The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-31 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.

Mr. John Davy Wakes, of Rumen-street, Covent-garden,
solicitor, appeared so answer a summons, charging him
with obtaining by false and fraudulent pretences • bill of
exchange for 301.
Mr. H. G. Carew appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr.
Begley, the barrister, for the defence.
Mr. Charles Batty, of Howard-place, Kennington, stated
that be had knows the defendant for some time, and on
the 17th August he met the defendant in the street. De-
fendant asked him if he wanted any money ? Witness re-
plied that he did. He would like to raise about 301.
Weeks. said he o•uld get a bill discounted for 30/. by a
friend of his who had some money. Witness was to give
his bill foe 301., and that amount was to be paid, less N.
for discount, sod 10e. for the person who discounted it.
Witness went with the defendaot to a coffee-room in the
Strand, where Weekes drew • bill at two months for 301.,
and witness signed it. Weeks. was to get the bill cashed,
and hand the money over to witness. If he did not get it
cashed, he was to return it to witness. Witness applied
repeatedly for the return of the bill, but could sot get it
back. The defendant repeatedly said he had not got it
cashed yet. There was no understanding that defendant
was to apply any portion of the proceeds to his own use.
Mr. Alfred William Bailey, of Cumberland-row, Wal-
worth-road, photographer, stated that on the 17th august
the defendant called upon him and asked him to discount a
bill for 301., drawn by himself (Weekes) and accepted by
Mr. Betty. He asked witness who Batty was. Weekee re-
plied that he was au engineer, stating his address, and
adding that his bill was as good as gold. He said that
Batty was in his debt, and that was how the bill cams into
his possession. Nothing was said about his being entrusted
with the bill for the purpose of getting it discounted. The
bill was banded over to witness for the payment of 101.
claimed by him. Witness was to pay 201. to Weekes,
but no time was specified. Weeks had said nothing
about any mom claim to set against the 101.
Mr. Seeley said that Mr. Weekes's account of the trans-
action was that he entrusted the bill to Bailey for the pur-
pose of getting it discounted, and that Bailey had no bathe:t-
elly to apply it to soy other use. If that was so, Bailey
was the person against whom these proceedings ought to be
takes. But certainly there could be no case against Weeks.
—for this was hie own bill, drawn by himself on Batty.
Mr. Vaughan oommitted the prisoner for trial, but ad-
mitted hint to bail in one surety of 1001.

A sad case, which looks like murder, was, says
the Western Morning News, disclosed at Devonport on
Monday. A domestic servant at a pnblic-bonse being en-
cumbered by an illegitimate child a year and a half old teas
appareetly destroyed the little roe, conoealing the body in
leer baboon natil the 'teach attracted attention. The
father being a soldier, so order could be made against him
for the child's maintenance, which this fell solely on the
mother, and proved more than she could bear. The guilty
woman at present treats the serious charge with ictld-
twreees,erm with levity.

THE ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FORGERIES OF
CORNISH MINING SHARES.

The re-examination of Mr. John Permewan
surgeon, of Redruth, charged with the forgeries end frauds
oonnected with mining shares, took place yesterday at
two o'clock before the Lord Mayor, pursuant to the adjourn-
ment from the previous day. The prisoner, who, as before,
was brought up in the custody of detective officer Spittle,
was remarkably self and daring the protracted
inquiry made reposted suggestions to Mr. G. H. Lewis, his
legal adviser.
Mr. Wootoer, sec., who again appeared for the prosecu-
tion, stated that be now desired to open another charge
against the prisoner—that of defrauding Mr. Locook Webb,
who traded under the firm of Webb and Co., of the sum of
1181. 10s., by passing himself off as being a person of the
name of William Bulled, and by imposing on Mr. Webb
five shares in a mining stock which bad been transferred
from the genuine owner to the supposed Bunton by means
of a forged transfer. As his lordship was already familiar
with the facts developed in the previous examinations he
(Mr. Wontner) should not enter into any preliminary state-
ment, but would content bladed( with ceiling the witnesses
to support this charge.
Mr. John Michell was the first witness called, and proved
that he resided at Betroth, and was the purser or secre-
tary of the Wheal Buller Mine, and that on the 10th of
October last he received the transfer of five shares in that
mine, purporting to be executed by Mr. Arthur W. Harris,
of Old Broad-street, City, to " William Gallen, Esq.,
Royal Hotel, Plymouth." The witness registered the
transfer in the usual way, and forwarded the certificate of
registration to Mr. Billion, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth.
Oa the 14th October the witness received another transfer,
purporting to be from Bull= to Webb and Co., of Lon-
don. On both forms of transfer the name of the printer,
Tregaskia, of Redruth, bad been out off.
Mr. Arthur Wellesley Harris was next celled, and proved
that the first transfer produced in this case was not signed
by him, but was a forgery. He knew nothing of any par-
son of the name of Buten or of Jay, whose name appeared
to the transfer as the attesting witness.
Mr. William Locock Webb was next called, and proved
that he was a stock and share broker at No. 8, Fiech-lane,
under the firm of Webb sod Company. On the 12th
October last he received a letter signed William Sullen,
enclosing the transfer in question, and requesting him to
sell the five shares to the best advantage, and to remit the
proceeds to the writer (deducting the commission), at
at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. The witness sold the shares,
and forwarded, as directed, his cheque for 118/. 10a., and on
the 19th October he received a letter acknowledging the
receipt of the cheque.
Mr. George Frederick Youlton was the next witness, and
proved that he was can of the cashiers at Messrs. Hodges
and Co.'s Bank at Devooport. On the 18th October the
cheque produced (that sent by the last withers)
was presented at the bank by the prisoner now
at the bar. He was told that it was not customary to
give cash to a stranger unless it was endorsed by some
respectable person with whom the bank officials were
acquainted, and the prisoner was told that without this he
could not have the cash for the cheque, until they were
advised from London. The prisoner seemed annoyed at
this delay, which would be for four or five days, and in
consequence he undertook to write specially to the London
bankers, Messrs. Roberta, Lubbock. and Co., and to let him
have the money a day or two before the usual time. On the
21st October, the prisoner again presented himself at the
bank, and the advice being that the cheque should be duly
honoured he was paid the amount, 1181. 10e., on signing
another cheque for that amount, which the prisoner did
is the witness's presence, in the name of William Buller.
He also endorsed the heque of Mr. Webb in the same
way. He was certain as to the identity of the prisoner.
The witness was elaborately cross-examined by Mr. Lewis,
but persisted is swearing that to the best of his
belief the prisoner was the man who bad pretreated and re-
ceived payment of the cheque in question ; and be added
that the moment he saw the prisoner at the Guildhall at
Plymouth he declared that be was the mac, and he did not
now feel the slightest doubt about it.
Mr. Woutner intimated that this was all the evidence be
meant to adduce in this case. He should now proceed with
the case of the forged trausfen from Mr. Leuyou to
William Bailey, of Plymouth, and which had been sant
with the form of hamster purporting to be executed by
Bailey to Mr. Francis George Lane, for sale.
The facts of this Wall corresponded in every particular
with those which characterised the oases which bad pre-
ceded it, and therefore a brief narrative will suffice. It was
proved that Mr. Lan on, a merchant at Redruth, was the
owner of shares in the Wheal Seton Mine, that on the
16th of August last Mr. Tressider, the clerk to Mr. Tilley,
the purser of the tato*, received the transfer purporting to
be from Mr. Lanyou to one William Bailey. The transfer
was registered, and the certificate was not to Mr. Bailey.
In • few days after Mr. Lane received a letter purporting
to be from Batley, requesting him to sell the shires to which
the tmosfer inclosed referred, and requesting that the pro-
ceeds should be transmitted to the writer addressed to the
Commercial-room,Royal Hotel, Plymouth. The envelope in
which both the letter and transfer came bore the postage-mark
of Redruth. On the 25th of August Mr. Lane paid into
the London end County Bank the sum of 3861. 10e., the
proceeds of the sale to he received by Braley at the Devon
and Cornwall Bank at Plymouth. The payment of the sum
of 3861.105. was proved by Mr. William Symons Deacon,
the cashier of the Devon and Cornwall Bank at Plymouth,
and he identified the prisoner as the person to whom the
payment was made.
Mr. Woutner said that this was as far as he could go
that day, and asked for a further remand to ',empiree the
came prosecuted on the first exemination by Mr. King.
After some conversation between Mr. Wontoer and Mr.
Lewis, and in which the Lord Mayor took part, the prisms,
was remanded natil Monday next.

THE POLICE AND THE CAM:JAM—Yesterday at
the weekly meeting of the directors of the poor of St.
Pancras, held at the vutry.ball, Camden-town, hir.Church-
wirden Robson in the chair, a communication was read
from the Poor-law Board, apprising them of an arrange.
meet which had been entered into with Sir R. Mayne for
the employment of the polies seassistant-relieving officer',
ao far as the admission nightly' of casuals was concerned.
The communication referred to the good effects which had
resulted in the Poplar Union by the employment of the po-
lice in checking the admission of criminal vagreots ; sad,
after stating that several of the metropolitan parishes were
adopting the principle, desired to know if the guardians of
St. Pancras were willing to accept the services of the po•
lice in the same way. The chairman said the Marylebone
guardians had accepted the offices of the police to control
the admission of casuals into their wards for three months
as an experiment. and therefore he thought it desirable that
the directors of St. Pancras should adopt a similar course ;
for, if they did not, the probable remit would be that all
the extreme roughs, who were unwilling to pass the ordeal
of examination by the police prior to admission to the
casual ward of Marylebone, would find their way to St.
Pancras, and they must either find room for them in the
house, or lodge them out of it. Mr. Ross moved that the
services of the polio* for the supervision of the vagrants be
accepted for three months. Mr. Stockton seconded the re-
solution, which was carried tutaaimoixely.
Tits MID-LONDON RAILWAY IN HOLBORN.—A
committee of the Holborn Board of Works has made a
report, in which it is stated that the Mid-London Railway
is a very important line as affecting the intermits of the
inhabitants of the district, and that efforts should be made
to obtain the introduction of chute in the bill requiring
the company to construct the railway so as to admit of the
houses on the south side of Holborn being rebuilt to a new
and improved line of treetop, to be agreed upon by the
surveyor to the board and the engineer to the company,
and also limiting the period within which it shall be lawful
to execute the works of construction. It is understood
that the company will not object to the clauses in questa:to
but is order to obtain a locus standi before the committee,
the hoard have resolved to petition parliament against the
scheme.

THE- MULTI' OF LONDON.—It appears from the
return issued by authority of the Registrar-Cason,' that in
the week that ended on , Saturday, January 27, the births
registered in London and twelve other large town. of the
United Kingdom were 4,681 ; the deaths registered, 3,243.
Theannual rate of mortality was 28 per 1.000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,090 boys and 1,0.59 girls, in all
2,149 children,lwer• registered in'the week. In the oor.
responding weeks of ten years, 1856-65, the average num-
ber, corrected for increase of population, was 2,110. The
deaths registered in London during the week were 1,363.
It was the fourth week of the year ; and the average num-
ber of deaths for that week is, with • correction for in-
crease of population, 1,605. The actual number
is less than that obtained by computation by 242.
Nearly equal number of deaths were referred in the week
to Withale and bronchitis ; to the fanner 169, to the latter
171. The oorrected average for phtbisls is 170 ; that for
bronchitis is 245. The low rate of mortality from bronchial
diresee is apparently due to the mild character of the
season. There were 15 deaths from smallpox, 43 from
measles, 37 front scarlatina, 47 from wbooping-onugh, 56
from typhus, and 12 from dterrhcea. At 52, Clarendon-
square, Somers-town, on 17th January, the daughter of a
commercial traveller, lated 6 years, died of "cholera mortise,
acoslerared by a clot of blood in the heart " (inquest). Oa
the 24th January, at the London Hospital, a turner, aged
30 years, died of hydrophobia from the bite of • dog."
At 6, Chamber-street, Whitechapel, on 25th January,
the son of a tailor, aged three weeks, died
of " exhaustion from want of nourishing food.*
}An engineer, aged 18 years, died St. George's Hospital
of " hemorrhage from the brachial artery severed by the
glans of a skylight." The deceased slipped when removing
snow from the skylight, and died in lg hour. A man,
aged 36 years, died in the same hospital from " thrombus
of the basilar artery." The two following deaths by carriage
accident; in the streets; were registered in the week :—A
poster, aged 61 years, run over by • cart in Fleet-street ;
died on 23rd January ; the daughter of • !shower. aged pee
year, run over by a oart ; died on 22nd January in White_
friar-street Fleet-street. The deaths ie the city of New
York is the two weeks ending on lot and Bth January were
406 and 433. The population in 1860 was 805,668.
DESPATCH OF MOHR TROOPS TO ISlLow.—Tbe
83rd Regiment, mastering about 800 me*, arrived in Liver-
pool yesterday afternoon from Sheffield, Newcastle, and
other towns where detachments have bees quartered, and
in the eveciog were despatched by the City of Dublin
Company's steamers Trafalgar and Windsor to Inland,
their immediate deetieatioa Wig the Oerragh. It is
i believed that the 60th Ulm will follow on ?Meg nest