The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-28 00:00:00

OVIIZEIALL.

Wu. Mier Gray,4 the firer of Gray Bribers, of
flwansea, alkali manufaeturen, was charged on visaed
with forging a bill of lading for 10 asks of alkali, value
about 801.• and A kroader Oeo. Gray, sea., who i
the bruises of Gray, Brothers, far hi emu, was s&
charged with forging and uttering one bill of ladiag for
28 reeks ci alkali, value 1401., and eight other bill of
lading for various amounts, with intent to defraud News.
Lister and Biggs, merchants, of Londoa, of divers sums
amounting in the wept' to I,oooi. and upwards.
Yr. lisp, the prosecutor, was celled, and was mass-
examined at some length.
Yr. J. W. Pockett, ',Marbles, sad eleara•packet agent at
Swansea, said—Tb• bell of lading produced for 26 casks of
alkali was brought to nay alba on the 11th of December
last by the elder Gray, but at that time L ems drawn for
only Masks. It is signed by my dark, by my anthority.
The word "sit" has been interted beim, the wads
" twenty" sad " rusks " since it was *mad. The ward
" six • is in the handwriting of the elder Gray. sad has
been added without my knowledge or authority, The
weights and numbers I. the Naugle wen also added after
the baU of Wig wee mood. The bill of lading for 20 ern
now produced is •do cats of that for 28 asks when la its
ridging! state: The elder Gray promised to mead me •
duplicate, sad I received this Gee a few days after, which
is also I. his handwrittag. We received a letter from
Gum sea, requesting us an the 16th of December to with-
boid shipment of the twenty maks as they would be med•
ins down Sheen more corks shortly. I never received more '
then twisty maks in reaped of the bUI of lading for twenty-
Mt arks. irb. bill of lading far US orb of alio& is la tie
younger prisoner's lemodwitiog, but I Sever received any el
these ten casks. The signature of "Noil Brodie" for
"J. W. Pockett • ia, I believe, in the handwriting of Neil
Brodie, their foreman. I never authorised him to sign that
bill of lading.
Crces-esaaabied—l do not know of my own knowledge
that the marks and numbers were not on the margin when
the hill of lading was signed. I moot, therefore, swear
positively that it was not m its present state when signed,
although such is rev belief. Ido know, however, that the
Daly ball of lading signed in my office on that day wee for
20 maim I have signed bills of lading for the elder
primmer before receiving the goods. Fle generally bre=
the bills of lading for signature. We were ea
intimate terms. I have asked him to accept bilk far me,
bed every one has base dishonoured.
After some farther widens*,
Yr. Sleigh seed he did not propose to premed further
with the ones at preeent ; but it was only fair to the pri-
soners to inform them it was his intention oa the part of the
=tin to indict them for conspiracy to defraud, for ob.
valuable securities by false pretences. aid 6,e elder
prisoner for feloniously forging and uttering eight ether bills
of lading ; the gross amount of the (mad
1,0001.
Alderman on
News. Liter and Biggs being upwards of I,c
Alderman Allen then remanded the primers ; but
declined to alter or rodeos the amount of bail Gem 6001.,
and two sureties of 2501. each, for each primer.