The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-01 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE..

Wit/ism Thomas House 27 ytars of age, and Amb TOM
Cambia:4ra, 29, two well-dressed men, were brought up on
remand, under a warrant on a charp of conspiring to de-
fraud Messrs. Ladielos, Kiss, and Co., silk warehousemen,
in Watling-street, of between 700 and 800 yank of silk, of
the value of upwards of 150 f., by false pretences.
Mr. Robinson, barrister, instructed by Messrs. Ashley and
Tee, of the Lord Mayors Court, appeared for the corn-
ainsuits. The prisoner CibillbiallCS was defended by Mr.
Intl; and lioness conducted his own case.

The inquiry lasted a considerable tune, but the facts
proved in evidence lie in small compass. It appeared
that early in May of this year, Casiebianca, who repro-
seated in London a respectable firm of silk cuerchauta,
named Milken, at Lyons, called at the warehouse of the
complainants, whom he knew and said ho wished to re-
commend • customer to them, that ho, the customer,
was a respectable man ; that he had bad dealings with
Messrs. Milleon to the extent of thousands of franca ; and
that be paid in cash for what he bought. He also stated
that the quantity of silk which the customer wanted was
ouch as not to render it worth his (Caaabianca's) while to
send it to Lyme to be executed by his principal+. A few
days afterwards, the prisoner HOMr presented himself at
the complainants' place of business, atatiug that he wanted
about 8 or 10 pieces of black gLci. silk, at about 3s. lid. or
4a. a yard, and that he had been recommended
Ly Casebianca to purchase it there. He was
understood to say that he wanted the silk for
shipment to the continent, and that he bad done business
with Milleon and Co. to a large amount, and had paid for
all the goods be bad bought of them. He added, on being
asked the question, that he kept an account at the Unity
Bank, a eireunistauce which, though true at one time, was
not no then, for ho bed exhausted the balance lie had kept
there, or very nearly so. On the strength of Casablanca's
recommendation, fortified by that of a M. &Bonin,
nuirigieg man in London for Messrs. Milleon, and of
Honess's own etatenient that he kept an account at the
Unity Bank, the complainants allowed him to have the
goods in question. for which he gave a bill 'of ex.
change payable in thirty days, and which he after-
wards sold to Messrs. Bennoch. al Woodatreet, for
a sum considerably below coat price. The bill
given for the silks by Honer was dishonoured on
coming to maturity. Honor had • place of business at
Misirgute•treet Chambers ; and a boy named Ampleford,
who had been in his 'service as a clerk, proved that in Feb.
ruare of this year Honer was confined in the Queen's
Pi:sin for debt, and that Cambianca used to visit him
there ; and that since the beginning of May lie hail often
seen Casablanca, Bellemin, sad Honer together. Ho like-
wise. deposed that Casablanca was present when demands
for money were made upon Moues' by his creditors, and
also when a writ was served upon him (the boy) fur lio-
ness, and that an execution was put in at Hie office of
HOWs two days after the silks had been sold by him to
Bennuch.

The witnesses for the prosecution were creas•examinixl
by Mr. Ind. but their testimony in the main remaked un•
shaken : and
Aldernum Hale remanded the prisoners until Tuesday
next, commuting at the same time to take bail for their ap-
peaninee, mob iu sad two sureties iu llgf., alter 24
hones' notice.