The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-25 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Recorder.)
THE CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST TWO POLICEMEN. .
Mather:Maya and William Barry, two pole:easel&
of the S division, both very young men, nirrendied tin .:
their trial upm a charge of having committed effifelpe
jury upon examination before the meaner is
Marylebona police.court and at the Middlesex rewies
Both defendants pleaded not guilty, but Wimp •
against the defendant Barry was first proceeded with.
Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Stirling, and Mr. M. Williams BY
ducted the prosecution ; Mr. Cooper, Mr. Gradisola&
Turner appeared for the defendant.
The circumstances under which this chugs ine pawl
will be fresh in the recollection of the public, sad the
case, from the position of the defendants, append is
create a good deal of interest. It will be r-menbbeeinsddth
the defendant Berry and the other constable Ha ps Mk
two young men, named Charles Pierce and Henry Dye, ids
meek on suiipition of having attempted to coma a
burglary at the house onto gentles= s
eed
Gloutiester-enseent, Regpark, sad t was
tried upon that charge at the Middies: a
sioue and acquitted, and the present indicant
was then preferred against the defendants. The alkyls
on the part of the prosecution was that the chugs
tin
was so made was entirely false, and that so far finite
young men Pierce and Dye having bees take it ns
garden in Glomester-crxecent, they were not Irks ad
they had gone some distance from that spot. The load
counsel for the prosecution entered at some lag* rile,
the facts of the case, awl said that icoordisin
Jh
instructions the young men against whore ths sine
was made were respectable young wen, who in
been engaged at their ordinary occupancies alai N Ala
in the evening on which the occurrence took die,
mid they had been walking with a young soma' end as
other young men at a place called the Slips, near the Ho
gent's-perk, and they were on their way home when
were apprehended.
Pierce and Dye were called as witness, sad eq
were examined at considerable length, the sdet
their testimony being to declare that there was set dr
slightest foundation for the charge that was made sped
them, and that they were not apprehended st din IPI
indicated by the defendants.
Ina trial was proceeding when oar report la]
(Before Mr. Justice Mellor.)
George Toakley, 38, was charged with felonirilial*
ing a bill of exchange for payment of the sum II bit
ss. 10d., the property of the Postmaster-General
The Solicitor-General and Mr. Metcalfe pry 6
the prisoner was defended by Mr. Bibton.
The facts of the case will be fresh in the recants al
the public, as they have appeared within the last fredsri
The prisoner appeared to have induced a law sing
named Sale to steal letters containing valuabics, WWI
them over to him to dispose of, and the offence mead'
established.
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced alO
years' penal servitude.
(Before Mr. Baron Pigott.)
THE LEEDS BANKING COMPANY CAM.
Edward Orem/and, the late manager of the lek,
Banking Company, surrendered, in discharge of Midi*
answer several indictments which had been foeedbar
him some months past, and the trial of which bla
from time to time postponed from various cams. ,
The prisoner was now first arraigned on an isdielsid„
charging him for that he, whilst manager of the law
Banking Company, did, with intent to deceive divesth?t
holders in the said banking company, unlawfuyy Inn ,
certain false statements in a document purPotatZi.
report of the directors of the company. To this
the prisoner pleaded not guilty.
upon an WO°
The prisoner was next arraigned
charging him with having committed wilful and ell
perjury in an affidavit sworn by him at Leeds ea de
January, 1864, before Mr. William Sykes Wald, 11:
missioner, for administering oaths in that district fer
i
Court of Chancery. To this indictment he pleedli4
guilty, as also to a third indictment for pejo/ ,
affidavit sworn by him before the same authority "'
Bth July, 1864.
Mr. 10. D. Keane, Q.C. (specially retained). yr. II
and Mr. F. Lewis appeared for the prosecution, ,
was instituted by the Leeds Chamber of Comoro
Serjeant Bellantme (specially retained), Mr. OiNstd/5
(also specially retained), and Mr. Sleigh apposed'.
prisoner.
The primmer, having been given in charge to tla
the indictment charging the perjury alleged to
muted by him on the Bth July 1864, 1864,
Mr. D. D. Keane to open the case on
of the prosecution. The leanawl gentleuianooo7.•
by detailing to the jury the various duties Meat jok
manager by the several statutes regulating
baste
and then stated that the perjury alleged *Pm 'Z.
Donor consisted in an affidavit sworn by him al 02
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curacy of the weekly and monthly returns requirek
of the average emanate of the notes and bills, bah soe
and in circulation. On an investigation it bad bra
Mined, and be believed would be shown, that thee
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had been falsified. and that the prisoner had IWOOM
in
the number of notes in circulatiuu was stroseak
some instances to between 8,000/. and 9,00%.
"'n
one case to the amount of Zi,ooo/., loss thee.a.
true circulation. On this the Perjury was mei
The formal proof was then given of the ~
the company, and of the swearing of the affi 111„ ~
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prisoner. The case, which involves a long dereilLo
counts, is likely to occupy the entire day, if rest"also.

THE TRILL OP RISK ALLAH REV.—At Stilt
the oourt was crowded on Tuesday, the woon_d
triaL A. letter from the capital says :—" 11,0
the accused was sustained in a wonderful moue .t
adjournment of the assmination. When the
certain elopes was wider question, he left the
dock, ed, stepping across the floor of the wet,
lensed by the sentry, 'misted the jury in their
IA the Papers. The peeddent, who hat the,!TLip
quitted the Wfbnes4 permitted the seenisW
proceeding on Risk Allah's part for a few olis•Q
then motioned, him to return. The day's ea** ""
vane= the ease but little."