The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-28 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. AdditicsaL) [TWOPENCE.

be secomary for you te breve the hooks, es it dame dolt
the goods ears old to Waking an the 12th el Myrrh
wham in Taylor's letter of advice about the We he abates
they war* sot sold to May until the 14th of Ferasry, two
dare
Lawson• was they mosearsedesd by Mr. Watimr—
Taylor b bets my agent elms depteaslar irk The Ira
' Pof goods I sent helm amewntal teUM.,altur Meet-
ast per asst These geode weee, I beileau sad St
end you paid kr. They did sot et bet am see=
wen odd to lisy sad Se goods were quidfir lty a
chew el Ylmise's Ar ems 200 f. or ewer. I sew saw the
greiseel, Mel Oct. 11, for 2171., mita saw. I did
nets el &aqua it SU. 16e. lid. ad lls. bead. I was
paid Sir lie psis on the 10th of Desombor. The nest
tremmelles um as the 14th of Fekseri,
W.
was far 3641.
for whisk I reseluil the two Ws fir W. at three months
sail WU. et ens math. The 11141. Yes pad. hut I Taw
reeshels ladies wan lash= minded gaols There is •
balm Mahout MI awn drawn May to me. I have sot
remind 1111., sr OS Ihrthip, eel, but Taylor received
Kt Os. IL it Me eta.
Glades lit mid—l est a carman in the empty on
Theme NAM, airman, of 40, Gresham-ens= Os the
11th ef PrAnary bat I went to No. 1, Church-pomp, to
Idol sum yob tons Tula's warehouse, and on that day
I lest kern dIII“ 111 bones to Mr. Meaking's on Holborn-
MIL Osgibe lleh rd' March I took 64 boxes, and on the
1 66 have. I took than all from Taylor's =rehouse to
Mr. e.
Yr. H You will find, Mr. lf=ihst la sot
the ow. He Minot take them dints M a.
Witsme—Tegbr prossnt when I took kA lot
awe and man from May's went with me to deliver
at e• : but I took a delivery-book, which I got
4seti fir ;psis I look on the other two octagons.
Wben Illtilapetsb Mw e art I west to May's owls
In hes" ink Mr beintelhole where to take than.
No one vent ass from Toile% and no one at Taylor's
toll me whena we to go Ira the geode. I went to May
os all One emesion• for isslisetiona as to where the good.
were te be deilonef. Whoa I took the goods from Taylor's
stmelesere we were entgieyed by May.
B. Lewis said—l am a buyer of cambric
hesdloweitsiliWit u trallfeeking's employ. 1 bought the
pats tenured Is the invoke of the 12th of February,
enermatbg to 4701. 16e. IL They consisted of 131 boar,
costeisdug 1,701 dozes of cambric handkerchiefs. The price
I bee& them at wee 421 par cent. discount upon the m-
v.c4=l Humphery—And that was what you considered
to be the value dike goods ?
Wilsess—No, dr. The invoice trim was what Mr.
Omuta =hied them at. I do not know whom the goods
beisegsi Is, but we bought them of May, supposing him to
be a misebble ago= I might have eau the samples, but
I emit 1111 whet ley they was mat. On the first ores-
sitessextmleasodri
atr6,o it Ina
pe mot.
Mr. Marking
--Z73lertin--Credne..zarelf to evidence. You are not
hen to died Mr.
Witsam—ficesettmes=ave men May and at others
Jog, but I do not !mow if I saw either of them on this
occasion.
Alderman Humphery—You must recollect whom you
bought of.
Witness—There were several cases in which I did net
see them, but I believe the goods came from May.
Alderman Hiunphery—But this invoice is for 4701., and
you must therefore know of whom you bought such • large
quantity of goods.
Witness—l was going to explain ; and unless you allow
me to do so, I mime tell you. On a previous occasion I
had a dispute with Jury, and he therefore on this oecision
mat to Woodward, who brought the samples to me, and I
Cad the price; but Woodward bought them; so that I
might not have wen either May or Jury.
Alderman Ilumphery—What are these private marks on
the invoice P. .

Witness—They are the retail prices, and represent the
profit we sell the goods at. Our profit upon this lot of goods
to oziyai2L,
Ilumphery—What, only 281. upon 4701. P
Witness—tio' or, you are mistaken. We bought these
goods for 270/., and the 281. is the profit upon that amount.
Aldermen Humphery—Yea, yes, I understand the 2001.
off is the 421 per cent. discount.
Witness—l marked upon the invoice the retail prices, sad
'lt was thin paned into the counting-house. We sold a
great many of thee/ handkerchiefs, but we had not our win-
dow full of them.
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Mr. Martin—You sold a great many in the shop f
Viltuera—We did. Woodward brought the sample' to
me. The invoice of the lath of March is for 1,4 boxes. I
bought them. The Loxes coutained 690 dozen handker-
chiefs', and the invoke amounted to 1081. 7c. 6d., for which
a cheque wee given. The two cheque. produce! for
130/. and 1231. are both signed in Mr. Meekinis hand-
writin
Mr.g. Morgan—l must here explain, sir, that the 421 dis-
cs:mat was taken off them goods before the invoice wee
mode out, so that them doe. not appeer to have bow any
deduction made upon the invoice rnm.
Alderman lintnphery—Do you always take off 421 per
cent. discount in all your other transactions ?
Witness—No, sir.
Alderman ilumphery-1 mean with Ma.
Witrus—Net always, sir. 1 bonglit the 511 Loxes MP t4ining,
nz dozen handkerchiefs in the invoice of the 16th March,
and the gnu amount of the invoice was 107/. 1.5 e. 3d. I
cannot say if the 131 buee delivered on the 12th of Feb.
are the same that Laing bus spoken of, but I passed that
quantity into our Mock. The goods wore brought down into
the marking room lay Meredith, our warehouretutut, tmd I
raw them there on that day.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—l have karma May
about four or fire months. We buy goods from a great
many people. Ido not know Myers. I never saw him until
I 'saw him in court. I never bought goods of him through
an agent. I buy many other things as well as handkerehiefe.
I buy for three or four different departments. Ido not know
if Myers has mid goods to any of our other departments. I
travel in the City to buy gook. We have bought goods of
a great many houses of long standing, very frequently at a
very cheep rate, and of houses, the respectability of which
no one would think of questioning. Wes have bought goods
of such houses at as great • discount as in tide instance, and
greeter. Some of them come and oiler their goods to u.
I have bought this class of goods of other houses at an low a
rate, and they are houses that have stood the etorm and are
still going on. I should imagine it was • temporary peer
sure that indured them to sell so low, bet of couree 1 do
not know that of toy own knowledge.
Alderman Ilumphery—You have not known that caber
houses have been 112 difficulties when you have bought emir
goods at 421 per cent. discount ?
Witness—No, sir. But from the terms upon which the
goods were said to us we supposed they were premed. Such
pressure might induce manufacturers to sell their goods at se
low a price, but it would not induce other wholesale house
to ems and sell to us.
Mr. Martin—l enppose you never ink any gustier!' ?
Witmer—Cert y sot, if it is are gards's% person; kart
if • Munger were to eozne to rte we should make a gust
many inquiries, and if not mad...tory we should not pay Ile
the goods, but return them.
r. Lawson, readied, mid—Mr. M'Cullagh introdtieed
me to Taylor, sad I wrote in reply to his letter of the 246
of January, in which he offered to guarantee us the acankle
at 4 per cent., to say that pa he knew the parties aTII
would bell to and would take their bilk without a panatela.
I did not agree to an his guarantee at 4 per cent. I had
• cheque from Taylor for 76t. 12e. Bd., I pr It into
the Bank of London on the 15th of last month nd it wen
paid before it was due. That was for goods be had sold to
Co take and Moore, for which he got the matey, and be
bed therefore no right to and me this cheque. All the in-
voices were sent with the Utters produced. The first account
sake, dated the 12th of October, were for 278/. 19.., and the
terms being for 2 months' coedit the account fell due on the
10th of December, and was paid. The next transaction was
for 3846, in February. I saw Taylor for the fine time on the
11th of April, and I told him It was a bad, unfortunate job,
but I did not tell him to sell the handkerchiefs that were left
in his warehouse, to the amount of 1,000 dozen. I took
them away, hot there was no compliment in his allowing me
to take away my own goods. They remained at his ware-
house after I saw loin, until I sold them to swallow.
the value of them woe about 2001. The goods I sold on the
12th are the same that were mid to N eeking on the 13th of
March. The invoices bear the same date. The invoice of
the goods 'sold to Meeking on the 12th of February are the
same goods referred to in Taylor. invoice to me of the 14th
of February, and those of the 13th and 15th of March are the
same mentioned in Tavlor's invoice to me of March 28.
Croft -examined by Mr. Huddiestone—The invoice price of
the goods sold to Meeking varied from 2s. 4d. to 9s. 6d. per
door.. I do not know the average price of the 1,000 hand-
kerchief/I, but it was altogether something over 200/. The dis-
count I took off those gook we 23 per cent.
Mr. Hereby, easistant to Taylor. said—l recollect Lawson's
geode corning in and goingaway ; but, es farm I could tell, it
was not resible for Mr. Taylor to know they were going to
Meeking a. If it had been known in the shop, I moot also
have known it ; but I did not know that such was the cam
until about five days ago, when I made inquiries of Fardell.
Whentheee goods were taken away from Taylor's warehouse
I thoaglot they were going to May's.
Mr. .Cull b. recalled, said—l wrote to Taylor the
letter produced, dated the 16th of Mart, stating that I did
not use why he should take up Gorman's samples while be
had sous of mine always at band ; and Taylor's letter et the
18th of March is the SUMOe to it. The exprenion in that
letter of " Yon stick to me with goods and I will to you,"
referred to my complaint of his pelting for Gorman, to the
prejudke of my goods ; and what ha meant by it wen that he
did nut want to sell for Oafffill as long as I kept him sup-
plied with goods.
Alderman Ilarephery—But his selling Gorman's goods
could not prejudice you, as they were sold at 44 per cent.
discount.
Evans, recalled. aid—The cheques annexed to this
invoice were paid in reference to the goods mentioned therein.
They are dated the 12th of February for 1306 and 1021. le.,
and are signed by Mr. Mcekusg. The chew for
1061.55. 6d., dated the 13th of Marsh, was signed by Mr.

Meeking, and *d in reference to the goods in the invoice of
that date. The two cheques produced, dated the lea of
March, for 801. lie. 3d. and 24i. 30. 9d. were also atoned by
Mr. Meeting, and paid in respect at the invoice of the mune
date. The reason or paying the amount b two cheques was
this .--May owed an account for fursiture, and the cheque
for 241. 3s. Bd. was made out to balance that acommt, and
crosmd to Jones Loyd and Co., so that it might be headed
back to no by May in payment of that account. All three
ch have been returned to paid.
iKeus
Morgan said that was the oats for the proeseution,
upon which he asked for a committal of the primates.
Mr. Wontner replied upon the evidence on behalf of May,
contending that Myers was the partner of May, and was, ha
Act, ble for the ood&
Mr nil dlegone, on behalf of Taylor, also =tended that
T/or had reason to look to Myer; am a
and that he wee ignorant of the fact thatrearrelleblehardi
the goods to Meoking. He commented snmgly on the im-
propriety of purchasing goods of doubtful or ft ft g trades-
men open such terms.
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Mr. Hawkins then, on behalf of hiyma, euntatded that
him client, who was a wealthy man, might have been coed in
• civil court for the valued" them goods, but could not be
charged with any mitninal complicity with Taylor or lisy.
Aldermen Hamphary adjourned the case till yesterday,
when, having airaNny gone through the whole of the evi-
dence in the interim, he delivered his decision in the follow-
ing terms
. . . .

The charge sealant the defendants is for conspiring toge-
ther to defraud Mr. Gorman end Mr. Lawson of their goods,
and a charge of this nature is very difficult to establish. It
Is only by a careful consideration dell the circumstances that
it car be brought home to the pieties. However, it is not
my intention to go into mil the minute details which, front
the tmwillingsess of witnesses, have rendered this cue so
cosepliested. I have carefully considered all the circum-
stances as affecting the defendants individually and as being
connected with each ether, and my opinion in Gorman's cam
is, that all the defendants acted together in concert to get
pcnemalon of the goods—May first, though Taylor *Saudi,
to get the goods, but upon Gorman refining to sell to
Taylor writes to say Myers will buy them at the term., 27
&mount, and Gorman accepts Myers ae a purchaser,
accordingly sands the goods to Taylor, who on the same day
that they arrive delivers them to May at the ware-
house trot by Wpm and May. 'Ms was on Sa-
turday, the fillth of March, snd on Monday, the 30th,
May takes the goods to Mr. Meekink's, and sells them at
something like BO per oat. tinder the Invoice price made out
by Gorman. May receives the proceeds, and out of that very
mosey he pays Myers a turn he is indebted to him, but for
what it doss not appear ; and he pays Taylor 10111., brat Tay-
lor does sat send that smount to Storm= until he ilode it
likely to be found out. I think the goods might have boss
geld at a better pekoe, but it doss not appear that any at-
=was made by the defendants to sell them in any other
As regards the character of May's conduct in this
truneatien it is so apparent that I need not dwell upon that
part of the our It I. equally clear that Myers lends Ms
name to Taylor, which enables him to get these goods, and
that May was so connected with Myers and Taylor in hod-
sees that it was neat to impontible for them not to know hie
transactions or for any of them to be ignorant that them
goods went to blinking's. What, them, is Taylor's position?
He writes on the 7th of April to my that May intercepted
the goods, and on the 11th he tells Gorman that May
gat the goods when ho was out; and thee. is no
doubt that Taylor knew en the 7th of April that the goods
had gone to Making's, for he writes on that day to my that
May bad sold the goods for Myers and Co., whereas Hairby,
Taylor's confidential clerk, says that Taylor did not know
where the goods went until five days ago, which is very
improbable.
Mr. Hairby—l said that in reference to Lawson's goods,
not with regard to Gorman's.

Alderman Humphery—Now if May really did intercept the
goods, it wee a steeling oeycad all doubt, and if Myers and
Taylor had entertained honourable intentions in this matter,
they would have applied to a magistrate for a warrant to ap-
prehend May upon that charge, and if May had been given
into custody Gorman would unquestionably have recovered
hie goal. from Messrs. Meeking, who, as they. had been
stolen from Taylor, would have had to have given them
up not that I pramme Mr. Meekingknew they
had been stolen —.till he would have had to have
made restitution if such a course bail been adopted.
It is rather curiow thst the counsel for Taylor endeavoured
to cast the responsibility of this transaction upon Myers,
while the counsel for the latter tried to Taylor with the
criminal liability ; but it is a melancholy fact in my opinion
that earth focilitieo are offered for dishonest traders m a large
commercial city like London, to obtain goods to such a large
amount and sell them at so much behnee the value. And I
think there is some want of due diligence on the part of Mr.
Necking'. buyers in not making more inquiry, for after the
first trannaction they must have had moue idea that the goods
could not have been honestly come by to he Fold at the price
they were. Under all the circumstances I think it any duty
he Fend the ease fur trial, whore Taylor and Myers will haw
as opportunity of justhying themselves, and I hope they
may acquit themaeltha in the eyes of spay.

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Mr. Pontifes, on behalf of Mr. Ueekina. ■aid ho woo pre-
pared to render all pessible assistanee and information in this
prooemben, and hail dote so from the firi.t.

The prisoners were then committed for trial, Tayl, r and
bLyers bsmg bailed in the WOO amount as before, and May,
in default, wu conveyed to Senate.
It was rumoured that Taylor's friends intend to move for
a certiorari to remove the trial Into the Court of Queen's
Reach.