The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-19 00:00:00

FIIII.DB IST 411 ACCOUNTANT.

At the Mansion-house, yesterday, John T.cykir,
30, deerited as an accountant, of South Auillee-streer,
Grosvenor-square, and who warn stated to be vary reipert-
ably connected, was charged before the hoot '4 try
with endeavouring to obtain six hose r of cgaer, a inner-
'rheum pips, and other articles, by 11101121.1 of a lietitioss
cheque 4111 the City of Onagow Bank.
On Saturday, the sth inst., about three in the afternoon,
the prisoner went into the shop of Mr. Smenond, tuber:-
comet, 38, Bishop...tete-street-within, and mind to do
business, saying he warn going to Australia. He selected
six hoses of cigar% a mearehaum pipe, and ether articles,
and asked for the bill and a slip of paper on which to
write out a cheque. The bill and a slip of /raper were given
to him, and he wrote out • cheque tor the anoint,
111. 7s. ed., drawn on the City of Oforgaw Bank.
In the course of conversation. while he we,
ordering the goods, he produced a receipt for
his peerage to Australia, and ordered the goods to he
sent to the ship he was going by, the Orient. Wilde
in the shop he also romenied some tobacco, which he did
not pay for, and asked Hr. litimmond to knit him 41. to
pay his puma to the docks, which be did, and the prisoner
then went out. Daniel Webster, an resistant to Mr.
Simmond, went out after him, and watched him go iuts
another shop, where he gave an order for some stationery
fttand thence he went to Hr. Goode's, tobaceoui
y. When he earno oat of the latter Mop Mr.
Webster called a oonstabie and gave him into custody. In
reply to the charge he said it would be all right, awl
wrote a letter to • person, who be said was his uncle, at
Ealing, and on whom bedrew two cheques, one being fur
Mr. Binnond. At Ant he said if they would go to South
Audleysitreet the bill would be paid in earth, bit
he afterwards said it was no use going there, and
that they would have to go to Baling. When searched
there was found upon hint Mr. Simrnowl's invoice, •
receipt for 451. passage money by the Orient, a reeeiptsel
invowe id Medan. Silver and Co.'s, outtittenr, Coruiull ;
and afterwards there was found under the grating, near
where he had been standing, • receipt for 454, being tire
passage money to Melbourne by ours of the Black Ball
line of ships. This receipt was tern up in ?Wen. A
wooden pipe and a penny were also found upon the priso-
ner. Upon the foregoing evidence the prisoner war re-
manded from the 4th to the 11th of September, wlew a
clerk from the Cityof Glasgow Bank, Mr. Moms, Find-
later, was iu attendance, and stated that they had no cus-
tomer of the name of •• hn Taylor." The prisoner had
no accouut with them. Within ten days or a fortnight
they had had about a dozen of cheques Minder to that
produced presented, and bad returned them all.
Yesterday evidence was given to show that on the 4th of
September the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. lie ensing,
93, Oraisechurrh-street, and selected goods to the anwernt
of 151. 3s. 9d., and in payment he wrote out a The
for
151. 66., and he was paid the balanos, 2.5. 3d. The clusTie
wan returned with the words "uo account." In error".
examination by the prisoner it was stated that the go sir
were ordered to be sent to Unship on the Ws, and that on
the morning of that day the cheque was returwel
how aired.

The con.lable, George (They, 676, informed the Lord
Mayor that he had gone to F.alitg awl had seen the ;con-
tlewan to white the pnsoner had referred, awl he gave him
a very bail character. Ile hail decertel his wiie au
Anitiares, but sulaiesuently at the prisoner's carnet
t•t/lit :tat, n the had vsue to E-c_ awl we. it ow
lie rig with her f. irud . The pleu w.t., a
el. rrytellll in A esti aim.
lite pawner, on being ;piked wliaf. he had get :n
that he eurue the.
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the fo:l.iw clay he taitiaci I.y
the Llu. k ball line. lle went t tii pia".
with the uneutten of loniowis.,.; ii-i,;••iice tic
a thahng, hut he had not the
or, to we a more forcible expre-wiuu. the "cheek." t •e.
se after giving thew cheques tor the !arg, anemlit. ter,.
routed by the pasbane money. A arieud had seen VI 'e
two Louse«, and they declined to take any proceielin,i
llCllitikt him, and he presumed they unilerstood it was
isimply the re-ult of a drunken lone. fie had ha Ino
intention to defiaud any one. Ilad he had any such in-
tention. ini-tcad of ordering the gootls to be sent to the
ships, cne of which was not to Sail for nine, and the ether
tor feu/telu days intei wards, before which, in the °railway
tout-re, the cheques would Lave been returned, anti tho
goods recovued, Le would have ordered them to have Wien
«rut to some place where they would have been at one
claimed. He thought his lordship would admit, ou the
evidence, that there was no intention to coiniuit
end Le would not have done such a thing had he wit
been mad with drink.

The Lord Mayor raid his conduct was mod extraordi-
nary. lie had already suffered fou; teen days' impr,eri-
nieut by ;emends, and he (the Lord Mayor) now neuteur•d
him to a further puriod of 21 days' imp.isonmeut in the
limise of Correction with hard tabour.
The primmer—Thank you, my Lord.