The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

TER POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.
Ilr, athboters and Mr. ;Valiant John Lennon
appmend before Mr. Alders...us lisle, in dischnrge of their
1.0,101•11111:1001, for having combined and conspired together
Lto Warr the reputation and character of the Bank of
ondon.

d 4. f 3. Hooper—l am a clerk in the City of London
Union. iii Lawton ha. also been employed there. lam
neguainied with his handwriting. The letter now shown
ens and the ether dominions (shirr of articles printed in the
Joint Wart eblllo7Nil, ilawritei) 1 helms to be in his hand-
writing.
Mr. Hughes, ledger-clerk to the City of Undo. Union,
and Mr. Paul enboun and Mr. Argent printers Wile jour-
nal, gave similar evidence Milian of theist wanes*.
Mr. Bodkin said he had arm closed the caw fur the pro-
*section and sided for a committal.

Mr. Wontner and Mr. Metcalfe addrcared the bench,. each
gentleman contending that there was no wand whaterar for
the charge of connaracy, the former aruttexaa contending
that the artielm complained of were fair atrieturea upco.the
conduct of the director% of the Bank of London.

Mr. Bodkin briefly recapitulated the evidence he had ad-
duped on behalf of the prosecution, and concluded by ens
p_ressing hui aatuniehment at the tune adopted by Mr.
wontnee.

Mr. Alderman Hale—l think that =fades' hue been.
Mated to justify me in sending the defendanta for !vial.
When called upon for his defence, Mr. Lawson maid he was
perfectly innocent of the charge of conspiring, and that he
should ksvo his use in the hands of his solicitor.
Mr. Caekburn Paid he did not slab to make any defence.
The defendants were fully coniniitted upon tale charri;T
The depoicitionx of the witnem ers in the separate e
against Mr. Cockburn of having wilfully end inalicioua
übliahod a defamatory libel concerning the director* of the
Dank of London were next read over and signed, and the
defendant was committod upon this charge aloe.
The magiatrate called upon eaeli of the defendant.. to enter
into his own reemmiaatiest in MS. to appear et the Oentral
Criminal Court, which they immediately did and left.

GUILDHALL.
lobo flied May, of llaggm-lace, City, and Stanley-street,
Pimlico, and Taylor of No. 1, Church-parragn,
Oresharmatrect, scree again brought up (the latter on
before Alderman Ilumphery, on the charge of conspiring to
defraud Mr. Gorman, of Lurgan, in Ireland, of a quantity
of cambric handkerchiefs to the value of 6001., and Mr.
Lawson, a manufariwar of the mama place, at similar goods
to the amount of 600 L

Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphrey", Sin, and Morgan,
appeared, as before, for the proseentices.
Mr. liuddlestone, instructed by hinters. Bole, Turner and
Co , al tended for Taylor' and Mr. Wuntner defended May.
Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr Timbre:, attended to watch
the case for Mr. Mucking, of Holborn-bill.
It will be remembered that Taylor, who bad been Who-
rifled by. Mr. Gorman to dispose of hie surplus dock, on
comreirsion, wrote to him, representing that " Myers and
C 0.," tote of Ludgetc-hill, bad bought the geode, to the net
value of GeV. lie. Bd., for moth 1001. on delivery, and the
rest in bill.. These terms were accepted by Mr. German,
but after several other letters from Taylor about the tanned-
!ion, he received one from Taylor to the following effect
• Sir,—l had gent over to me on Saturday afternoon a cheque
from Myers and Co., for 81/. 10s., end gold 181. 10e. by May,
the party who sold the handkerchiefs for Myers and Co.,
and thinking it strange that Mr. Myers did not come, I
wrote to his prorate house to my I was surptimed he had not
called with the caah end bills himself. He has been here,
sad I find that May I. an out-end-out villain. He ha. in-
Sentepted the geode, add them in his own name, and it is
OW received the cash, pocketed the money, with a lot more,
and has belted. • • • I had no idea in the world that
Myer. had not seen the good.. He nays he has never wen
*sea, and did not know they had been delivered. • • •
I have ever found May honourable' " ie., be. On the 9th of
April Mr. Gorman received another letter from Taylor, en-
. ekeing a cheque from Myers for 1001., and stating that May
was wary ill in bed, and unable to leave London, and
egmeedar his own oonviction that Myers was responsible
At tbs pods, as the instructions given by Myers for their
delhary_ bed Was amid out to the letter. On the 10th of
Apli Mr. ateeseba ends to London and asked Taylor why
be bad let Ma have the goods, end the prisoner replied that
May bed srad there when be wee out. Several other in-
terdows bask pleoe between Mr. German, Taylor, end Mr.
Toner, the sailiettor, to meander what means thee; were of
eidabing reinse. sad the malt was that May and Taylor
woo glom easnaly.
Woodward, Cal or Mr. Charles Meeking's buyers, deposed
lint be these rode of May on two different days,
to 3641. 14e. al. end 691. 3m. 6d., end that he paid
far Wm two cheques, one fur 2;101. and another for the
Wanes, payable to May.
There was • good deal of additional evidence taken, and
several etthe wltnessee, connected with the establishments of
May and of Myers were ercomeebunined with a view to show

the/ wer; partners. There was great confusion mid
Anatredictims in the statement of the witnesses, but the result
was that Myers was directed to stand in the dock together
with the other two primary, being duly given in charge by
thiceseentor.
prisoners were than remanded, bail being aceepted for
each of the prisoners in tee* sureties of 2501. and their own
reetignimineee in 5001., with the exception of May, whose bail
was rejected, and who was consequently conveyed back to
Newgate in the prison van.
Taylor and Myers having put in the required sureties, were
liberated at onee. _