The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-25 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT. --F1 —TAFTORD, JULY 24.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. indica Shoe.)

It will be recollected that in February last • man
named Thomas &taker wrote a letter to the Earl of Stam-
ford and Warrington threatening to make certain revela-
tions in connection with his lordship's racing transactions
if his demand for money were not complied with. From the
exalted social position of the noble lord, and the comments
of the public press upon the manner in which the charge
was investigated, the case at the time engrossed • con-
siderable share of public attention. After several magis-
terial examinations and remands, Bowker was ultimately
committed to take his trial at the Stafford assizes upon the
charge of attempting to extort money by means of threats,
but was admitted to bail. The came, however, abruptly
came to an end by the foreman of the grand jury (Viscount
Ingestre) announcing that they had ignored the bill. The
learned judge, in his charge to the grand jury, made no
allusion to the subject.

THE EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A STOCK-
BROKER'S CLERK.

Yesterday, William John Hurst, late of Hawk-
hmt-lodge, Lower Sydenhani, was finally examined before
Alderman Sir It. W. Carden at the Mansion-house police-
court, on the chair of embezzling and staling large sums,
the moneys of his Late employers Messrs. Seymour and
Elwyn, the stockbrokers, of Throgniorton-street, his defal-
cations being proved at the examination on Monday to
exceed 14,0001. in the aggregate.
On this occasion oounael did not appear either for the
prosecution or the defence, it being understood that the
proceedings of this day would be confined to the reading
over to the various witnesses the depositions which had
been taken, and to the taking of the evidence of one wit-
ness, Mr. Graves, who had been summoned, but had failed
to attend on Monday. In consequence of his non-appear-
ance a third summons was directed to be issued, and on
the prisoner being brought up,
Alderman Sir It. W. Carden inquired whether the wit-
ness was now present, and whether the last summons
had been served.

Detective-officer Bull, who has with Webb the charge
of the case, then stated that on the previous evening he
went down to Mr. Graves' residence at Palmer's-green, near
Edmonton, bat the gentleman was not at home. He
accordingly left the summons with Mr. Graves' sister, who
promised to deliver it to him on his arrival at home, but
Mr. Graves was not now in attendance.

By direction of the court the reading of the volu.ni-
nous depositions was then proceeded with, a process which
necessarily occupied a very considerable time. At the con-
' clarion Mr. Graves was again called, but still being absent,
Alderman Sir R. W. Carden directed the officer Bull to
take out an immediate warrant, and if the recusant wit-
new refused to come with him, to execute the warrant,
and bring him before the court at once.
After some delay Mr. Grave. made his appearance, ac-
companied by the officer. He complained that his private
house had been invaded most unnecessarily and wawa/.
mutably without any authority, as his (Mr. Graves') plain
of business, where he waa always to be found, was well
known.
The Alderman told him that it was because he could
not be found at his office that his house bad been visited
to secure his attendance by summons. He bad failed to
obey two previous summonses, and this last process, which
had compelled his presence now, had been issued in con-
sequence of his non-obedience of the summonses, and fur-
ther remarked be was reported to have declared that he
would have no bother about the matter, and would not
attend.

Mr. Graves—Well, I will not discuss the matter any
further. (A laugh.)
The witness was then sworn, and in reply to the solicitor
for the prosecution deposed that he was a stock dealer or
jobber, haring offices at 4, Hercules-passage, Broad-street,
and knew the firm of Seymour and Elwyn and on the 2nd
Sept. 1865, he owed them a sum of 104/., which he dis-
charged by • cheque for that amount on the Agra Bank,
and that cheque was returned to him as having been paid
by them. He had not had time to look for the cheque,
and had no doubt he could produce it.
The chief clerk told him it would be necessary that he
should do so at the trial.

The witness then signed bis deposition, and he, with
the rest of the witnesses, was bound over to appear and
give evidence against the prisoner at the ensuing •11181011
of the Central Criminal Conn.
The prisoner, having been cautioned in the usual form,
was asked what he had to say, and he replied, " I have only
to say that I had large transactions with Seymour and
Elwyn, and sustained very heavy loan, but I had thought
that all matters had been settled by the payment of 2,0001.
by my friends and myself. The rest I must leave to my
learned counseL"

The prisoner we. then fully committed for trial, and re-
moved from the har.

THE MURDER NEAR ST. HELEN'S.—The inquest
on the body of Adam Mather, the collier, who was so
brutally murdered at Greenleach, near St. Helen's, on
Saturday night last, has been opened at St. Helen's, before
Mr. Driffield, the county coroner. The accused murderer,
John Smith, was present during the examination, and
appeared fully to understand the position in which be
stood. The principal evidence adduced was that of the
widow of the mardered man. Mrs. Mather appeared in
court with her right eye blackened, and her left covered
with a shade. The poor woman while giving her evidence
appeared considerably affected. Mrs. Mather, in her ex-
amination, said, after stating that her husband went
downstairs on hearing some noble, " I called to
my husband to know who it was, and he said
he did not know, upon which I got out of
bed, and went towards the kitchen. I thought
my husband was struggling to push the man out. I first
of all heard plunder going on, ran to the front door,
opened it, and rushed out screaming for my neighbour,
John Mort. A man rushed after me, struck me in the
right eye, and knocked me down. When on the ground
he cut me on the right side of the neck with an Instru-
ment something like a razor. I fancy I can tell the man
again. I saw him running after me." The prisoner was
here directed by the coroner to stand forward, and at his
own request was allowed to appear in court in exactly the
same dress as he was in when apprehended by Sergeant
Brown. He then took off a coat and appeared in his
shirt and dark corduroy trousers, whereupon Mrs. Mather
exclaimed, " That's the man ; be favours the man who
was in my house." After some other witnemes had been
examined the inquest was adjourned until Tuesday next,
at one o'clock.
THE HEALTH OF LONDON. —lt appears from the
return issued by authority of the Registrar-General that
in the week that ended on Saturday, July 20, the births
registered in London and 12 other large towns of the
United Kingdom were 3,962; the deaths registered,
2,672. The annual rate of mortality was 23 per 1,000
personsliving. In London the births of 976 boys
and 934 girls, in all 1,910 children, were registered in
the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years,
1857.66, the average number, corrected for increase of
population, is 1,959. The deaths registered in London
during the week were 1,230. It was the 29th week of
the year ' • and the average number of deaths for that week
is, with a correction for increase of population,
1,455. The deaths in the present return are less
by 225 than the estimated number. The deaths of 162
'children and 8 adults from than-bees were registered last
week; 22 fatal eases of diarrhais occurred in the west, 48
in the north, 27 in the central, 46 in the east, and 27 in
the south districts. 5 persons died from diarrhom in the
sub-district of Kensington Town, 4 in All Souls Maryle-
bone, 4 in St. Mary Marylebone, 5 in Christchurch Mary-
lebone, sin Tottenham-court Pancras, 8 in Kentish-town
Pancras, 4 in Islington West. 6 in Islington East, sin St.
Giles South, 5 in Church llethrud.green, 6in Mile-end
Old-town Eastern, 4 in Poplar, and 109 in other anb-dis-
tricts. 11 children died of infantile cholera or choleraic
diarrhoea. In the corresponding week of last year (1866)
the deaths from diarrheas were 221, and front choler*
346. The son of a trimming manufacturer, aged 3 years,
died on the 24th June at 6, St. Peter-street, Bethnal-
green, of " purpuric fever, 4a hours." (Inquest.)

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