The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-07 00:00:00

'OURTS.

WESTMINSTER.

Mr. Janes Ormerod Potts, of 57, Cumberland-street,
Pimlico, commission agent, appeared for farther examine
tion, charged with defrauding Lieutenant William Oow'
Brakspear, of the 31st Regiment.
The facts of the case have been already detailed, no
the charge made specifically by the counsel for the pi 'c-
oition was that the prisoner, in the name of Orin(

introduced himself Co Lieutenant Brakspear, who was
want of money about last November, as a person who hat.
been in the army, and was ready to make cash advances
immediately. Lieutenant Brakepear replied, and on "
faith of his representations, and believing him to be,
eon of wealth, accepted a bill which the prisoner sen•
2001. Prisoner sent word back tosay he could not get the b..
cashed, it was too large—and then induced Lieut. Brakspear
to accept two more for 1001. each, not returning the large
one, which the lieutenant did not object to his retaining
as security. Lieutenant Brakspear got 501. from the
prisoner, and then accepted two more bills for 100/. eacf
and another for a smaller amount. He gave bills
prisoner for 660/., and never received but 50/. Since'
the prisoner had been three times a bankrupt, and •
ho wrote to Lieutenant Brakepear was in poverty,
being able to pay trifling tradesmen's claims, and
Brakspear had been sued on the bills.
Lieut. Brakepear, whose cross-examination had beeia
served from last hearing, was called, and questioned
Mr. Metcalfe for prisoner. He said he had had of
money transactions with money lenders, but all the'
had been paid except those in question, and this at
has friends had taken up. He knew that prisoner did I
advance some of the money, but got it from a man semi
(lover; that was one of the 100/. bills. He got7ol.from•
I for the 1001. bill. Also got money from Baxter awl

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visit) ihdriatitence. and gave them bills, a month after he kesew poi.
money from a man named Pugh, whom helm ,---Lait
---e..-.- before, and gave him a bill for 1501. Push rot ti„7'nelri
EQUITY OOUETS.•-thtlen 6. from somebody else, and told him so le - 1.014
(Before the Master of the Bolls.)'
lakeeeenedtedhiln, but nerleae7mthwelt2M.againblii. CVallemintibot lia*Ye"
trusted him. retie didn't bell him he got the 7' "el h
nuattiruasi cans INSURANCE nottrarf.-RIPARTZ where till be found him out ; if bi, had 4 ttLeith,
been trusted as Pugh was. Never kad sbettlsootatiwal
frIEEWARTM EIECUTONS.
above-named company was incorporated in the year from Lyon and McKenzie that he rune,
trusted prisoner had he made the sum "ell
and is now being wound up. Ns. Stewart, applied prisoner sent him he believed was in note.
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.dleCyhadukatedvallinogth7ustaine ectipli::nyht'seswenvydetZlioseesb(7seandtintleanthisuenmitb.:PanraThyde:
have
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vital having been spent, and the estimated debts of Pugh did. Pugh got the money from Moen. yoretL__ a •'•
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=piny being about 17,0001., and some of the share- Morris acted as his attorney. He wantedmil,*
n being desirous of leaving the company, a special he would not have applied for it, on the ffe
::
al meeting was held on the 2nd of November, 1848, February be had IW. at Oox's, and &hat eit d Ili i
rich a resolution was paned . that those of the share- to keep his cheque for 101. back -"`
as shoi ,--.- ,
hadumbee,nb
bat
ot
all fiveth
that
tr h
as
di r
bet!!
ipaidisrd,,annterad
thesesedietn,i..
n who wished to retire might do so on payment, were no assets. Knew Lyon, the 1.,
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n a month from the i3th of November, 1648, of are- and had seen him ;be discounted the bliraNeette, %se
thean their
iao
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sinuallmbeotrhoefr
to the company, were to be paid into were contested as a fraud. P Ise told him he ...re .
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k in the names of trustees to be advance more money on his bills, when he ealwe . ,-'•
lull"; ineOpMtoPobertionpait, moneys then the Len
tan
,rated by the retiring shareholders, and be applied in more, as he heard he had other bills out, -"min
gat of the then existing debts and liabilities. A call Mr. Arnold considered there was a prima fade wee, / I LACE
a share was to be made, which exceeded the sums to before a jury, and remanded the misonertili psidot 14
aid under the arrangement by retiring shareholders, depositions to be prepared. 01.=111
'or non-payment of the remainder of the call the
a of such shareholders as accepted the terms men-
d in a circular were to be forfeited as for non-payment MARKETS. - ..
Us, and such shareholders were to be released from • city 4 1
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indemnified against all claims. On the 4th of _Amovr
;Jane, 41s. 9d. ; October is -mg oh . ,
:mber, 1848, a circular was issued stating the terms T -WEDNESDAY EVENiNO.-The nitllelshans.
455. 9d. to 465. 3d. Deliveries to last evening, j*,..,. o . • ,
hich shareholders might retire, and that an ad- steady. Spot, 420-
aeNdomyeeemtbeinrg, wlBotild,
anbedhahaeldt
tahtosCebwi
PPeho nhwisaredonto the
m arrivals, 692 ma&
were to sign a form at the foot of the circular and
a..,..,0T1',.,....
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VERPOOL, JUNE 6.-Quiet , to J
mit to the company's office on or before that day, in favour of buyers. Sales, 6,000 hajeklitri ••• "is for the
that those who did not sign and return the form would getor speculation and export. 2,000 Amines, yin .;
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ield as declining to concur in the proposal. Mr.
18d. 2.
.- 500 Femme, ito., 13d. to 16th; 30 Maia.h.o
lel• MIA
sherhood and some other shareholders with him signed
returned the form before the 13th November, and paid 7,,,A21111314,.._111:,194•,_ ~"',,,, 761„;,,,, I°°. 6„!Arrn, hiL n a,:
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specified sums, and their shares were forfeited. It was "'sci"Le7i.;:`, 671 7,0, -7-ai; 7.,07.:,,,„7-130.1°7,00itaia• kelk-'' 1 .
[by the Master of the Rolls, and confirmed on appeal E . PH
- - • , the
he Lords Juesises, that Brotherhood and those who
wheat, which was taken off at Is. to Is. tbe
d with him were discharged from liability, and that COB)7•-. BowTOSs JUNK 6.-We had • wad
Wheat, 4418. to 41.; r names were not to be placed on the list of contribu- last
week.
red, seimus, if •-
m. This arrangement is known as the Chippenham rirentr2.l" Bea, go, to rioete C
agement. Mr. Stewart received the circular, but did • .! • s.! s• , ffis. to n, r n
accept the proposed terms, and alleged ►
that he had not And every
in • .
rated the deed of settlement, and was not liable to pay CAITIM.-Bournsm, Jugs 8.-There win i ._,,Cab T, end
thing. He died in September, 1849. In the meantime demand and everything was sold. Matta sob
company's liabilities had greatly increased, and it was 4s. &I. to Gs. ; lamb, 7s. to Ss.; and pork, 44 w hot , , i ,
s much worse position than in November, 1848. After stone of Sibs. sinking the offal.
Stewart's death his executors were threatened with
MACEY,
il proceedings on the part of the company to enforce COALS.-LONDON, JUNE 6.-Walls Esi gat
meat of the call, and in January, 1850, an agreement 15s. 94.; Walls End Hetton, 18a.; Walls bil Int -.- "
i come to between them and the directors that they Hetton 17a. 9d. ; Walls End Hartlepool,l7a ai, ;Ira m NA
Add pay the amount which Stewart would have End Tees, 17s. 9d.-Ships at market, 22 mot. "" 'T of
f to pay if he had accepted the Chippen-
n arrangement, and interest thereon from the 13th -
v. 1848, until the day of payment, and that the shares TRAFFIC RETURNS. a
d by Stewart should be forfeited as for non-payment of --•-
la, and that his executors should be released from and
lemnified against all liability. They paid the amount 'AMWAY& Mlles Par um yadol,
open. engem nand& Li lei
std upon in February, 1850, and a receipt was given, Week ending March La E. g g ,
which it was expressed that the company released them Great Indian Peninsula .. 7014 km 34421 eon ti
m all claims and liabilities which had been incurred by Week ending April 7.
con yup to that time. Their shares were then Madras--.lowth_._ 5.W.L0tr,...,1,1he• on - yin IA .
: forfeited as for nonpayment of calls. No notice ...week ending May Nest 119 - - 1,111 g
.„......Week
Emendingter.ll.7aufly rue,. go 182 206
the agreement was given to the shareholders. It was 61 - - sit . I/AW
itended on the part of the official manager that the terms Unto may ge,
r-myrris, and Cassaba
the Chippenham arrangement were to be accepted not Week ending May 19. NOTICE
er than the 13th December, 1848, and that the directors Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 9,473 14,461 mpi gh otEns ~ •
at.
dno power to allow any shareholders to retire on the anoeitlithesk
eNodrtuihgEamate27. •• In - - km e. temp 23ed
ma of the Chippenham arrangement after that time, S. A.,,,,f.LL.' mbar,try,t,./.
d that Stewart having died ten months after that time, -iLom
South Austrian Line, _l3lO 40,078 35,279 Eggf is 111141°4317; •
thout accepting the terms, it would be unfair to the Lombardo a Cent. Italy 479 8.981 6,966 15,10 he
her shareholders to allow his executors to retire at a Lines of the Piedmont
ne when the company's position was much worse than Week ending May Et =iliatl
ten the Chippenham arrangement was entered Brims and Merthyr 6B 484 MN MN A upt,..111; ,
to. The Master of the Rolls, however, said that he
old not distinguish the case from Brotherhood's and H '
id that time was not of the essence of the contract, and Belfast and N. Counties
--eek ending June L a I
1,141 Se 1,18 a T
at the directors had power to enter into the arrange- Limerick and Ennis
eat with Stewart's executors, and that the shareholders Limerick and 'Mines
*. 76 2484 g . • Sod •
ere bound by the act of the directors, notwithstanding
,ey had received no notice of what had been done, and IL'°lw.telorfrin'tedortirlt LiKet°lllmeersineriacnle:: 3771 eeelll 61301 ell 771alach
at the names of Stewart's executors were not to be in- Week ending June t. ' 144 1* Out:ace -
tided in the list of contributories. The official manager Celt and Bandon
:plied for and obtained leave to appeal. Glasgow & South Western. 548 - - ltaf ix 2410111 Wed
Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. F. W. Bush, for the official Loodoa,Brighton,&S.Coast 2931 15,535 4,975 9181 We JOIN Jo
Meager ; and Mr. Baggallay, Q.C., and Mr. Millar, for Mr. Zuwitrle and Ten*, •• • • 14 __ ~7! _ - M is ,
rowan's executors.
OURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL Great EasternBead alas.
7004 17,812 15,165 11,6/
Great Luxembourg 134 1,109 4,092 5,111 ix
CAUSES.-J meg 6. Onrthe Line - _ ig .. Yam Hue .
lefore the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Chief Baron, and Crest Northern
set 16,152 so,lst ISIN an Lames. La
the Judge Ordinary.) °rest Western IEI2 37,438 36,499 73J 748 lewd ii,,
London, Chatham, & Dover
ItYrffii r. THE ATTOR.sIEY-GENERAL,--THE " PRINCESS & Met. Ni. & Branches . 1351 9,048 1,104 En 11l Wpa_Nac .
OLIVE."dia, A
Metro. Ni.EL of LC. & D l2l 2,552 WI 2,914 1,111 ' Jonathan
Mr. Netherclift, the expert, was sharply cross-examined +Kent Coast Branch
nth by the Solicitor-General and also by the court. He Cornwall
ilmitted that there were great differences of detail be- Lancashire and Yorkshire 403 18,695 27E61 46,54 4,8 Ah,
Manchester. Sheffield and
wren the genuine and the alleged signatures of the King. .1(
Lincolnshire
one of them, he said, could not, in his opinion, be a for- North Staffordshire - , ?140 IA gam W
ery, because it was so badly clone. A forger would have south Devon
sken more pains with it. He added that there was often No. 25
great deal of difference between the way in which per- • hoed., Whit ftehde7.
ens wrote their names in official documents and in private fOf the receipts for both weeks the Leask Clinkinal , No. 15
iotes. Dover Retirees, Company are entitled to ratan M peen kr Current
A juror pointed out that in the real sign manuals there working the traffic. et,Deceui
Ma always a dot after the IL, which was not the case with I Whit week In 1866, but not in 1865. 51-any tbn
at the
he alleged signatures. minimum
The Judge Ordinary, after examining a number of the
SCE2, JUNE 5.-The Menageries Inpriii tb"*" "1
aspen, said that that was so. The tregrandannals hadmonthly
'ways the dot, but only one of the signature. steamer Memam, with the above mails and 68 pre" biddies k .
lad it. arrived here at 4 a.m. to-day. cheques ; .
The Chief Justice-That is, I suppose, one of the dis- FATAL CASE OF CHOLERA IN SOUTH SINEW cik,_.
inctions between the King's official and non-official signs- SHIRE.-Bilaton, in South Staffordshire, a tenable I wine.",
urea. comprised in the parliamentary borough of Umber • , t
Witness-There is a difference. ton, was chief amongst the places which mind all Is receiv
The ('hief Justice-Du you mean to tell the jury that a severely from cholera in the visitations in 1831 milli Rice ot
nan who has a habit of adding a dot to his name in signing At the first visitation, 724 persons were killeilor d• rl4 - i rate
,fticial papers will omit it in his private notes? the second, almost precisely the same number, fa Mil :L la'.=
Witness-That is within my experience. from it. On both occaiuona the victims were emend* no hi .
The Solicitor-General-But do you consider the papers almost the same spots-spots which an ieratiOns in treader
induced private documents? completed shows are only a little less, and in wills The A -
Witness-I am not lawyer enough to state. no less filthy than ever. One of the courts aAI Oe ..4.
iteatrs
The Judge Ordinary-Should you not say that the cress- almost all the inhabitants were seized aMt
and del •
Lion of a Duchess of Lancaster, for instance, was a public occasions was Brewer's-court, off Oxfordotnet Mint ...teed
locument ? this isJackson'a-yard, which also suffered Ten lennkf a ...tad
Witness-I should say that this was a private matter. this last-named yard a hale and hearty boiler-oulin,, If mytte
The Chief Justice-Did you observe that the sign 40 years, named John Sullivan. the father of a imt
manuals bad the dot ?
Witness-Yes. two eggs, some bread and butter, and some WW1!! =,.°
returned home at about 9on Friday night last. II la _..._Tlivida_.l..
The Chief Justice-And that the other papers had not? then went to bed in his usual health. At abut 10 mrTiaie; ,
Witness-Yes.he was seized with a desire to vomit, with darnel, • It • •
The Chief Justice-And did you not think that that with cramp. The symptoms increased in their elawli nos to
was a circumstance which ought to have been brought character till 4on Saturday morning. Mr. Hisees.!
before the court ! goon, was then called in. When he arrived hefted,.
Witness-I slid not consider it material. patient in a state of collapse, and he was unable testis TEE
Mr. Netherclift deposed that the signatures of Mr. him any sensible relief, and he died the same nllll
Dunning were genuine ; but, on being shown some ape- Mr. Hancox's certificate was, " Cholera, 8 hoary."
e..
cimens of his handwriting, retracted that opinion. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH LONINM saw BAT
Dr. Smith said he did not admit the specimens pro- way.-Yesterday afternoon about a crude peter
odium
duced as standards of comparison. fatal accident occurred on the above railway. It
Mr. Netherclift's examination lasted the whole of the that a boy named Albert Taylor, aged six Tree '' ars of ,
day, and concluded by a statement, in answer to the Chief half, residing at 9, Gloucester-crescent, Isheeterfil,,, and
Justice, that be gave his opinion simply upon the writing went with his brother to the New River to fa, 511: dotmom
as it stood, and that he did not take into the least con- passing over the railway bridge at Deaglesensd, sad giv
sidention any questions of the moral probability of the climbed upon the side of the bridge for the Puri I affig inlia .
rl of
papers having really been signed by the persons whose seeing the trains pass. In doing so he lost his Who_.•
names they purported to bear.
The Court then rose. before be could be picked up a train . sad Sims WI
fell over on to the line a distance of about 20 feelsi ebetiel.
him between the wheels of the engine, gideffal/L.,j, fir" '
SURREY SESSIONS. sing and dragging him some 300 yards. f- 3, ielteleas
moat shocking sight, and was at once removed to
IWO=
• ington-station
.., to await an inquest.
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(Before Mr. Hardman and a Bench of Magistrates.) CRYSTAL PALACE. -The great display ... of _ scum,
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Thomas Lott/more, late a quartermaster-sergeant of the to-day will commence about half past pin?. ~.. w ,
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48th Middlesex (Havelocks), surrendered to take his trial illumination of the fountains begin at ten o'clock FM nil
on an indictment charging him with committing an inde- The palace will be lighted up uutil half.past eleven!";
cent assault on Phoebe Wareham, a widow, in a first-class the steady rise in the barometer during the dab "le g* d
carriage on the North Kent Railway, between Charlton a late hour last night, it was expected at the mini Er,
and the London-bridge terminus. this great fete would be favoured with fine w ~.., , t
This was the case already reported in our columns, in LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY Veal. thin,
which the defendant, while returning from a field-day at -Traffic receipts for week ending June 3, 13,6‘71•1_tw; tellable
Charlton-park, in which he had taken part, was alleged to c'A good family medicine chest, with a F_L.--,1, "rencii,
have been
_guilty of the offence with which he was use, has saved many a life : and yet we think the Mel 17". 0 Met
charged. The complainant again gave evidence, and improved upon, and reduced toa more simple to
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minutely described the details of the assault. For the de- good compound, such as Cockle. s AntibUlous . :17edoli riT,
fence it was urged that what had taken place was entirely that the desired end may be obtained without ersT ~,,,,,,,,,n
the result of an accident, caused by the accused endeavour- or little mysterious compartments, and enelninte.... • . t". 41.07,
After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict of
lag to put back the complainant's crinoline. crystal stoppers. Others might he used, but Uscw
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tested by many thousands of persons, and found to„ soo_Blseti" 7. 1410MZ:
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WESTBIINSTEIL BIRTHS.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATBI
_. ,r bream,
the MIS • are tW _
Mr. James Ormerod Potts, of 57, Cumberiand-street, ALLINCHAM.-June 5, at Yinsbummuire, As Abe
Pimlico, commission agent, appeared for farther examine- BaAgrogham,2l n.
.-June 5, at Harley-road, South liselM*4 As
get to
tion, charged with defrauding Lieutenant William Gower wife of T. H. Bartlett, of a daughter. I. sweet,
Brakspear, of the 31st Regiment. .„ erase ~
The facts of the case have been already detailed, and Neu of a daughter. the nail 11 a
the charge made specifically by the counsel for the prose- JONES-June a, at North-tartlet, WalldtWOrth. I T
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eution was that the prisoner, in the name of Ormerod, R Jonan Fails. C•E`. of a Kni,tuft ~, the wife of J. Sr" '''''
introduced himself to Lieutenant Brak , who was in SIR ES.-June 4, at fludbtuy, sotto,,, EVANS.-Jmie 5, at Westlsourne-terrace, the wife of J.
of a sea Ow ftl' 1 •
want of money about last November, as ape rson who had STRINGER.-J e 4, at Buckingham-lodge, Brighton
been in the army, and was ready to make cash advances of 8. Stringer", Hag., of a son. Bold ~
faith of his representations, and believing
immediately. Lieutenant Bnltspear replied, and on the MARRIAGE& ..,nneworer•
son of wealth, accepted a bill which the prisoner sent for by the Rev. F. Synge. A. Sanders, Fly. al the a OWII
him to be a per- SANDERS-SYNGE.-June 5, at St. lleore St . we, cielk,
200/. Prisoner sent word back toast' he could not get the bill W
culled, it was too large-and then induced Lieut.Brakspear Castle, county Wicklow, Ireland,. a
.... mew.. mask_ . .
to accept two more for 1001. each, not returning the large TrhiaaglidtaTilittellNEß.--NJvun f, t tit afeet•FW-
no B. acher, of Wilson 01. . i i
and another
hanerd
ftahvenaaccaLrutedev
amount. He
bill firioryleoWhimeacht., to 'Debella daughter of the late J. Synge, Es+,
one, which the lieutenant did not object to his retaining bury, el'. minify Treachei• daughter of the late IL '
as security. Lieutenant Brakspear got 50/. from the surgeon, Tunbridge-wells. oats
DEATHS. si. JoleilwA mu. '
prisoner for 660/., and never received but 501. Since 1850 Anna Sophia, widow of the late W. Chnliohno_.. ties 8 0 hoThd
being able to pay trifling tradesmen's claims, and Mr. the prisoner had been three times a bankrupt, and when CLODE.-June 4, at Upton Park, Slough. 31•"^ .. .
ho wrote to Lieutenant Brakspear waa in poverty, not late 1. (lode, En*. aged 93• mad, pe 34610°14#' Ift .
CHISHOLMIL-June 4, at Wharnclideterrsos. - . Nog -- a
Brakemen? had been sued on the bills. Henry, son of Mr. Farthing. ege4:l,,- ,eg yr. J.
Lieut. Brakspear, whose truss examination had been re- H=GSWORTH.-June 4, at New c,
FARTHING.-Jane 5, at Mortimer- , ~. I*
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lingsworth. aged 66. , isy W. J.
served from last hearing, was called, and questioned by HARDCASTIAL -June 4, at Le7ton, Ears. '
he
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Mr. Metcalfe for prisoner. He said he had had other cuo,.,_thi...lad 37; , ~„,,„. nen end, J. 31• - he .
money transactions with money lenders, but all the bills PA" '' - one '' " '''"-- ----, So°
----'' "kb.
had been paid except those in question, and this affair aged 74. __.--- g, Inso,
his friends bad taken up. He knew that prisoner did not -_- _ , 140
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advance some of the money, but got it from a man named Printed and Publahed by
Cit. of London. , whielige G s
Cover; thatwas one of the 1001. bills. He get7ol. fromGover imatilltiallinliasteti el the
IA-' Ow 7/9*** -
for the 1001. bill. Also got money from Baxter sad Co., Tuessnay, Jell 7, WEL ELAI
Sky .