The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-12 00:00:00

money trassertime took plea between them, end the pes
den that was to he disposed of ea the ream occasion was
whether • bill of excheasse for I,COOf. which the primer
led altered ae bearing the genuine acceptacce of the pose-
emir, was, la petit of feet, really his handwritiag ors (*rose.
The learned emend then detailed the einnenstanoss of the
ere, sod said that he was ready to admit that the pose-
miter, who was andry young man, had been guilty of
peat extrammess nettlesome ia stoney slain. but the
issue so Mm spa the present coession was a very painful
eat, become he would (liaised, swear that he never gave
the prisoner say sash seeeptsmes, and therefore it was dew
that the effete* of forgery mast have bora committed, or
that the prosecutor had deliberately committed an act of
peijory. Hs entertained, however, the epees that when
the jury had heard the evidence he should lay before them
sad considered all the facts of the use they would feel
that the cheep e atiined in the present indiesuseat had been
satisfactorily established against the priposer.
The evidence that was first predmed consisted of two affi-
davits made by the prisoner ; the first upon the °maim of
his Baskin an application to the judge to be admitted to
bail, and the second, which was made on Wednesday last in
this emit, when ea application was made to postpone the
trial to this day. In the first of these instruments the pri-
mer, having swam that the acesptance to the bill in ques-
tion was the true end genuine acceptance of the promeu.tor,
went on to say, that having had assay mosey transom ton.
with Mr. Clemente, before he came of age, he saw him in
Jely, 1947, as.l had some conversation with him upon the
subject of the debt he owed him, whale at that time
amounted to more that 1,7001, sad tint be then threatened
legal proseedinp against him. The affidavit went on to
state that the prosecutor represented himself to be a miser,
but said that be shield some Leto the pommies of cousidefin
ble property whea he became of age, and that he offered
to give a bleak acceptance upon a stamp sufficient to cover
the *wont of 1,0001., which he (prisoner) was authorised
te fill up on the 5,h of August, 1t47, when he would be of
age, if he would forego legal proceedings. The prisons?
stated that he consented to this proposition, and that the bill
now in question was originally accepted by the prosecutor
upon • blank steep, and that he tied it up as agreed, at. 4
it was negotiated through the bank of Lubbock and Co., but
on its being presented at Messrs. Con and Orseawood's, army
agents, where it was made plyable the bill was disho-
noured. The affidavit then detailed proceedings that
were taken spins: the prisoner by the Dublin and London
Dank having referents to Walla sad it went on to state that
legal proceed ints had bees takes maga Mr. Clements to en-
force the payment of the amount, but that by his obainate
evasion of the service of proems the Fiume had hitherto
bees deprived Irani receiving oar benefit from them pro-
em/lop, sad that at tie present time the inset 1,7001. was
due to him from' tie princotor. The snood affidavit re
mated the assertion of the gesuineuen of the seeeptantse, sad
also stated that it was written In Dublin, and that the further
time applied LT was required, is ceder to amble the wit-
sasses who could prom the fact Midland.
Mr. John Mucus Clements, examlood by Mr. Beilkia-1
am sow 23 yeses of age, sad I attained my impiety oa the
27th of July, 1547. At that time I was a lientensat in the
13th Light Drapes'. Oa my casein of ego I was entitled
to lanleti property in Ireland. I had sevenl mosey times&
time with the prisoner before my majority. I believe
he had a pleas of beanies In Dahlia, where
I was 'teased. My tint trammtion. I beam,
with him took place la Jemmy, 1647. He used
Ss sews to my mum in the bereacks, sad be Mould Me-
bane and jewellery far sale, and also professed to imams/my.
Shortly before 1 maw of age I made • commitalsaties of the
state of my effete to a eatlemas WWI Pullman, end I
oleo c immuniested with Mr. Murdock, as. of my ithaftliesei
upon the same mbjest sad I afterwards elect dmy &fairs
In the hands of those gentleman for settlement, and they
were satherbed to settle any demand that the prisoner might
have upon IN. I think this was dune in the bestizaing of
April, or darlag the SOWN of that month In CoUNNWIIISS
of lakemalion I emeivea I weir. on the 21st December last
to the offices of Meows. Campbelliand Co, solicitors is Wan
wiekitrest, where the bill of ezehaoge, now in questim, ter
1,0001. was shows to as,. The soceotatice on that bill is met is
my handweiting,aad 1 never saw that bill before.
I gave no leilanfite le say one to accept that
bill, and I sever wonted • bill for 1,0001. in my tide,
since 1 km bees et age I have sot scented any bit
whatever, gad I sever assepted • bill in bleak is my life.
In Jell, 1647, I did net make any ansageosent with the
=TrN give him my aceepteace is blank, upon a stamp
unk to some the amount of 1,0001., and authorise
him to fill it up is bleak aber I became of age, on condition
that he did not tab legal proceedings spiast me in Diable.
1 soar that 1 aver made say maw lielaSpeleSt with the
r, sad at that time my affairs were la the hands of
r. Pullman. Datil last Demnalser, I sever heard of any
demand upon* me for the amsnat of this 1,0001. bill;
but I turd such a bill was in Masao in the month of Au-
gust 1 set year, ups the Gamin of the salmi at Croydon
in that math. Mr. Pamela informed me of the tact, and
'I authorise. him to take sushiprossodiags se le might m-
edier neenway respreting it. reeve toth any step to made
the service of Frown he ,00nextea with this bid, and I never
beard of any promise ha r:og been lewd newt me upon
this bill.
By Mr. Cumsbers—l entered the army at seventeen.
300.. a year vs es ell: wed me at that time, sad this was in-
creased to 4.0'., Eat when the ineressed allowance was
'Con I min:: say. I °moot recollect whether it was two
years or one year 'before I was twenty-me. I should say it
was not thre, year& before, and my imprinter le that it was
two. T!.e malty wee paid firm the Court of Chancery
through Messrs. Doemrie and Co. I was a nor et foe three
pars My pay was about 1001. a year. and something
Itke eight shillings a day. I first served in Eng-
land. The Irish army agents wee Messrs. Anaitt and
Burroughs. Wiser I was made lieutenant my pay was about
1201 a year, but I sever ascertained the exact amount. I
used to draw on the agents until my ply was all drawn out.
My totem) and rent nentcy were butts purchased, the tint
for 8001 , and 1,2001 more was paid for the liesteoantcy.
The wormy was paid by my friends. Mr. Pullman is a bar-
ri ter. He aid not some over to Ireland specially to me me.
1 did not know that he was there for the purpose of arrang-
ing the if in of a brother officer named Denny. Mr.
Denny introduced me to Mr. Pullman. I cannot tell how
much matey I owed at that time. I cannot speak to a thou-
sand 'needs, but I am certain 6,0001. would have covered
my debts.
Mr. Chambers—Did you borrow mach money between the
ages of 17 and 21)
tiltuess-1 did not get much.
Cross-examination-1 cannot say precisely how much I
borrowed. I sholld doubt U I had so much as 1,0001. in cult
out Meta amount that I owed. The debt consisted partly of
3,0001. In bills to codeine's for goods supplied to me.
The remainder was made up of bills of *letup
oat of which amount I m have received 1,0001 incash.
Them were only three otter bill of meter ge creditots be-
sides the primate. I knew a jeweller named Waterhouse.
I had some transactions in business with him, but I do not
think 1 ever gave him a bill of exchange. I will net swear
I did sot give him one at this distance of time. It is only
two yeses ego, but the lapse of time sakes it possiWe that
may have done so sad have forgotten it. I don's thick I
ever pm him a bill for 1131. as., but I wont swear I did
snot. I believe I did not give him such a bill on the 26th
May, 1847. A Kt, Harris had some bills of mine. He
obtained a judgment against me in one of the Irish courts,
and my impresses is that he was paid something ander
4001. I heard that I was sued upon certain bills of outline,
bat I went to look at the bills. The matter was in
the hands of my friends. I said then, sad I my now, that
two of thine bills were forgeries. I don't know where
those bills ate now. I have not got them. I was
is Dublin when the verdict was obtained opine
me. 1 recollect sow there were throe bffie whith
I say were forgerks. I cannot tell the assema of
these bills. It was emelderably MOTS than 1001., but my
memory fails me as to the exact amount ; but I should guess
they were of the elm of about 4001. I was told that Harris
brought the scion for about 8401. I was told at the time
upon how many bills this action wee brought, bet I
sow the lumber. I believe it was epee five billy indl I
know that two of them were dated after I snaked mmpg min
jority. There were two of the bills which I to
be forged. I believe their amount was a little owe WM. I
know that I was not liable for the bills that come matted
during my minority. This defence was set up M NMI elf
the bills sad forgery to the others. I have 110.4 f Mk say
endeavour tome the bills which I repromat Wee 6111=
but I believe my Means endeavoured to
Iffy friends were Mr. Pullman, Mr. lithrdock,Vlrtlfeada.l
Mr. Chanties here handed to the witasse a bill of ea-
thaw, and be said that looking at that he did believe shoal
he gave Mr. Waterhouse • bill of whinge oa the 26th of
May, 1647.
Creeneasadastioa 'outfield—l w only explain this by
saying that I pave hint • anus. I gave him a bill of se-
eking% bat I did not resdleet it when I was asked the
questien bailee. I have no doubt I owed him 1131. at tie
time la peaks been Usk bill of esokange, sad I believe the
amnia was path by my Meade. I comet my whether I
saved him 1131. 10s. on the Mk Mai, 1647; hot if I did 1
have he was paid. I may have ma him the dosenesat
mew peedweed, hat I ilea% was putted set of the
army ia the ismale of August. The parcham mean farmy
oemmissisa was pay, I bee me doubt, bet my Meads m-
asted it. Who I let Dahlia I west to Leedom, and teem
theme to Whailese, sad I remained at the latter pins a math
or five weeks. Mot this I west to visit my node is Wen,
shire, and remained there sin weeks. My Ca is Shot
after that 1 west to Orese Hawluley, near , ead
was there sad is Landes up to Deseesher, 1847. Whoa I
was in London I was staying with Mr. Pollassa, at
After this I went to Spain, sad did set return till Aaoedmwal,
16th. I thin paid a visit to my mere is Ireland
to es Leaden. I staid is IMAM about ten days, and
then weet es Greet Muskeley, where I nesaiem w wow
out Mao winter of ISM, sesmikaally visiting Las.
pms shistEtog to about May, ltd. I was visitlyirsziat et
"mons . Since that time thane lodged
I kw" my affair have net been t ally seeded ns se
this time, sad the noes is that Mr. feel sad other poem
would never send Is proper moments. I holism that • peat
Amy May tradesass have bees past 11 I had het re-
oohed a Meat lees MN. Pullman, I sheald pusibly set bows
teemed hos Spia whoa I aid. I 'moot pi., say idea of
the maim of my duke time somas unsealed, WWI dry,
enimpasa Mar primer% went ; bet it osemet be meek
sme et the knell ry I resolved I 'swapped" ewer
soda to the parties hem whim I resolved it,
sad semi I kept ; but I do sot remeether ever having
mid say. 1 gave very little of it away. 1 somemiser gel' $
theta to see man. I gave ma demob and eumer
to Mr. Wahreheass I. part ligaideffsaf his bit I I
me doubt I bad same ed those dleassio Iwo Seel ther
wee. asigiaally Is wit al% cad I lea than ma to dim=
of them. I mama say whether Ise dispelled d them a the
istikaftse I melted them hem the pressor, bbut. 'mom
it was not se seen. 1 414 the Mme wltY NOS
diaands I received Irma Bank I 'mast my hew lag
was Mar 1 remitted them, or whither it wee sot the Miff
gry 8181 thq aim lab a; pormiss la Oho ship it

trinkets. I took the &sands out of the elution pertly to
amuse myself by weighing them and partly to en how they
looked out of the settings. I don't know what became of
the settings. Captain Holton, en Oleo of the regime at,
bad • little ourible, end my impreesion le that I handed
them over to him to melt, end I know he had • little
marble of geld. lam sure the settings were a sold.
I gave jewellery to the mount of 201. to a female at
Dublin. I was not living with that female, but
I was in the habit of *fag her, ard I gave her
mats of jewellery and null sums of mosey, not more
11. pee week. I did not play mon than nee in Dab-
' Ifft. The r• was hazard, end I neither last nor was upon
the oramires. I have aot played at • gamblieg-hormis in
Looks fee a keg time, not sines 1846. I cannot say how
any times I was in a gambling-hones in Loa's before
1846. I could not play voy high, bemuse I had not got
mach mosey. I remember meting the primmer in Relent-
street in the same 01849, ad he asked me where I was
stopping. sad alts requested me to settle his denim upon me ;
hat I did set %pee that occasion Muse to give him my ad-
dress. He might have followed me home if he had pleased.
I did not represent mulatto be of age ill 1846. I did give a
treat to the ma, bet it was en the occasion of my pettier
my lieutenancy, and not beaus I represented that I had
come of age.
Mr. John Pallaula domed that he was • barrister, end la
the year 1847 he taw ILL Clements at Dietetic, but he had
been introduced to him ban. In 1847, he was requested
by kis guardians to arreage his affairs; said he had authority
to pay any debts that were due, and he communicated ta
feet to the prisoner, ad requested him to let him hays hie
anoint with Mr. Closeste, and he promised to send it.
11s afterwards received from the prisoner the document now
produced on July 1,1847.
The paper was put in. The material point it Ins repro-
mated to prove barter, that at this period the prisomer made
no mention of this I,ooos. bill.
Rumination contineod.—The prisoner trawl epee Idol
in August, sad 'eked it the account was satiefactery, lad,*
teem told him it was art, es the consideration for the bills wee
not set oat. The rasa then made • verbal statement, bet
witness requested him to give the account la writing, and he
promised to do so on the &nowise Tanta. The prisoner
did not come on that day, hut sent • letter apologising tor
not keeping his 'militant, and he did not see the prisoner
again until the 27* August, at his (witness's) chambers in
the Temple. He then brought another statement of
the mesa lawn him and the prosecutor, and in this
also *tee wee no make made of the 1,0001. bill. The
panne ellnauds, at his Flgaimit gave him the particulars
d 110 boa en this sada/ net make say allusion
le • VIM MIL Wan the gelemert ppw him this latter
paper, he said be ha ghee the pu silan of the whole
of the treesestioe banes him and the prosecutor, and
witness never hd an, ether statement' of amounts between
there, sad this bill hr 1,0001. was moor alluded to in any
moaner. Shortly before the summer assizes at Croydon,
last year, was the first time that he ever heard of soh bill
beng is abase, sad he immediately pat himself in sem-
muniastios with Mr. Campbell, the solicitor, owl he
attended at ,Croydon to be examined as a WitatelL In
the coarse of his conversations with the prisoner, his
told him the guardians would pay every boom 1
ilde claim and sin per cent. littered. The Wear '
offered to give up • moldable amount of bills foe half
thole value, but witness refused to listen to any
of that description, and said that every bS Rec=meet
filiation was proved to have been gives staid be paid k
lull. The witness was then shows the bill
and
1,8004
and he said he did not think the neadoes was Mr.

Clesant.'s writiag.
By Mr. Chamblee—Had been welled to the bar about five
yaw. Before be studied for the bar he was *spired in the
weans inaufastare. Witham attended the equity and
ammo law ensue in his wig sad gown. He went to
Delis ia 1846. He net arranged the affairs of any gentle.
man bathe 13th Dragons except those of the prosecutor.
Masa was neap al in watching • anew, salt in the
Isiah marts on behalf of the friends of Mr. Denny, and it
ans tth lerstood that he wee to have the fees of • barrister for
WNW. He wee not aware that Mr. Deasy ever borrowed
MI mosey fa that he was involved ia andifficulties, and he
was meetly segued to watch the Chancery WiSANS
eemiaanisated with other alleged creditors of Mir. Clements
besides Mr. Joel. The annum gave ties the sues of
his sadden in the first instance verbally, and afterwards in
writing. The prisoner did not keep • 'bop, but lodged over
• shop kept by • fruiterer or pawner. The WILIAM
was that farther aose examined at considerable length
with regard to the communications that took place between
him and the prisoner. bat *align material appeared to be
elicited. He flat saw the prosecutor write on the Ist May,
1847, sad from his knowledge of his handwriting he enter-
tained • confident belief that the acceptance to the 1,0001.
bill was not written by him. There wee • general
resemblance, but the signature differed in many re-
spects, according to his opinion. The sig was
certainly like that d Mr. Clements. Several pipers
with signatures on them were then shown to the wane's,
some of them he said he believed were not the handwriting
of the prosecutor; others, he said, were like it ; and upon
some he declined to give any °pain. The last that was
shows to blahs said he thought was not the genuine writ-
ing of Mr. Clements, bat was a copy *flu forged bill.
(This document, which was folded up in nth a
that nothing but the signature could be seen, turned out to
be the identical instrument which formed the subject of in-
quiry, and Mr. Clarkson complained that it was not • tar
preeeeding towards the witness to show him the document in
this form.)
Ithezanrined.—The action at Croydon was not tried, but
was nettled, and he gave notice to Mr. Campbell, the solici-
tor, not to part with the bill, and, at the same time, under-
took to prosecute Joel for forgery. In all the circumstances
that tea plan between him and the prisoner, he
heard of this 1,0001. bill until be had the notice from Mr
Campbell. The prisoner always repainted that the &c-
-oconut which be had given him contained the particulars of
the whole of his claims upon the proseentar.
Mr. Clements, the prosecutor, was then ree_lled, and was
further crow-examined by Mr. Chambers upon the subject
of the accouste that had been produced by Mr. Pullman.
He said that the prisoner's statement of the accounts
between them woo brought to hint at Windsor by I
Mr. Pullman, sad that be was asked to make auy
remarks upon the different items which he might con-
sider necessary. He would not deny that he had actually
received the different articles of jewellery that were
mentioned. or that some portion of it was still in his pusses.
lion. With regard, also, to the sums of 2101., 3301., and
several others, he would not deny that they had not been
paid him in hard cash. One of the items was a diamond
ring, charged at 2001. He believed, be said, that he nad it.
He used to have jewellery from Harris sad the prisoner, and
also from Waterhouse, and then he used to change it amongst
them when he had a fresh transaction with either. In
one instance he gave Harris 801. for some diamond studs, and
he afterwards let Joel have them, and he allowed him 401.
in the account. He only objected to one item in the n-
eonate, which wee 251. for some opal studs, and he believed
he bad not had thine, but he would not venture to swear that
be had sot. One of the items in the prisoner's account was
a diamond ring, 851. He supposed ha had it ; he knew he
took the stones oat and soil them to Wateihnues. Could
not may when he sold them, or whether it was on the very
same day that he purchased the nag from the prisoner. All
he knew was, that the stones were taken out and sold to
Waterhouse, but be weld not say when. He remembered
the prisoner softie* to the barrack& in July, 1847, and tell-
ing him that some of his bills were either over-due or would
soon become due, and that he asked him to renew them,
but he refused to do so. He denied, however, that
epos this cooselon the prisoner asked him to give
him a bleak scaptance, or that he threatened
to take legal proceedings. He also denied most
positively that he had ever glue a blank acceptance
to Mr. Harris, or the prisoner, or any other person. He also
said that whoa he mese of age he had some general idea of
the amount of the bills which he had accepted daring his
minority, but be had not the least knowledge of their
number. Au action was still pending on this bill. It wee
shown to Wm at the office of Mr. Campbell, end lobes be
prononeed the acceptance to be • forgery; he was Wad to
write Ida asset, and be believed he signed one or two gapes,.
His anal mode a algae" his nano to bills of exchange was
to paths initials of hie Christian antes ; but, upon this occa,
dos, he wrote his name la hill.
At the oraeleaka of the crow-ezembration, it being nearly
six o'clock, the farther reseeding" were postponed until this
esonelag.

NEW COUET.filrrhiDAT.
Berens rum Baneessa.
AOO/LATATID CYO OP ANIATLT.
S. O. Bong, the horse dealer, who wu on Monday con-
victed in the OW Oren of is insult on Janes Dodsley
Tawny, whose nisiembely death whilst giving evidence is
hest is the rescue' met our readers, was brought up to
ieseireseatease.
The Baseeds, An meaning to the atrocious nature of
the mask sad Ike wry ntelenekely result, said be nub
eapidel dirt the i l d die Nankai enquiry into the is&
wane MOW doe death of the pmentor Wei Pell thetas
iodidiand meillusee Sic garner asters the that talk
holed bees @ambled Ws meld an be brought ageism
bin. Ammo" who NMI be gully of so dastardly and
geese is ado the peisaise Wm& have • mind so ilium
slatted that be, the leamed reeteder, felt any remade be
night mks meld In aameillag.
Tbeptiseast was Ohm smear to 12 maths' inpriesa-
ama.
Cartoon or Amos.
Mary Giersasso 'child seemly 13 years of age, was is-
Ailed ter the edema of eettiag See to the der=
Mena Jibs Skim Omaha, be sad eskers being
at the Ohm
It awned from the evillest, of the pemeator, as 'lady
=rliving la die Old Itatmed, that the girl bad
at a teetelabt I. their eervkre. Oa the 27th of
Member, Mese= ira mad els la the ensing, they were
Menai lry the mei of Are be the hen& and, on proceed-
ing to the spot hen when it sane feuad that • quantity
of bad hese set ea Ant by the prisoner, who
adnirt.liatad =ideas It, aad said that aka bad acted so be-
ams she wasted to get est of ionise.
TM lisposaw, la MY*/ ep. said the set seemed more
to be me Si Weider the any Menus intent to Are the
bone ; sad If the jury theaght she meant merely to barn
the dense fee ems spit., bower& wicked the act might be,
they wen boned to await Ms.
Tbe fury marasd a verdict of Not lathy.
Lasehrr bade' homed the child, ordered her to be
delivered up to Mr weber.
AsIAIILT Inez mem TO KILL.
Dead Moid d 7, themaker, Ins indicted for stab
bin/ Hoary er Madam" with Intuit to murder
kis
TM jury having found bin OW* of the whole charge,
TM Raseeder ordered natmes of death to be recorded,
ininatiag that, Is etseszessidase Si his op sad having bees
wanded n a edgier, be the natant of
Isurpulitisa he Mb to M issar=mailyoul.