The ship was insured at Lloyd's,
and he had no doubt the was wilfully scuttled, to defraud the
underwriters. In consequence of Information he received,
ho raised the Clipper sunk In Dungeness roads. He
superintended the raising- of the vessel. She was raised up
to the surface, and taken to Dungrners. He could walk
round the bottom of the ship, after she was raised. He wee
givea to understand that when the ship was about to go
down, the captain got into a boat, and ordered his crew to
follow him, and proceeded to Folkestone, where certain in-
quiries were made of the captain, who then proceeded to
Dover, and afterwards to Margate. The crew refined to
proceed any farther. After the ship was raised, he er-
mined her, and found • hole, which bad been made with an
augur, in the starboard quarter. It was a large hole, and he
oeuld put three of his fingers in it. He procured the mortices
of a men& shipwright, who was willing to swear
the hole was made with a gouge, end made • certificate
that it was not accidental. Then were three more
augur holes on the starboard broadside, just under
the ballast port, which had been knocked out. On the port
side of the ship her bottom was as clean as risible. There
was nothing whatever to account for the ship sinking except
the holes bored with an augur and the ballast Tart kw-ged
out. The holes in the ship were sufficiently low to admit
the water. The artificial holm would do it. The tallest
part was above wafer. That ought to have been water
tight. He received Informstion that the captain and mate of
the Clipper made the sugar holes and sunk the ship for the
pumas of &treading the underwriter*, and if the rimer
was reseeded be weld rodeos direct evidence of the feet
The pefromer, on Wag sad if he had any questions to

ask, said—l have nothing further to say than this, that I
have not done what I am charged with.
In answer to portions by Mr. Yardley, the witness said
that the Clipper was an old ship and had lately undergone
extensive repairs. Her tonnage warn 228 tons, and he should
say her value was about 31. per ton.
Kr. Yardley—Pretty nearly up to the amount she was
insured.
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Captain Nott—Yes, sir.
Mr. John Lacey, an insurance broker at Lloyd's, said he
awed the Clipper, of Dartmouth, on the Bth of March for
Her value was represented to be 1,2001. He also
ed the captain's effects for 1601.
Yardley said, upon this evidence he should remand
Limner until Wednesday.
prieoner—Will you accept bail
Yardley—What bail can you offer? It is a most seri-

ons amp.
The prisoner—I can offer bail to any amount.
Mr. Yardley—l will take bail ; two sureties In 6001. each.
I very much doubt whether I ought to take bail at all In
such a as this; and I have only offers' to d• so bowies
there is not much evidence against you at present. Strictly
sleeking the solicitor for the prosecution is entitled to 48
hours notioe of bail, and I am only going to remand you
until Wednesday; it would be quite futile to bail now. I
sal consider of it when you are brought here again on
Wednesday.
The prisoner was then remanded to the Clerk/wren House
of Detention.