The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-19 00:00:00

CHAROB OP OOMPLILWY.

At the Justice-room of the Mansion-holm yes-
terday an invseligatirm took place in referent* to an
alleged conspiracy to well, on a
.very extensive whs.
rnated copies ed copyright paipivne, the promty of
em Henry Grave" and 00., pnumeliers and publisher;
Pall-mall. The prisoners were John Lawrence, Id, Powell-
street; Ocsiweil-road; John Colman, Banner-square,
St. Luke's ; and William Hooper, Jewin-street, City. The
pending magistrate was Hr. Alderman Allen, and the
c.l to excite eouskierable interest.
141x$1:=1jan., solicitor, conducted the prosecution;
and Mr. St. John Wagner defended Hooper. The other
prisoners were undefended.
William Henry Burgess, an inquiry officer in the em-
ployment of the praseators, said he knew the prisoner
Coleman as a hawker of photographs in the streets, and in
the offices of merchant' in the City. lie bad been en-
gaged watching him for about six weeks, and during that
time bad teen him daily in Ume-street-square, Copthall-
court, Fench uroh- street, and at the Tower of London selling
pirated copies of copyright paintings and pictures of
the prosecutors', including the following subjects :
The Hallway Station, First Sermon, Second Sermon, Last
Kna, Nutcrackers Ordered on Foreign Service, Etc. He
bad purchased from Coleman in the places mentioned
photographs of the foregoing and other copyright sub-
jects, and had seen him selling the same to others. He
found that Coleman brought the photographs from a
room occupied by the. prisoner Lawrence in the morn-
ing and returned them in the evening, and that he carried
them about during the day nonaaled in black boxes. He
bad convened with Coleman and asked him to introduce
hies to Lawrence, het he refused to do so, and said that
Lawrence would only supply himself with the subjects
referred to. He also informed him that if he
(Coleman) was caught selbag the photographs
and received • summons he should abscond. He
had watched Lawrence, and had seen him bring
pirated copies of the photographs to Coleman at Lime-
street- and had also seem him go to the procaine
axe by the. prisoner Hooper, and oo one occasion
fetch piratedcopies of the first and Last' Sermon, and
the Order of Releue, and take them to his own rooms.
Hooper was amounts, of photographs.
It appeared in nom-examination, that the witness had
become acquainted with the daughter of one of the
prisoners, and had bean in the habit of taking her to the
theatre in order to obtain further information.

EdWard James McDowell, another inquiry °Moor in the
employment of Mears. thane, deposed to seeing Law-
rence go to Hooper's, and fetch away pirated photo-
gTaPhik
Warrants were obtained for the apprehension of the
prisoners, and they were taken into custody on Thursday.
At the premises of Lawrence, who is • photographic
dealer, MO photographs of Masan. Graves 's copyrights
were discovered and taken possession of, and Mr. Boyden
Graves depowl that no person had NIT right or authority
to copy, or sell any copy of there copyrights.
Eventually the prisoners were remanded till Thursday
next, and on the application of Mr. Wontner, Hooper
was admitted to bail—two sureties in 50i. each, and hun-
telt in 10W.