The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
TILIPTILIAL OF TOE OAPO 07 70/10111.11.
(Continual from yesterday's ispress.)
Mr. I. D. Bandsman, $ clerk at Mane. Druntmondil,
deposed that on the 21st of Febreary:the please/ Bramwell
presented a forged cheque, apparently signed by Mr. Smart,
for 2701. He detected that it wee a forgery and the pri-
soner, on being questioned, prodmesdalateirsid ea envelope,
and stated that ha had hem seat to &sage the disque.
Evidence wee then addled u to the premelatisa of seve-
ral other forged cheque., some of which were paid. They
were for large amounts, such ea 11001., 44W., 2101., sod
similar sums.
Dr. lows, a surgeon residing is Albany-street, Regent's-
park, deposed that the cheque br 2bol, that had been pro-
duced was a forgery. He Mao stated that he at cm* time
consented to become security bra matt to • gelatines named
Croker, but he had no communication with Bateman and
Co. upon the subject. and Its never wrote any latter to a per-
eon of that name. He commented to booms 'smutty, end
gams reference to hie bankers, the Union Bank,verbelty. He
added that the signature to the forged cheque was a vary
good imitatice of his handwriting.
Mr. Burton, a clerk in the Argyll-street Branch of the
Union Bank, proved that a person named Horton Bateman
kept a small account with the bank last year,whlcb was cloned
about two months ago. He was acquainted with hie hind-
wiling, and be believed that the letters produced
to the bikini of the house, sad the payment of the de
out of thermal:be the forged cheque for 2701.,were written
by him.
Bauman was hire plead at the bar, and ha was identified
by the wham Cheadle as the pints to whom be bad re-
ferred in his *widows •
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Hoary South, a detective seeped of the metropolitan
police, deposed that on the 21st of March he was seat for to
Messrs Drummond' the bankers and he foetid the prisoner
Bramwell there, and he was inforined that he had uttered a
forged cheque ; the prisoner palmed a letter which he laid
he had received from a person mewl Wilson, In which he
directed him to present the cheque; be was allowed to depart,
and witnim followed him to as empty boom in Queen-street,
Soho, and he remained there de', teem Mr. Wilma cams
He smoked • pipe part tithe thee. A woman named Fairborn
and Bateman else ease and looked over the house, and he
gave the latter a light to his °Warfront his ere. The woman
went away lint, sad Bateman left a few minutes &termed'.
Creersproined—Bramwell was not taken into custody on
this dm, bat he kept • pretty sheep look out upon him
during the time he remained with him.
Cross-mainined—He believed that the house Bramwell
was taking are of belonged to his uncle, end that his eels-
does were respectable people living in he neighbourhood.
He had not made any Inquiries with a view to emertain
whether a deposit of 201. really was required before the
house would be let.
Henry Webb, a 'enema of the detective police force
of the city of Loudon, deposed that In November of last
year he was employed In watching the movements
of the prisoner Wagner, the witness Chandler, and the
man Bateman, whose name had been mentioned during
these proceedings. Bateman and Chandler both lived at
Battersea, • short ribiesnce from each other and they seemed
to bean vary triewlly terms, and generally went from their
homes together In the 1000,6114 towards the steam-boat pier,
but when they get close to the pier they used to separate,
and one travelled to London from one of the piers end
the other from mother. and the effect of this proceeding=
Oast one of them would arrive a quarter of as hour be
the other. He knew that Wegner lived at No. 10, York-
buildings, Adelphi. He took Chandler into =May at Bat-
tersea on the 21st of February, and he was going in the
directina of Batemaa's hones when be apprehended him.
After he had been taken Netters searched his house, and then
west to the tedeleste of Batsman, who informed him that
aseneLsr was his clerk. Bateman was sot taken into
metedy epee this occasion. He than proceeded to the hones
le Yak-beadinge, bat Wegner was not there, and he never
again made his appearance at this house, sod he did not
see him agate until his apentleselon in Sussex-street, on the
2dth of Yank. While he was at the house in York.bnild-
ings, the prisoner linnophreys came In and asked for Wagner
sad said that hewkhed t, see him about some money trans-
/4601M He subsequently Monett the slop pail and the
rolling-plc, end having bees himself brought up to the tin
trade, he could my that it was very nnuanal for • pail of the
description that bad been produced to have a fslae bottom
etch as this one had.
Mrs. Skelton, the landlady of the home in John-street,
Viteroy-square, proved that the men Kerp, who had been
atioded to in the evideoce of Chandler, lodged in her house,
and that he was frequently visited by Cheater, Bateman,
and Wagner, and on some occasions when they were la
his room, the door of the room was looked. She also stated
that Keep generally was occupied In writing, and that he
had left since these proceedings, and she did not know when
he was gone to.
Cross-examined—Karp was an old man —eh* should my
nearly eighty years of age. When he was at her hong, he
appeared to be feeble and stooped, but eke believed that when
be was younger he was • tall, upright man.
The witnees Chandler was then re-cialkd by Mr. RAW',
aid In answer to the questions put to him, he odd that when
a ditßrulty arose about the cheques that were to be made see
of not Darius upon them the penny fON'SMOlfut stamp, How
ploys undertook to make or to procure a de for the
of fabricating the stamp. After some time, finding=
dd not bring it, Wagner became ditestlallid at the
lad said be meld not wait say longer for it; and he,
let, Bateman, and Wagner then set about to make one. sod
whoa they completed It, the die was shown to Hanwbreps,
btt be had no hand is making it, He was, however, same
what the die was to be used for.
In answer to a question put by Mr. Indies Crowder, the I
shwa said that they first made a die of plaster of Paris, but
this did sot stayer the intended purpose, and they than
reels one of metal, with which the impressions were made
open the amps,.
The witness Webb was then spia examiird, and be
stand th et when he and the other officer •
Hatipbreys he had something In his baud wff=splia
paced &cirrus to get rid of, sad made soma resistamm, Yet
they seized hiss and told him it me so me, end he thiamin
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Tie lammed enamel for the primes(' then es venally ad-
&feed the Mtn es behalf at A* neweetive clients, bat es
mull the *hole of them greed the name topics upon the at-
tention of the hey, h will be asseosmery to ley more time
that be Inte prMcipally relied upos were that the evident*
'Owenby the settees, Chaadler and Watkins was unworthy
of Greiff, aadthat they had takes silvestege r.f 'heir
the kit OM 010 steesne were octeti sully in nth
scopssy, to troop up the naiads army they had