The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION.HOUSR.

Bdwud Hems Mootabore, charged with baviag attuned
a forged bill of 'renege for 6,3001, with intuit to defraud
the Lowdou and Wens Joiner Book, was brought up for
furtteor a!autlautios.

Mr. Polaod,hutneted by Mr. Roe, appeared for the pro-
semitioe, sad Mr. Lewis for the primmer.
Mr. C. Baring Youmg, upon his reesenilaation, said—
The second bill produced I raw on the last ezansimetlon.
The Ant of the bills produeed has • signature whirls is rot
the siga aaaaa of say /somber of oar firm.
Mr. Jam.. Wsle-r Weldon, of No.l, 81. Jamees,guare,
the breach beak of the Loadon and Werralamer Bank. said
—On the Bth of Jane. 1865, I was meats, mummer at the
hank fa Loadon. The endorsement "London and West-
minster Bonk, Sib Jae., 1886. 1. W. Weldon, General
Manager," an each of the bills produced, is sot in my
handwriting.
Mr. H. Taylor Tatiana, secretary It the London and
Weetaliaster Bank, mid—The isdoroon.ot H.J Foldout!,
mammy, cm seart of Me too bills prodomed, is not is my
kaadersiting. It Is samsthiag of an imitation of my
vain.

Mr. J. Wane saM—l am a director of the Cope of Good
Hope Beak. The prisoner same to se at the bank at the
Cape, sad the bill predated was promoted by sae of the
armors. envisions were entertained that the bills which
banged to • set of three were not genuine, sod they were
laid before hire, and he said they were. Lb was asked when
was the third bill of the set, sad he replied that he had
endorsed the third bill la Loathe, and it bad beta net
oat to Cities. The Ant and mooed bills are those
which 1 referred to as having been plaid before Mn. Hs
said be bad get the bills from Me ands, Mr. Jacob Mean-
ders, of the Beak Basking*. Oa Wog asked if he bad
say means of paying the debt to the Caps of Good Hope
Bank, be said he could draw oft his friends in England, '
nod referred to • letter of weft from the Diodes sad
Weetalseter Bask and also mestiosed that he meld draw
upon Ms sack, I. Jestph Madeline. The two bills
prodased ban stamps es them. Those stamps nand be
presared at the Caps that I am aware of.
Croweasseined by Mr. Lewis-1 will not swear they
could set be obtained at the Cops. All the conversation
Mel plan at the Cape of Good Mope, and all the Sawn.
times I bad to do with were don tier*.
Mr. Edward leaner Jonas, of No. 12, Pennell:le,
merchant. said—Os the 6th of October, 1166, 1 was at the
Cape of Good Hops. 1 was present at • tenting of the
directors of the Cape of Good Roes Bank with Mr Watson,
mad saw the prisoner there. The two bills produced were
presented tor discount there. I was of the directors. I
heard • coaversatna with regard to these bills. They bad I
boss presented to the bank directors to he aegotisted, when
• lupines was east upon them, and the prosiest*, assent
tor, sad the annum pointed to the bills sad mentioned
the einametaness, showing our stispieioa of their Remise-
new. The prisoner, la a very fishpond meaner, ex-
pressed his mean and threatened as with cwitequineco.
We had previously soot for ber Attorney-
General, and on the arrival of that gentleman, it
was said to the prisoner, "This is her Mainty's Attar-
Bey. General." I implied ihal it was s issuer of onion
importance. The primmer then, is • very Indigent
unarm quitted the parlour, leaving the bills in our posses-
sloe. I cannot say whether the stamps to the bills maid be
got at the Cape. I should very mush doubt it.
Crete-examlned—l could sot swear one way or the other
whether the stamps could be got at the Bark at the Cap*.
The bills were brought by Mr. Tholepins. one of tin
dlree.on, sad they were laid on the table. We detained
them under these sueviciont eirconistation.
Re•ezeinhied by Mr. Poland-1n g. cent mavertation
about the bills, we asked him what bad benne of the third
bill, and he said he had eadoned that, sad sent it to Mao. 1
don't thick he said where be endorsed it. I heard it.. say
that he had gat the bills from his uncle Mr. Joseph Moat.-
lord.

Mr. C. H. Hodgson, of 9, Idol•lane, merchant, of the firm
of Hamilton, Hots, and Co., of Cope Town, esid-1 saw the
prisoner at the Caps en the 24th of August, 1866. He
arrived by the Lightning steamer, I believe, on the same
day. He gave to Mr. Wes two bills in my presence, sod
requested hho to take charge of them afterwards. I did not
see them afterwards.
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Mr. Poland then applied to Alderman Kennedy, the
sitting magistrate, to remand the prisoner for a week, and
said it was most probable that, during the interval, he
should be able to produce satisfactory evidence with respect
to the third hill of the est.

Mr. Lewis eonteaded, at considerable length, that no
evideuee calculated to show that say forgery bad been coop
edited I. England by the prisoner had been adduced to
glee a pretest for a prossenti and that his sliest was sat
illegally and unwarrantably detained in prison.
Alderman Kennedy said that quite enough had bean
stated in evidence to justify the farther detention of the
prisoner, sad remanded the Gam foe another week.
Cesar Citarninino, a Roman, was charged with having
stolen a silver watch sad alma from a gentleman.
The prismer had been men to the set of slipping the
watch oat of the waistcoat pocket of a gentleman who had
bean looking at the priate in Jeanine' shop in Chiespeirie
on Thursday. He was immediately followed and grabbed
by a polleesaa, and the watch and elms were found in his
hand. He mid ha bad dons the thing becaw he was
hungry.
The Lord Mayor—You mast go to hard labour to the
House of Carnation for three 'Booths.

The interpreter bowies talked to the prisoser for • kw
scemeste, said to Ida lordship—Ho says, my lord, that you
will do him double plosive If you look him up toe ata
nooks. (Laminar.)
The prises., scerwad to Heger behiad is ezpestatloe of
bong 'tended by the Famed seventy of the sentence, but
was dissppoisted.
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknow-
ledge hie receipt of M. 6s. per Sir R. W. Carden, Iron Mr.
Alfred Coe. of the Brook Benisons • 20L from the Mer•
'haat Taylors' Company ; acid 261. from the Groom' Mu-
rray, for the poor bon.