The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-07 00:00:00

SURREY SESSION.

Pawl Raiy, 52, a gentlemanly-looking person, de-
scribed as a &ambreker, of Redruth, Cornwall, was in-
dicted for unlawfully obtaining two bills of exchange for
5001. each, about 1701, in cash, and other securities, from
Major Thomas Roes. by means of false and fraudulent
pretences he alleging that be bad the lease of the
Wheel Emily Silver Mines in Cornwall, whereas no
lease had been grunted by the freeholder.
Mr. Sleigh (specially retained), with Mr. Oppenbeim sad
Mr. Bradford, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr.
Daley (specially retained), with Mr. E. G. Clarke, for the
prisoner.

The prosecutor was a retired major in the Remy. residing
on his property, Killmarnoch Lodge, South Nora .sod. In
the early part of the year be desired to invest som money
in mining shares, and in March the prisoner pot hie. self in
oomniunication with him representing that he vets the
I purser of the Wheal Emily Silver Mines in the parish of
Callington, in Cornwell. About the end of the month,
the prosecutor, believing the prisoner to be a gentleman.
I invited him and his wife to spend a day or two at his
house as his guests, and be was induced to purchase 215
shares of the prisoner, for wbich be gave him 70/: cash, and
• bill of exchange for the remainder. The prisoner said
that he was offered the lease, and if he bad 1001. more he
oould secure it for his own advantage and these who ad-
vanced him money. Believing his awry to be correct he
gave him another cheque for 1001. On the morning of the
Ist of April, while he was • guest of the prosecutor, he
tapped his breast-pocket, and said," Thank God, my mind
is easy now, as I have got the lease here all right." He
then advised him to take 1,000 share', telling Major Russ
that if he did eo he should be able to keep the public out
of such a good thing. Alin Lloyd, a lady visitor, who bad
also been induced to purchase Alerts of the prisoner, was
in the room at the time, and be told her he
had the lease, said offered to show it her, but she
declined to look at it. The prosecutor, putting
faith in the prisoner's statement, and believing
that be had the leaps of the mine in his pocket,
consented to purchase 1,000 more shares at 11. each,
when the prisoner filled op two bills of exchange
for 5001. each, which the prosecutor accepted and
returned to him. The prisoner then left him, and for-
warded him transfers of the shared from Thomas Evans to
Thomas nogg, and a cost-book was produced for his signa-
ture. Shortly after that, from inquiries that were made,
he ascertained Mr. Langford, the freeholder of the mine,
had not granted a lease of the property to the prisoner or
any other person, consequently lie had been defrauded of
his money and the hills of exchange. During the time
the inquiries were pending the prisoner had the impu-
dence to forward to the prosecutor another billet exchange
for 4001. for his acceptance.
Other evidence having been given,
Mr. Daley addrennod the jury at some length for the
prisoner, contending that he had never said he had the
lease, but was in litigation respecting it in the Court of
Chancery.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
of Guilty.

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It was then proved that the prisoner had been tried and
sentenced to 12 months' hard labour at York for a .similar
offence, when
The learned Chairman sentenced him to five years' penal
servitude.