The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

TILE LIVERPOOL SUMMER CUP.

At the Bow-street police-court yestorday,
Joseph Smith, newsagent, residing with his father in
Gmystoke-place, Shoe-lane, was brought up, on remand,
charged with stealing various letters, containing orders
for the payment of certain sums, prizes won by the Lucky ,
Bag in the ' Liverpool Cup Spec.'
Mr. Hiett attended on behalf of the prosecution ; and
Mr. Abrams appeared for the defence.
Frederick Farrar newspaper publisher, carrying on
business at 282, Strand. deposed that he was in the habit
of receiving as many as two hundred letters iu the
morning. They came tied up in a bundle. Re-
cently many letters had been missed, which caused
him to watch in order to detect the thief. The prisoner
came ou the 22nd of July and presented an order for the
sum of :rte. to witness, win refused to pay the sum owing
to his former losses. It was subsequently discovered that
that order was posted by a Mr. Wilton, in Sheffield, to the
witness, but which he never received, although he expected
it. The prisoner then handed a second ticket to witness,
which it was discovered should have come from
Mr. Orion, of Wolverhampton. On being asked if
the tickets were his, the prisoner replied that they
were not, but belonged to some friends of hie, and gave
their names, but which witness found did not correspond
with the names in his book. The prisoner was told to call
again, as there was something wrong about the tickets.
On the 17th of June the third ticket produced was
presented to witness, and paid by him to a lad. Prisoner
was not present at the time. That ticket should have been
received from Mr. Hall, of Braintree. It is for the pay-
ment of £3l3s. Witness missed as many as 77 letters
the day the prisoner presented the tickets.
In cross-examination:by Mr. Abrams, Mr. Farrar stated
that as there was something wrong about the tickets
the prisoner was asked to sign his name on the back of the
ticket, which he did, and the ticket produced, No. 4,941 i,
was for the payment of 545. for non-starter in the Liver-
pool Summer Cup. It was by no means uncommon for per-
sons buying these tickets to sign a fictitious name. Any
one could procure a chance ticket for a shilling. The pn-
goner had been paid at other times when presenting
tickets at the office. On the Wednesday he said the
tickets were for two friends.

Frederick Hull, solicitor's clerk, living at Braintree,
deposed to having nut the red ticket, accompanied with
a letter to Mr. Farrar, on the 13th of June. Ile posted
it himself, but the letter produced requesting Mr. Farrar
to pay the bearer, was not iu his (witness's) hand-writing.
The ticket produced was the same number awl answered
the same description as the one he sent to Mr. Farrar.
Mr. Bowbottom, 34, Pond-street, Sheffield, said that he
was an agent of Mr. Farrar's for the disposal of the'Lucky
Bag tickets. He passed all the 4900's up to .1,000. The
number 4946 he remembered selling to Mr. Clayton about
five weeks back.

Cross-examined by Mr. Abrams, witness said that he had
116 shillingtickets from Mr. Farrar, for which he paid 4/. las.,
five of the tickets being a commission. Witness believed
they were designated `• Lottery Tickets," hut was not
aware that he was liable to be either indicted or fined for
the sale of them. He only kept one himself, which was
the next number to Mr. Clayton's.
Mr. Clayton was then called, and owned having pur-
chased the ticket 4,946 from Mr. Rowbottom, and further
stated that he posted a letter containing the ticket on the
21st July to Mr. Farrar. There is wilting on the ticket
now, fiat was not on before he pasted it.
In answer to Mr. Abrams the witness Paid he did not
consider it betting to purchase a lottery ticket. He
generally bought one, if lie had a shilling to spare, for the
benefit of his children.
Mr. Hiett then recalled Mr. Farrar, for the purpose of
proving that neither of the letters from Mr. Hall or Mr.
Clayton reached his office. The race being run on the
Saturday, it was customary to receive all the Lucky-bag
tickets on the following Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day.
In answer to Mr. Abram, Mr. Farrar said that he had
about a dozen agents in the principal towns in England
for the disposal of these tickets.
John Shaw, of the detective force, apprehended the pri-
mmer at his house in Graystoke-place. Prisoner stated
that he bought a dozen handicap books in the sheet for
eightpence halfpenny. He wanted them for his customers.
Mr. Hiett informed Mr. Flowers that there were persons
in the country who would identify some of the stolen
tickets, and it required a little time for them to get to
London. He would ask for a further remand.
After a few remarks by Mr. Abrams as to the necessity
for more evidence, Mr. Flowers adjourned the case for a
week.

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in the case of the Lancashire ootton spinners, and because
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the Sheffield masons last week, at Leeds assizes. Under
these circumstances the leaders of the various trade
societies in the metropolis are taking active measures for
calling together a conference of delegates from every
trade society in the metropolitan district, for the pur-
pose of considering what measures shall be adopted to
inset the present crisis.
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