The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-09 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Edward James Lindsay, trading as a general merchant,
under the firm of Lindsay, Lawson and Co, at 91, Cannon-
street, Chi, was bronght up before Kr. Alderman Gabriel
for final examination on the charge of feloniously forging
and uttering the acceptance of • blll of exchanrisor the
ppaayment of 3851., with intent to defraud the and
's Banking Company (Limited). It may nond-
airy to repeat that the prisoner, who had kept an account
with the Agra and Masterman's Bank for the last 15 months,
applied on the 20th of March last to Mr. Shipman, the
manager of the establishment, to discount for him a bill,
as he said, for about 4001. drawn by his (prieoner's)
firm on Messrs. Grahams Gilmore and Co., of Glasgow.
Knowing that firm sakeepuig an account with the bank, Mr.
Shipman unhesitatingly consented to do so and on the
following day the prisoner again appeared aethe bank and
presented to Mr. Crabb, one of the cashiers, a bill for 3851.,
purporting to be accepted by Graham Gilmore and Co., of
MM, and payable at the London Joint Stock Bank.
lib, the cashier, took the bill into the manager's
private room, and Mr. Shipman, on seeing that it was
made payable at the London Joint Stock Bank, had some
suspicion that there was something wrong, inasmuch as
the Glasgow firm, whose acceptance it purported to be,
kept an account with the Agra Bank, and he
directed Mr. Crabb to return the bill to the pri-
soner +riding that was some irregularit in it.
Mr. llhipman, eeping
a copy of the bill, which was returned to theprecaution 'ik
prisoner,
who went away with it, stating that he would write to
the a ^ceptors on the subject by that night's post. The
Glasgow firm was oommunicrted with by Mr. Shipman,
who, in return, received a telegram from Kr. Graham Gil-
more, announcing that the bill described was a forgery;
and upon this Mr. Mullen was instructed by the
and the prisoner was taken into custody on the charr.
The inquiry was remanded to secure the attendance of lir.
Graham Gilmore from Glar,ow. Kr. Gilmore now
deposed that hie Christian minis was Graham, and
that under the firm of Graham Gilmore and Co. he
serried on busbies, as a general merchant in Glas-
gow. He was now the only member of the firm,
and had no partners. He had been acquainted with
and had many business inIDINICAOIIII with the prisoner, and
had accepted his drafts on several occasions. He bad now
in his possession five bills which had been so drawn on his
firm, aceepted by them and deli honoured at maturity.
The bills, five in number, wine produced by the witness.
The witness, who gave his evidence with manifest reluct-
ance, in his cross-examination stated that he bad known
the prisoner for several gars, and had been on friendly
terms with him, and he believd him to be an
honourable man- He would not say that they had
been on terms of intimacy, but they had been on.fri_d_nt
terms. At the close eithe examination the witness
to the presiding alderman to stop the case, as he =rl
the prisoner was sincerely penitent for what be bad done.
Mr. Alderman Gabriel said that even had be the power
to do so he should not exercise it, because he entertained
the notion that a more grievous offence than that imputed
toeiptersilprisoner could not be committed by any =a,
one holding the prieMsn the prisoner had filled
in the City of London. The cam must go for trial. The
depositions were then completed, and, after the usual
caution, the p,r6mm., under the advice of his solicitor,
said he was Not Guilty," and be was committed for
trial at the ensuing semicas of the Central Criminal
Court.