The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-19 00:00:00

EITENSIVI FRAUDS ON
,TIATILLII3I3.

Janis Si;;;;;iieisii;e7iieriei iaika employ of Mews.
rhaplin and Home, nt, to the London and North
Western Railway, sus at the bar, on »mead, before
Alderman Causton c with defrauding News. B.
W. and H. Horne, ;anion, of Moorgateelreet, of various
sums of mon by falsifying his delivery book.
Mr. Edwards, of the firm of Sewell and Edwards, pro-
secuted, and stated that the prisoner had met him coming
into court that morning and told him that be intended to
Head guilty and throw 'Limed( on the mercy of Mr. Horse
and the court. Not knowing the mune the . prisoner
intended to adopt, he had prepared 15 cases *garnet him,
nut of a large number.
The prisoner's duty was to take out parcels, receive the
money for their carriage, and account for it when he re-
turned to Ruston station in the evening. Thaw were
entered in a delivery book with the amounts he wee to
receive opposite each parcel. The fraud wee effected by ,
the prisoner altering the amounts he wu to receive, and '
after getting the money on the delivery. of the gouda, he
altered the figures back again to the original mount, and
book. accounted only for the amount properly eberged in the

Aeveral cases were proved against the prisoner, who
pleaded guilty.
Alderman Causton committed the primmer for trio], sod
refuted boil.

XCALDING A KOTKLA AND INFANT.
June Phillip., aged 27, living at 104, Chaltan-street,
,omenthwe, was °hailed before Mr. Barker, with wil-
fully anaulting Mn. Eli= Wilmer and her infant, Wil-
liam Latimer, two years old, by throwing a quantity of
boiling water over them.
Inspector Gray, Y di,ision, watched the ease on behalf
of the Commissioners of Policej %eisee. and Mr. H. Allf
ruling officer of the Ansa:tithe Inelitute foe in I the
Laws for the Protection of Women, atteeded on of
that society.
The oomplainant end Meads.* be* meow moms In
the same house, and it apposes that ea the feather waiving
into her own room, having the thild in her arm, the
defendant without any provocation,
pail of boiling water over them, sad thda=lje=g •
was
severely burned on various peen at the body.

The defendaat, hmaghiag, rid it wee an right asimi
Bowman& to ask, mad had main ray ia wanes Is tint
eberg• at peilleti.
The antra et the delesdaat were ghat she lenhines,
armed for the WA Altus and the had bats as
inmate of St. Pancras W . bat witness had ,
raw, het frees these ea asersat of the ill.trestaaentehe
had naive& She had isdnie hies annoyed by the
lodgers, bat witness did ad think that she would hare
been guilty of inch a and whiled MS me Ike pewit.
Mr. Barker messed the defendast is the Hoar of
Detention fora week.

lairzamouozrrßEET.

♦ MOMR-I.ll3lDia MANNED WITH OBTAINING 11011IWT IT

PALM PANSIENCIDI.
Mr. Gorge Simpson Mackeussel, a =may-leader, of No.
27, Alaimo-road, Et. John'irwood, and No. 61, Piccadilly,
wee charged before /Ir. Sao: oa a warrant with obtaialag
by fudge peetesees the sum of 21. flow George Beata Jar.
rent, with Wort to tiehand him of the lane.
Kr. Edward Leto* ef Greet Maribarough-street, ear
peered fer the pecesention, and Mr. George Lewis, jun.,
el ily-plaes, fee the defence.
On the came being called on it was stated that the
pr!Tecutor wasaot 1n nttendanoe.
_ _

Mr. Knox ordered the information on whisk the warrant
was obtained to be read, and it wee read as fellows :
" I, George Bestal Jerrem, of No. 5, Greet Queen-
reset, Warminster, oa oath, say :—On the 9th January
I milled upon Mr. Mackerel for the wpm. of procuring a
loan of 2,0001. upon mortgage for the Trowbridge Water
Supply Company. I etilled in consequence of see-
ing an advertisement in the Teleersph representing
that the said Mr. Meekennal had large sums
of money to advance, and stating that the said Mr.
Mackennal was in • portion to give bankers' reference.
That the said Mr. Mackennal, amongst other things,
stated that he should have to make inquiries at Trow-
bridge, and U the answers were 'adds.:4(47 he would
advance the money. He told me he would require 91.
for the purpose of such inquiry, and after • good deal of
conversation I gave him the 9/. That the said Mr.
Mackermal has since declined to advance any money to the
said company. That I am informed and believe that
the rid Mr. Maakennal has never instituted any inquiry
as promised. That at the time of obtaining the 91.
from me he had no means whatever to make en advance
of 2,0001., and that he neither kept nor does be now
keep a banker's account, and that at the time of obtaining
such sum of 91. as aforesaid he bad no intention of advanc-
ing
Mr.
money to the said company.". Knox said he would bear what the officer who took
the prisoner into custody had to say.
Charles Butcher, plainclothes officer of the C division,
said that • warrant was placed in his hands for dr arrest
of the prisoner for obtaining the sum of 91. by false pre-
tence*, and he arrested the prisoner last night 10
o'clock. The prisoner said the matter was • time
ago, and that be was surprised • magistrate • have
granted a warrant, sad that he thought a Nimmons would
have done. He also said that he had been shown up in
the papers, but that no one could do anythisg to him.
He admitted that he had no banking account. He
went to the prisoner's office, and found about a
oar-load of letters from persons all over the
country, in reference to money matters. Re (the
ether) had for • long time been engaged in making inqui-
ries respecting the primmer in all part of the oonntry, and
had had to report on the matter, there having been nu-
merous complaints from gentlemen of similar conduct to
that in the present teas.
Mr. Knox said that although there was no prosecutor in
attendance, thre must be a remand. He did not consider
himself justified in discharging the prisoner.
Mr. G. Lewis said he was prepared to show that the pri-
soner bad advanced many thoureds. The charge was for
obtaining the Nom of 91., that sum being charged by the
primmer for inquiries, mad there was nothing to show that
the inquiries bad not been made. The prisoner bad ad-
vanced 30,0001. within the past 12 months.
Mr. Knox said it looked to him very much like putting
the criminal law into operation to recover money and then
quietly settling the matter.
Mr. G. Lewis said that he would prove that the prisoner
, was what he reuressiatedhiniself to be.

itim;:;iiidMr7Leiriawietiir he meant him to
undentand that the primmer carried on a bond fide busi•
DOM as a money lender.
Mr. Lewis said he did, and alio that of an agent.
Mr. Knox said he would take bail, the prisoner's own
in 500 i., and two in 2501., end he would lane a summon
fee the attendance of the DtOIIOOII4Or.